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EuroLeague 07/11/2013, 20.04

Maccabi survives thriller as Rice sinks his former team

Maccabi get a big win in Lithuania

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In a thriller that came down to the final shot, Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv registered its third consecutive win in Group D by edging Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius 74-76 in the Lithuanian capital on Thursday. Maccabi improved to 3-1 in Group D while Rytas dropped to 1-3. Devin Smith paced the winners with 18 points. Ricky Hickman added 11 while Sofoklis Schortsanitis and Shawn James each had 10 for Maccabi. Martynas Gecevicius led Rytas with 24 points. Renaldas Seibutis added 15 and Omar Cook had 10 for the hosts. Maccabi led by as many as 18 before Seibutas inspired a Rytas comeback. The hosts look a 1-point fourth quarter lead, but Hickman and Tyrese Rice made free throws to put the visitors in front. However a three-pointer by Gecevicius tied the game at 74-74 with 12.6 seconds left. A floater in the closing seconds by Rice allowed Maccabi to beat his former team, as Seibutis could not hit an off-balance shot from downtown at the buzzer. 

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