Sapropoulos: "It's very important that Dorsey is hot" Israel today

After the victory over Real Madrid, the Maccabi Tel Aviv coach praised the outstanding player and added: "We fought with all our might to win"

• Sapropolus, tonight in the hall

  Photography: 

  Alan Shiver

After a number of close games at the end of which she saw her rivals come down the floor happy, Maccabi Tel Aviv tonight (Thursday) finally managed to win a thrilling game when they defeated Real Madrid 84:86 in the hall.

The victory was achieved mainly thanks to the amazing ability and career high of Tyler Dorsey who stitched 30 points and gave Maccabi a lot of breathing space for the fight for the first 8.

Maccabi Tel Aviv coach Yannis Sapropoulos said after the game: "In the first quarter we played not well on defense and in the second quarter we were much better. We absorbed only 13 points and returned to the game, it was important to return to the game before the half. We fought with all our might to win."

On Tyler Dorsey he said: "Tyler has some great games this season like tonight and he was very important for us to get back in the game. Also in the second half he was very important, especially towards the end. It is very important for us that he is hot. "But today he did great."

Real Madrid coach Pablo Lasso, analyzed from his side: "Our start was good but we knew they would come back because they have a lot of quality in the outside players, who are able to play one on one and score from the outside, and that's how they came back, the rest of the game was close. I am proud of my players who stayed in the game "Until the end, especially since we knew how hard it was to play here. We'll think about the next game. We answered the ball pretty well, the opponents are crowded with Tavares, and if we had scored some of the free throws we missed, the game would have been different.