Reigning Turkish Airlines Euroleague champion Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv held on to beat Real Madrid 90-86 Thursday at Menora Mivtachim Arena in a rematch from last season’s Euroleague championship game.
Sofoklis Schortsanitis dominated early and finished with 17 points and 8 rebounds for the champs. MarQuez Haynes also scored 17 on 5-of-8 three-point shooting. Sylven Landesberg added 16 points, Devin Smith scored 14 and Jeremy Pargo tallied 11 points and 9 assists for Maccabi. Felipe Reyes had another monster game for Madrid with 20 points and 11 rebounds. He became the Euroleague’s career rebounding leader with his final rebound in the closing seconds. Gustavo Ayon added 13 points and Sergio Llull 11 in defeat.
