Criticism by Maccabi Tel Aviv of Wilbkin's behavior | Israel Today

Uneasy in Maccabi Tel Aviv after yesterday's 87:73 defeat to Nes Ziona.

Coach Yannis Sapropoulos was furious at the unpreparedness and loss of concentration of his players and made sure to make it clear to them both at half-time and in the locker room after the game.

"We can not play like that," the Greek coach clarified.

"We have to change our mentality. We did not come prepared. I do not like that we were not focused after the game in Madrid. We allowed them rebounds on offense, we lost balls and let them score easy points in the transition."

Forward Oz Blazer, who was one of the few players who showed the necessary seriousness, agreed with his coach: "From the first moment we were lacking in energy and made them feel comfortable - then we had to chase them the whole game. There were some moments we played well, "We were aggressive enough. They scored 87 points and that's too much. We need to raise the bar and be more aggressive."

Blazer commented on the change needed for the sequel: “We need to find the stability and make sure the less good performances are more minor throughout the season.

I believe we'll find it, there are good guys in the locker room and he's connected.

We are happy that we will return home after a long time and we hope to see the strong, stressful and aggressive Maccabi that plays well and I hope there will be a sequence of such performances. "

Sapropolus, last night in Ness Ziona, Photo: Oded Karni

The team did not like the behavior of Scotty Wilbkin who was sent off in the last minutes after suffering two technical fouls.

At first he applauded the referee and even after the offense was whistled he continued to applaud.

In a second he exaggeratedly expressed his anger that Paul had not been burned to his credit.

"He was frustrated and that's bad," Sapropolos clarified.

"In the second offense I think no offense was really burned to his credit, but he has to stay in focus. Our players need to be stronger and mentally consistent."

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