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The players of the Israeli national team, the professional team and the members of the basketball association celebrated in the small hours of the league the 69:79 victory yesterday (Sunday) over Estonia, which raised them to a 0: 2 balance in the World Cup qualifiers and maintained first place in the fourth house at the end of the first window.
As soon as the team returned to the hotel, everyone gathered in the dining room to light Hanukkah candles by a Chabad emissary in the city of Tallinn. Afterwards, the players and professional staff sat down for dinner and later stayed for long hours in the hotel lobby. "This is a difficult place to win and many more teams will lose here.
We have taken a very big step towards the future. "
"Estonia is a difficult place to play," said Jake Cohen.
"This is an important victory for us. We did a good job, we stayed together when it was difficult. We are 0: 2 and are already waiting for the next game window. We left them on 69 points and if we continue to play like that defense we will continue to win."
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The only thing that slightly clouded the atmosphere was the injury of Tomer Ginat.
The actor slipped on the commercials sticker and the knee of one of the Estonians hit his stomach.
Ginat immediately went down to the dressing room accompanied by his friends and the medical staff.
In the initial diagnosis of the team doctor, Dr. Niv Triangle, there was concern that he was suffering from a tear in the abdominal wall muscle. Recovery from it.
Jake Cohen in action.
Attacked FIBA, Photo: FIBA website
Jake Cohen expressed his anger through social media and called on FIBA to remove the stickers that endanger the players' health. "We are already in 2021 and it is possible to switch to digital," the player wrote, among other things, He later said: "I wish the best for Tomer and hope he is okay.
"Another player was injured because of the stickers and I wish people would notice that it is really unsafe."
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Team scout Yoav Shamir traveled to Germany last week where he watched closely the great victory of the Estonians.
Shamir joined the team in Tallinn and in the scouting report he conveyed the emphasis on shooting from outside the arc. The professional team made it clear to the players in recent days that if they manage to stop the threes, they will come out with the victory.
Estonia did score 11 threes, as against the Germans, but at a much lower percentage - 34.4% compared to 57.9%.
"We forced them into hard shots," the professional team said with satisfaction.
"Also some of the threes they scored were with a hand on the face. That was the central key and we stood by it."
Yam Madar.
The Celtics continue to follow closely, Photo: FIBA website
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Boston Celtics' international scout, Benas Matkevicius, arrived in Tallinn in particular and watched closely the Sea of Madar as the rights to it are held by the Massachusetts team.
The Lithuanian talked for a long time with the young coordinator at the hotel and also talked about it with the team members.
In addition, Matkevichius also asked for details about Noam Dovrat, another Israeli talent who may put himself up for selection in the NBA Draft in the coming years.
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team will land in Israel in the afternoon (Monday), when the members of the delegation will be forced to enter isolation for three days following the new guidelines of the Ministry of Health.
It appears that the players will operate in an outline of athletes and will be allowed to leave the house only for games and training subject to tests that will be passed in the next three days.
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