After the disappointing 73:68 loss to Zelgiris Kaunas, the Yellows received encouraging news about a coordinator recovering from injury • Evaluation: Wilbkin and Hunter qualify for Elba • Jake Cohen: "We were in a very difficult situation"
Jackson, Acey and Bryant, last night in Kaunas
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Maccabi Tel Aviv will return in the afternoon (Friday) disappointed after the 73:68 loss to Zelgiris Kaunas in a game which already led to a double-digit advantage.
Both losses over the past week have been a tad jarring for the Yellows' successful first round, but the team is comforted to have played without their two best players - Scottie Wilbkin (ankle sprain) and Othello Hunter (twin muscle stretch) - and still presented a bad game by the middle of the third quarter .
"We are obviously very disappointed with the loss," said captain Jake Cohen, "but I think we did a good job and we fought. We were in a very difficult situation, without two very important players for us and with two new players who have just joined. The effort, but we weren't good enough on the attack. We have to get positive from this week for the next. "
Walters. Expected to return to training // Photo: EPA
"We had a really good first half," added Tyler Dorsey, "but in the third quarter we made some mistakes. The little things could have changed the game. We played hard, but this time it wasn't enough."
The team estimates that Wilbkin and Hunter will be eligible for next week's game against Alba Berlin. The good news comes from the direction of Nate Walters recovering from a rupture of the thigh muscle and should return to training for next weekend and if he meets the schedule set by the medical team he may be eligible for a game against Milan on 16.1.
