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Angelo Cloiaro: "A huge victory."
Sapropoulos compliments Chris Jones
Maccabi Tel Aviv's leading scorer liked the 73:80 over Alba Berlin: "Proud of friends".
The coach on the new guard: "We knew his qualities"
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Thursday, 01 October 2020, 23:07
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Can be pleased with the opening.
Sapropoulos (Photo: Danny Maron)
Maccabi Tel Aviv entered the 2020/21 season without any real preparation.
That did not stop her from succeeding in her opening match in the Euroleague this season, when she defeated Alba Berlin 73:80 tonight (Thursday).
Yannis Sapropoulos can be pleased that the Israeli champions have won despite a lukewarm evening of Scotty Wilbkin and Ante Žižić, who will have to be at their peak to beat CSKA Moscow next week.
"We play without a crowd, and it's not easy," the coach concluded The Greek. "You know how much I relate to the fans, the team too, so we dedicate the victory to them.
It was a very challenging game against a team that started training early.
I was apprehensive about how it looked because we didn't really have any prep games.
In the first quarter we did not play as we wanted, but then there was the wind we wanted.
We turned the game around in the second quarter, took the lead and got a good win.
That is a very important victory. "
On Chris Jones, who provided an excellent debut with 12 points, Sapropoulos said: "We knew the qualities he had, that's why we brought him here. I believe in him and think he is a very high level player, and he proved it. It is very important that he continues to work, he "Still a new player and we still haven't had time to train together for a month. We can all still improve."
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Proud of friends.
Cloiaro (Photo: Danny Maron)
Jones himself said: "I had nightmares yesterday about anything that could go wrong. My teammates and coaches make me feel comfortable. I hope we continue to play like this. I adapted well and saw it, I was really waiting to see the fans when I signed here. It's pretty sad that they Not here, I hope they return soon. "
Angelo Cloiaro, who finished as the leading scorer with 18 points, concluded: "It was not ideal, because we finished a season at the end of July and we did not really have the preparation like other Euroleague teams. It is our huge victory, it is our third game overall. It is quite impressive. And I'm proud of you guys. "
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