Highlights: ALBA Berlin-Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv

Defending Turkish Airlines Euroleague champion Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv outlasted ALBA Berlin 64-73 Thursday at O2 World in the German capital to clinch a playoff berth and deny the hosts their first taste of the playoffs. Maccabi never trailed, though ALBA kept it close throughout. The game was tied twice in the fourth quarter and ALBA was within 63-66 with four minutes to go. However that’s when Devin Smith sank his seventh three-pointer and Maccabi held the hosts to just a single point the rest of the wa