Zenit St Petersburg recorded its third consecutive win by downing Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 73-71 at Sibur Arena on Thursday. Zenit reached the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season's halfway mark with an 11-6 record. Meanwhile, Maccabi lost its seventh in a row and dropped to 7-10.
Zenit survives late Maccabi rally, 73-71
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Alex Poythress led the winners with 14 points, Billy Baron added 12, including the game-winning three-pointer, and Arturas Gudaitis and Dmitry Kulagin each scored 10 for Zenit. Jalen Reynolds paced Maccabi with 24 points and 11 rebounds and Derrick Williams added 14 points for the visitors. Gudaitis, Andrey Zubkov and Jordan Loyd combined for 17 first-quarter points to give Zenit a 25-10 advantage. The lead peaked at 17 and Zenit remained in control throughout the first half. Williams and James Nunnally helped bring Maccabi within 53-47 late in the third quarter. Williams took over with a huge dunk that completed Maccabi's comeback, 70-71, with 17.0 seconds left. Baron buried the go-ahead three-pointer and Scottie Wilbekin missed at the buzzer.
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Sergey Karasev got Zenit going with a corner three-pointer and Gudaitis erased Jake Cohen's layup with a dunk for a 5-2 lead. Ante Zizic found his first points, but Loyd hit a jumper and Zubkov struck from downtown to boost the hosts' lead to 10-4. Loyd and Baron joined the three-point shootout to make it a double-digit lead. Mateusz Ponitka swished a floater and Zubkov downed another one from beyond the arc, prompting Maccabi to call timeout at 21-6. Reynolds followed a jump hook with a six-meter jumper, but Gudaitis kept Zenit rolling at 25-10 after 10 minutes.
Williams took over with a power basket and a jumper early in the second quarter but Baron struck from beyond the arc and Loyd scored off a steal for a 30-14 Zenit margin. Reynolds dunked and Williams added a backdoor layup, causing the hosts to stop the game at 30-18. Poythress stepped up with a tip-in and followed Zubkov's third triple with a backdoor slam to boost Zenit's lead to 37-21. Reynolds kept pushing the guests with 4 quick points, but Gudaitis dunked and Conner Frankamp hit a floater, restoring a 41-26 Zenit margin at halftime.
Reynolds dunked again soon after the break and Keenan Evans added a second-chance basket to give Maccabi hope at 41-30. Gudaitis stepped up with an off-balance basket that Wilbekin matched with a floater. Maccabi kept running its offense through an unstoppable Reynolds, who brought his team within single digits, 45-36. Poythress dunked and fed Karasev for a reverse layup that gave Zenit fresh air at 49-36. Poythress kept pushing Zenit, forcing Maccabi to call timeout at 53-40. Nunnally struck from beyond the arc and Williams added a huge fastbreak slam, bringing the visitors within 53-47. Kulagin sank an off-balance, buzzer-beating triple to fix the score at 56-47 after 30 minutes.
Poythress scored down low early in the fourth quarter but Wilbekin and Cohen hit each a bomb from beyond the arc to bring Maccabi within 60-53. Reynolds scored around the basket but Kulagin ignited the crowd with a three-pointer. Kulagin erased Reynolds's dunk with a driving layup and soon added a jumper that caused Maccabi to call timeout at 67-57. Williams buried a three-pointer and Evans added a wild driving layup to make it 67-62 with 2:17 remaining. Reynolds hit a jump hook and Wilbekin sank a triple that made it a one-point game. Poythress made free throws but Nunnally matched with a backdoor layup and Williams dunked to give Maccabi its first lead of the game, 70-71, with 17.0 seconds left. Baron buried a critical three-pointer and Wilbekin missed a close, off-balance jumper at the buzzer.
