Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv seemed to be well on its way to beating Real Madrid in Round 13, leading 60-65 midway through the fourth quarter. Los Blancos needed a go-to guy and Thomas Heurtel made sure his team never trailed again.
Heurtel rescues Real in crunch time
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Regular Season
Round 13 of 34
Group Regular Season
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He buried a big three-pointer and followed Walter Tavares's dunk with another shot from downtown to put Real in charge, 68-67. Heurtel soon added a one-handed turnaround floater. Even though - after Derrick Williams tied the game from beyond the arc - Guerschon Yabusele made the game-winning layup, Real would not have had a chance to win without Heurtel's fourth-quarter heroics.