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oct 22 2026Real Madrid found the answer to a poor start through three-point shooting. Pedro Martínez's team trailed by 15 points against Maccabi Tel Aviv at the Aleksandar Nikolić Hall in Belgrade, where the Israelis play as the home team, but ended up winning convincingly (99-113) with 21 three-pointers on 40 attempts, the highest figure in the club's EuroLeague history.
From -15 to Leading at Halftime
Maccabi started strong, coming off a win at the Roig Arena and taking the court with plenty of energy. The Israelis led 44-29 in the second quarter, with Jimmy Clarke and Bonzie Colson as their main threats. That's when the game changed. Madrid strung together three-pointers, put together a 13-4 run to get close (48-42) and kept pressing until they went into halftime ahead (51-52). In just five minutes, they had erased a 15-point deficit.
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Abalde Closes the Door
The third quarter confirmed the shift in momentum. With Walter Tavares dominating both ends of the floor, Madrid won the period 22-29 and entered the fourth quarter with an eight-point lead (73-81). Maccabi made one last push and got within six (85-91) with about six minutes remaining, but Madrid responded with a 0-5 run and two three-pointers from Alberto Abalde that pushed the lead to 14 points.
Campazzo finished as the leading scorer with 21 points. Andrés Feliz, who had hit 8 three-pointers last week against ASVEL, added 18, and Abalde and Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot each scored 15. Tavares, with 11 points and 7 rebounds, was decisive on defense. For Maccabi, Clarke scored 20 points, Colson 19, and Yam Madar 14.
