Maccabi Tel Aviv fell to Milano 107-74 as their Euroleague record dropped to 5-15 on the season with a double week coming up with games at Real Madrid and Paris. The yellow-and-blue fell behind early as Nikola Mirotic paced the Italian squad while Levi Randolph countered for Oded Katash’s team.

However, after heading into halftime down 45-37, Maccabi couldn’t hold it together and weren’t unable to hit their shots from deep (1/21 from 3) as Armoni Brooks, Shavon Shields, Zach Leday and Leandro Bolmaro all scored in bunches to break the game wide open and cruise to the 33-point victory.

Roman Sorkin scored 16 points, Randolph added 15 points and Jokubaitis scored 12 points in the loss. Shields scored 18 points while Mirotic and LeDay put in 17 points in the win.

Oded Katash spoke about his team’s performance, “This is the second game in a row with a really bad performance. We lost our flow and lost confidence. We have to face the reality, this is the situation right now and we have to fix it. We have to sit together and think about it and this is my responsibility. It is very clear that we lost confidence. We have to figure it out and fix it, that’s my job and my challenge right now.”

Milano Head Coach Ettore Messina spoke about his team’s victory, “We made it look easy but it was not easy because we had to control the game from the beginning with good defense using both zone and man-to-man and with good ball movement. In this first quarter we gave up 6 offensive rebounds and after that we controlled the rebounds for most of the game and continued to play unselfishly on offense. At one point Maccabi lost confidence and the game was over. I wish them luck because they are not facing an easy season with the situation they are going through.”

Rokas Jokubaitis spoke about the defeat, “I have no words. This is the worst game of the season, we can’t play like this. We can say a lot of excuses but we can not play like this. It’s a shame on the players, myself and we can not play like this. I am sorry for the fans who are supporting us. Nothing good to say.”

Shavon Shields got Milano on the board first with a 3-pointer, Levi Randolph hit a midrange for Maccabi Tel Aviv, Nikola Mirotic and Trevion Williams traded baskets as the visitors held a 12-8 lead midway through the first quarter. Randolph scored underneath the basket, Zach LeDay came back with a pair of jumpers, Tamir Blatt continued to shoot blanks from deep, Armoni Brooks dialed up from long distance as Marial Shayok closed out the period with points as the visitors led 20-14 after ten minutes of play.

Rokas Jokubaitis and John Dibartolomeo both scored to begin the second quarter, Mirotic and Randolph traded buckets, Williams put in a baby hook, Shields dropped a jump shot, both Nico Mannion and Leandro Bolamro had a free lanes to the hoop, David DeJulius scored his first points of the game but Oded Katash’s team went into halftime behind 45-37.

Mannion went from deep to get the third quarter off and running, Jokubaitis and Bolmaro traded baskets while the latter then added a 3-point play, Jasiel Rivero scored inside while Shields went from downtown to increase their lead to 59-44 midway through the period. Brooks scored from the outside and inside, Diego Flaccadori went from beyond the arc, Roman Sorkin scored, Williams also found points but Milano headed into the final frame with a 78-54 lead.

LeDay opened up the fourth quarter with a pair of baskets, Williams and Hoard responded, Dibartolomeo and Bolmaro scored for their respective teams, Flaccadori scored as did Mirotic and Shields while Sorkin finally hit Maccabi’s first triple of the game with a minute left in the game as they fell by 33-points to Milano.