By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Everybody in Aleksandar Nikolić Hall was thinking about what happened against Olympiacos.
But tonight, it was a different story for Maccabi Tel Aviv.
The home team got the win against Real Madrid 92-91, a game that was decided with a long-range three pointer from Tamir Blatt.
Maccabi‘s victory arrived after an amazing second quarter (40 points) and an historic performance by Lonnie Walker IV.
The American guard finished the game with 27 points, 23 of them in the second quarter, the most ever by any EuroLeague player in a second quarter.
Roman Sorkin (21p., 6r.) and Oshae Brissett (18p.) were also huge for the Israeli team, that jumps to 2-4.
Real Madrid, now 3-3, had Trey Lyles (16p., 10r.) and Mario Hezonja (24p.) as its best players.
It was a game of very short rotation teams, for very different reasons. Sergio Llull, Andrés Feliz and Bruno Fernando did not travel to Belgrade, while Oded Kattash had only nine players on the floor, with three of them playing +30 minutes.
The game was on the verge of being over with the 76-65 with only a few minutes left of the third quarter.
But Real Madrid had a 11-0 to tie the game and equalise things to start the fourth quarter.
It was obvious that the game would be decided in the last second. Despite some great minutes from Sorkin and Walker, a Campazzo three pointer meant a 88-87 on the scoreboard entering the last minute.
The great minutes for los Blancos even gave them a small lead (91-89), but Tamir Blatt appeared when it mattered most to score the game-winning triple.