Overview
- Justin Robinson buried a game-winning three on the final possession to lift Barcelona to a 90-87 victory over Maccabi Tel Aviv.
- Maccabi built an early lead with heavy success from deep, making nine of 18 three-pointers in the first half to go into the break ahead.
- Nigel Punter scored 19 points and Umoja Gibson added 13, with both providing the main scoring spurts that kept Barça in front in the second half.
- Iffe Lundberg tied the game at 87-87 with three late free throws before Robinson’s decisive shot, and coach Sekulic had turned to players such as Nebo, Gibson, Brizuela and Evbuomwan to change tempo.
- The win was Barcelona’s second EuroLeague victory at the Palau and it underlines how single plays and late execution remain decisive in tightly contested continental games.