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Maccabi Tel Aviv is expected to exercise the option on Chris Jones for next season - Walla! sport

2021-03-08T04:58:25.067Z


The Yellows are pleased with the good time of the guard who excelled in the narrow victory in the derby: "Glad we have the opportunity to keep him." Blazer on ability: "What matters is to win." Žižić will be checked


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Maccabi Tel Aviv is expected to exercise the option on Chris Jones for next season

The Yellows are pleased with the good time of the guard who excelled in the narrow victory in the derby: "Glad we have the opportunity to keep him."

Blazer on ability: "What matters is to win."

Žižić will be checked

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Monday, 08 March 2021, 06:40 Updated: 06:51

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Chris Jones (Photo: Bernie Ardov)

Last night (Sunday), Maccabi Tel Aviv maintained its advantage at the top of the Premier League table thanks to a narrow 77:80 victory over Hapoel Tel Aviv in the third Tel Aviv derby this season.

For Maccabi, it was the 14th victory in 17 league games, and the 10th in 11 home games this season in the league.

Until the end of the regular season in a month and a half, she will only play one more time at home, this coming Saturday against Nes Ziona.



As in quite a few games in recent times, the Yellows have recorded a big comeback in the game.

After a half controlled by Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi trailed 53:37 in the middle of the third quarter, but managed to close the quarter with only 2 points behind.

In the last quarter again the Reds managed to open a 7 point gap, but big minutes from Chris Jones and good decisions on defense gave the Yellows the win.



Jones was Maccabi's man with a season record of 26 points and 5 assists.

Other than that only Scotty Wilbkin scored in double digits with 10 points.

Ante Žižić contributed 6 points before being injured in the second quarter and trying to come back in the third quarter.

The Croatian chin will be tested, but Maccabi estimates that he will be fit for the game against Panathinaikos on Thursday.

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Bryant vs. Timor (Photo: Bernie Ardov)

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  • Ante Žižić will be examined after being injured against Hapoel Tel Aviv.

    Estimates: Will be eligible for PAO on Thursday

  • Chris Jones, who has excelled again, is expected to continue with the team next season: "He can be very vital"

  • Oz Blazer on the bad times of Scotty Wilbkin: "Happens to every player, his importance is enormous"

Jones' big show joins his excellent period recently, which comes after almost a month in which he has not played.

Maccabi has an option on the guard for another season and according to various sources at the club, Jones should continue for the next season as well.

Last night's game was only the second in the season in which he played in the league alongside Scotty Wilbkin, and the duo, who are expected to continue together next season as well, should get more minutes to play together from now until the end of the season.



"Chris is a humble guy who gets better as the season progresses," said one of the team members. "The fact that we have the option to keep him for another season is definitely something happy. We have a history of players who made their leap at the end of the first season and ran for big money, and we see "Chris can be a very vital and significant player from this stage towards our future."



"What's going on with Chris testifies to his character, he got into a straight pace and didn't lower his head for a second, kept working all the time," Pargan told Jones Oz Blazer who came to the press conference at the end of the game with a nose injury from the game, "he did a lot of things alone, it "It's not easy at all. Some see how important he is to us today. He runs the team and scores when needed, I enjoy it, it's our strength, we need everyone with us. We have to be ready for the team, and he does it a waste of time."



On the team's ability in the game and another less Scotty Wilbkin game Blazer said: "We did not start well and in the first half we were not in business, we lifted the aggressiveness in the second half, we made stops and stopped us on 35 points in the second half. The main thing is the win, it was not the best game Our, the derby should win. Scotty's importance to this club does not need to be extended. It happens that a player has less good times, there are a million and one reasons, it is very difficult throughout a long season to maintain stability. "Luckily we have a team that is talented and big enough to force on less big games from one player or another. I'm sure Scotty will come back to himself, on one or two less good games nothing happened."

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