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Too transparent: about the opening of Maccabi Tel Aviv's weak season
The rivalry goes to Wilbkin, but the players around him are not helping.
Hunter does not inspire confidence, Žižić is not helpful in defense and the treatment of Jones lowers his self-confidence.
The Yellows will try to start tonight's rescue campaign (21:05, Sport 5) against Milan, Zvika Sharaf and Molly Katzourin analyze what has gone wrong so far
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Thursday, November 26, 2020, 1:30 p.m.
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There are moments that can change an entire season of a team.
Two years ago, the surprise away win over CSKA Moscow took Maccabi Tel Aviv out of the stalemate of failure and almost brought it to the playoffs. When Scotty Wilbkin raised the Yellows to a 70:77 lead, 141 seconds from the end, it seemed like they were going to beat the improving Spanish team, but the end is known. And
this end should not be too surprising. "Maccabi Tel Aviv has weakened," says the team coach. former, Tzvika Scharf. "anyone who knows the business knows basketball team is like a house of cards, and when pages shaky inside the tower, everything falls," says Molly Katzurin.
the feeling is just before a third of the season, Maccabi was not good enough to satisfy the objectives of her, and the fact "We are not a Final Four team and I have no problem saying that," Othello Hunter said ahead of tonight's game (Thursday, 21:05) against Olympia Milan. So what leads the Yellows? To the same mental collapse in the decisive moments over and over again?
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"We need to strengthen our chin position. Last season's Othello Hunter is gone" (Photo: Danny Maron)
With the exception of the game in Madrid, Maccabi Tel Aviv did not disband this season.
She lost by ten points to Fenerbahce, and suffered the other four losses by a single-digit margin, with the last three minutes coming up with her opponent by a gap of one basket at most.
She also once won such a close game, after extra time against Moscow Khimki.
In losses to Bayern Munich and Anadolu Zero she took the final shot, against Valencia and Olympiacos suffered a basket of victory, while Himki missed the decisive shot against her.
"More and more coaches are emphasizing Wilbkin's stopping, because they know that if you stop him, you are hurting Maccabi's chances of winning," explains Sharaf.
"There is no doubt that of the three new players brought in, Chris Jones and Dragon Bender do not deliver the goods, and Lanta Zizic has pros and cons. It is almost impossible to play with him and Hunter together. Because of Hunter's injuries there was no time to run them. , And maybe it's not right at all. I'm not putting the blame on Wilbkin, he's a very high level player and not getting enough help other than Elijah Bryant. He's not getting enough from Tyler Dorsey and Jones, and maybe now with John Dibertolomao it will look more are good".
Katzourin adds that "I, as a coach, have no problem with Wilbkin getting the last ball. It's like Mike James getting the last ball in CSKA Moscow.
The problem is the exercises that are prepared and performed.
In this section, Maccabi is not ready this year, and when you reach the end of a game there are many players without confidence, so Wilbkin takes responsibility.
He is a player in the Euroleague, and the role of the coach is to do the exercise for him, and maybe here Yannis Sapropoulos should do some thinking. "
"Not getting the credit he thinks he deserves, and maybe it makes an impact."
Tyler Dorsey (Photo: Kobi Eliyahu)
The dependence on Wilbkin has become even more absolute and significant in light of the instability of his backline partners.
Dorsey had four games in which he scored 18 points, added 3.5 rebounds and handed out 3 assists, but in contrast there were six games in which he got stuck on 4.8, 2.6 and 1.2 respectively.
In his good games, Maccabi was 2: 2, and at worst 5: 1.
The Jones had three games with 11.6 points and 2.8 assists (1: 2 team balance), and five games with 3.8 and 2 (4: 1 balance).
The gap with Jones also exists in the minutes - in the good games he got 21.6, and in the weak he dropped to 12 minutes.
"Last year's Hunter, who would have given confidence, is gone. Acey, who was the team's energizer, has left. Sussman, who was a classic player for the Maccabi coach, is still not playing. Dorsey, who is expecting maybe more credit, is not getting it and maybe it affects him. They brought in Jones as a coordinator, but they do not give him confidence, "Katzourin details the personal problems.
"In general, it is noticeable how much Maccabi lost the confidence that characterized it last season. Maybe it has to do with the unbalanced lineup, and maybe it's because of the lack of spectators. Another dimension is the management of the game: it was a problem last season, but within the wave of success and defensive ability, Maccabi Came less to close games, and when they did, Sapropoulos had more confidence to do other things in the decisive moments. He also lost confidence. If you analyze what was at the end of each game, you see that it is always related to managing the game. Maccabi's victory in Russia was also due to Himki and not Maccabi ".
Sharaf also talks about the role of the coach at the start of the season: "The role of the coach is to decide what exercise to do in the last seconds in the foreign league, and then it goes to the players. Sometimes the exercise is not good. Some coaches like Pablo Lasso go with their method, and some coaches just want to disrupt. The second team. The coaches know that if they disrupt Wilbkin, they will win. Everyone knows that when there is a substitution, and your guard is kept by Žižić, take it to the basket. And if a guard keeps high, play on the miss, as against Fenerbahce ".
"The problem of managing the game also existed last season."
Sapropolus with Chris Jones (Photo: Danny Maron)
The Yellows come into tonight's game against Milan with just three wins from ten rounds, with the playoffs still a reasonable distance away, but the negative trend is clear.
"This is a very significant pit," says Sharaf.
"To reach the top eight, in a season when no team is at its peak, you have to win about 17 games, that is, 14 of the 24 remaining. It is difficult to reach such a success percentage."
Katzourin concludes: "This season is a different and crazy season. Maccabi must make the necessary changes within its staff, such as strengthening Hunter's position. Sapropoulos has to make his adjustments. One cannot think that everything that has succeeded once, will always succeed again. The season is not over. "It's for sure, but Maccabi will have to find a way to win without last season's performances."
Euroleague 2020/21
Group
Mash
Netz
A.
Hp
Gates
Nk
1
CSKA Moscow
10
7
0
3
807-830
17
2
Barcelona
9
8
0
1
625-741
17
3
Bayern Munich
10
7
0
3
772-804
17
4
Real Madrid
10
6
0
4
787-815
16
5
Valencia
9
6
0
3
711-735
15
6
Zalgiris Kaunas
10
5
0
5
810-798
15
7
Fenerbahce / Ulker
10
4
0
6
782-728
14
8
The red star
10
4
0
6
762-752
14
9
Anadolu Zero
9
5
0
4
710-737
14
10
Olympiacos Piraeus
8
5
0
3
591-613
13
11
Maccabi Tel Aviv
10
3
0
7
790-787
13
12
Basconia
9
4
0
5
679-718
13
13
Zenit St. Petersburg
7
5
0
2
491-512
12
14
Moscow Khimki
9
2
0
7
770-697
11
15
Milan
7
4
0
3
573-579
11
16
Panathinaikos Athens
8
2
0
6
676-635
10
17
Alba Berlin
8
2
0
6
677-590
10
18
Wheelerban
7
1
0
6
552-494
8
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