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2020-12-22T10:32:07.964Z


| Israeli basketball If Maccabi Tel Aviv aims high in the Euroleague after the victory in Barcelona, ​​it will have to beat Panathinaikos tonight at the venue • On the difficulty of Sapropolos against Greek coaches this season • And also: the defensive importance of Hunter, and the offensive dependence on Dorsey Hunter (right). Will be fit for the important game tonight? Photography:  Courtesy of Barcelona Until


If Maccabi Tel Aviv aims high in the Euroleague after the victory in Barcelona, ​​it will have to beat Panathinaikos tonight at the venue • On the difficulty of Sapropolos against Greek coaches this season • And also: the defensive importance of Hunter, and the offensive dependence on Dorsey

  • Hunter (right).

    Will be fit for the important game tonight?

    Photography: 

    Courtesy of Barcelona

Until last week, Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Barcelona in the small hall only twice in the last 40 years: 97:99 in January 1982 and 76:88 in December 2005 (the victory in February 1992 thanks to the roof of Willy Sims was in the huge hall, the Palau San Jordi ).

In those two seasons the victory over the Catalans was leveraged for her promotion to the final, where she lost.

From the cellars of 13th place and with a negative balance of 9-6, even on a clear day it is difficult to see the Yellows in Cologne in May 2021, but is the victory in Barcelona the opening to a new and better future?

2 First answer we are supposed to get tonight when Maccabi Tel Aviv hosts Panathinaikos, in a game that Maccabi Tel Aviv is a clear favorite also because the Greeks, due to the closure in their country, will only come to Tel Aviv today - a rare event in the annals of the Euroleague.

In the first decade of the current millennium, Greece crowned the rivalry between the teams as "the European version of the Boston Celtics vs. the LA Lakers," but in recent years the teams have vacated their place from the top of Europe.

Panathinaikos have not climbed to the Final Four since leaving Zeljko Obradovic in the summer of 2012, and this summer lost their leader Nick Claths, leading to a 15th-place relegation with a 9-5 record.

Pao still has quite a few good players.

Shalvin Mack in the position of coordinator (his participation tonight is in doubt) and Nemanja Nadovic, a gifted scorer who has damaged Maccabi quite a bit in the past in Malaga and Milan, and this year is in full bloom, the great Greek forward Ioannis Papapatro and the huge axis player (2.19m)

Pau may have been humiliated at Wilburban, but a team that has dragged Real Madrid and Barcelona into overtime is still quite dangerous.

3 Yannis Saprolopus has a balance of 1-5 as a Euroleague coach (at Olympiacos and Maccabi) against Panathinaikos.

His and his assistant's Yergotlis' acquaintance with Greek basketball is a kind of advantage, although this year Sapropolus lost to all the Greek coaches he faced: Etudis from CSKA, Bratzokas (Olympiacos) and Dadas from Holon.

If Othello Hunter is absent tonight, Maccabi may face difficult problems despite the improvement in Dragan Bender's ability.

Hunter is the barometer of Maccabi's defensive success in the last month.

His ability to substitute in a pick-and-roll and interfere with the guards in front of him, in addition to two blocks he issues, makes the yellow extension impenetrable (except for the game at Willerban).

The Yellows' attack depends on Tyler Dorsey tonight.

The Euroleague focuses mainly on Scotty Wilbkin and manages in some games to minimize damage, so Dorsey's productivity becomes critical.

In victories, Dorsey scores 14 points per game at 46 percent and in losses drops to 6.5 at 23 percent.

He usually gets less good guards, and if he does not know how to take advantage of it tonight, Pau may be the first to arrive on the day of a game and return to base happy

Source: israelhayom

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