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Maccabi Tel Aviv understands: "If we do not win next week in Munich, the story is over"

The Yellows were defeated in Milan and were left with little chance of entering the playoffs: "It was our weakest game this season."

The injured Wilbkin in his hand is expected to get a rest in the league: "He could not produce his usual game."

And also: Has the sequence of games in the local framework led to a weakening ability?

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Friday, 19 February 2021, 06:53

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Last night (Thursday), Maccabi Tel Aviv recorded its biggest Euroleague loss of the season when it was defeated 85:68 in Italy by Armani Milano.

Following the loss, the team deteriorated to a balance of 10 wins against 13 losses, with its chances of entering the playoffs in the Euroleague diminishing.

The Yellows, who returned to play in the Euroleague after three and a half weeks, started the game very badly, when they see the opponent open a double-digit advantage already in the first quarter, and in the half lead 27:39.

In the third quarter, with the good minutes of Chris Jones and Elijah Bryant, Maccabi managed to reduce the difference to only 6, but no more than that, when Milan ran away immediately and gained an advantage that reached a peak of 18 points.

Othello Hunter was the best player in Maccabi with 16 points and 9 rebounds, while Tyler Dorsey scored 11 points and Chris Jones 10 points.

Scotty Wilbkin, who came up to play with a bandage in his hand due to injury, did not score and delivered 5 assists.

"Basketball is a game of running, we did a few runs in this game, but it was not enough," Chris Jones concluded, "We need to keep fighting as a team, as one unit, picking each other up, getting better every day and continuing to fight. There is much more Games understand that, I still believe we can do a great run, I think we will be fine. "

Elijah Bryant added: "We did not come to fight as we should and as we have shown in recent training. I believe that from this point we will come to fight regardless of the results."

The team was disappointed with the narcissistic ability displayed throughout most of the game, with coach Yannis Sapropoulos also sounding very frustrated at the press conference at the end.

"We came optimistic and got a painful slap," the team concluded the loss, "The ability was terrible. It was our weakest game this season, and at the most inopportune time it could happen. To go up to the playoffs? With how we looked tonight we can not even dream of it."

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The injury limited him to 0 points.

Wilbkin (Photo: Official website, courtesy of Milan)

2.

For the third time as a Maccabi Tel Aviv player, last night Scotty Wilbkin finished a game without points in the Euroleague.

4 and a half minutes before the end of the third quarter, 15 minutes behind, Yannis Sapropoulos took it out and did not return it.

Chris Jones, John Dibertolomeo and Tyler Dorsey were on the field in those minutes, but Wilbkin did not see the whole end of the game off the bench again.

Wilbkin suffered a finger injury in his left hand in training on Wednesday, a problem that bothered him during the game, "Scotty felt uncomfortable the whole game, he could not produce his normal game," said one of the Maccabi men, "at some point he could no longer play and when he did not Can produce his normal game, it is better that others try. "

Maccabi estimates that Wilbkin will rest in the upcoming league games against Bnei Herzliya and Nahariya to try and get him in the best position for the game against Bayern Munich next week: "Chris Jones did a good job, Tyler Dorsey gave everything he had in the second half, but Without Scotty we will not be able to win, "the club concluded.

Failed to cover up Wilbkin's weakness.

Dorsey (Photo: Official website, courtesy of Milan)

3.

Apart from Wilbkin's injury, Maccabi Tel Aviv felt that too many players came a little out of step with the Euroleague.

This was reflected in the weak defense in the first half against Milan's physicality, and the terrible shooting ability with the Yellows opening the game with 0 of 10 from outside the arc, and from this stage scoring 7 of 15 attempts.

"Nobody wants to use excuses, but three weeks without a game at this level took us a bit out of sharpness," one of the Maccabi players tried to explain. "With a lot of character. With all due respect to the other rivals we had in the league, it was not a game similar to what awaited us."

The team believed that Dragon Bender's entry into matters in recent games in Israel would lead to his better ability, but Bender, like his teammates, did not record a game he would like to remember.

Oz Blazer who got the spot in the top five showed fighting spirit but it was only enough for 2 points with a single shot from the field from 5 attempts.

We must win in Munich.

Elijah Bryant (Photo: Official Website, courtesy of Milan)

4.

The loss last night, together with the victory of Andulo Zero, may increase Maccabi Tel Aviv's gap from the playoffs to four games tonight if Zenit St. Petersburg defeats the Red Star away.

Until the end of their streak of Euroleague games at Maccabi Tel Aviv, they tried to convey optimism and confidence about their chances of qualifying for the next round, but now, when the team will have to win between eight and nine of the remaining 11 games, the optimists are starting to lose hope.

"If we do not win next week in Munich, the story is over," said one of the Maccabi men left in the country. "This is our last chance to stay alive, if we lose this game, what will be left for us is to play until the last minute."

He will meet Herzliya tomorrow.

Sapropoulos (Photo: Official website, courtesy of Milan)

5.

As early as tomorrow (20:30, Sport 5), Maccabi will return to the floor when it meets Bnei Herzliya for the second time this season, and on Monday they will meet Urbani Nahariya. The Yellows will hold league games that were supposed to take place later in the season during the team break to ease their game load, thanks to the fact that they do not have players in the national uniform in the current window.

After the two league games, the team will travel to Munich for the critical game in the Euroleague, and Germany will fly directly to Eilat for another league game to be held next Saturday night. The game in Eilat will open a week of two Euroleague games in Israel, with the Yellows hosting CSKA Moscow and Valencia.

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