• sport

• basketball

• Euroleague and European basketball

Will Yannis' bet pay off?

Maccabi Tel Aviv received a "slap", but optimistic

The Yellows conclude another game that illustrated the gap between them and the top of the Euroleague, insisting that "this is a very caring bunch" are encouraged by waking up in the second half under the auspices of Sapropoulos' box in the minutes division, and know: a loss in France may not be a way back

Tags

• Maccabi Tel Aviv in basketball

Almond light

Wednesday, 13 October 2021, 06:32 Updated: 06:36

• Share on Facebook

• Share on WhatsApp

• Share on general

• Share on general

• Share on Twitter

• Share on Email

0 comments

1.

Maccabi Tel Aviv recorded last night (Tuesday) the second consecutive Euroleague loss of her when beaten by Milan in Italy 83:72. Maccabi lasted only a short time, until Milan went out for a 2:17 run and ran to a double-digit difference, on the way to a one-sided first half that ended at 30:52. In the second half the Yellows were unable to endanger the local rival despite an improvement in ability and victory in the 3rd and 4th quarters.

Derek Williams was the bright spot for the Yellows with 19 points, 15 of them in the second half, James Nanley scored 16 points, Jaylen Reynolds finished with 13 points after just 4 in the first half and Matthias Lore contributed 10. On the other hand, Scotty Wilbkin scored 8 points only.

"We had a tough first half, but I think we went up in the second half," Derek Williams said at the end of the game, "The ball went in a lot harder and we fought hard. We have a long way to go,But the last part of the game gives me confidence that we will get better and better ahead of the game on Thursday. "

James Nanley, who was the Yellows' standout player in the first half along with Matthias Lasur, said: "Obviously this is not the way we wanted to start the game. We did not get into the rhythm in the first half, but I think in the second half we showed we could be much better. We played a lot "More aggressive, and the balls started coming in. We will have to keep getting better."

More on Walla!

Maccabi Tel Aviv lost 83:72 to Milan and went down to a negative balance in the Euroleague

To the full article

Looking for solutions, and still not finding.

Sapropoulos (Photo: Official website, courtesy of Maccabi Tel Aviv)

2. The

first half highlighted the gaps that exist at this stage between Maccabi Tel Aviv and the top of the Euroleague. For many minutes the team looked helpless as Milan bombed out of the arc, putting balls into the inside players who finished in high percentages and preventing the Yellows from developing any kind of attacking play.

"If we take the first 3-4 minutes of the game, the first half was exactly how we talked we did not want to look," the team said after the game, "there was a goal that even if we do not win this game, we should look better than the game against the star "The red, to show that we are progressing. In the first half we got another slap on the gap between us and the big rivals."

A figure that illustrates how out of the picture Maccabi was in the first half was the ability of the back line.

Only two points were contributed in the first 20 minutes by Scotty Wilbkin, Keenan Evans, John Dibertolomao and Cameron Taylor with 0 of 10 from the field.

Most of the points were scored in the first part of the game by Mathias Lasur, James Nanley and Derrick Williams.

More on Walla!

Yannis Sapropoulos: "The first half was a disaster for us"

To the full article

The point of light.

Derek Williams (Photo: Official website, courtesy of Maccabi Tel Aviv)

3.

But Maccabi of the second half was a completely different story. For long minutes in the second half Milan failed to score, finishing the third quarter with just 11 points, and early in the fourth quarter when Scotty Wilbkin started to score from outside the arc, Derrick Williams continued with good ability and even Jaylen Reynolds got into things a bit, Milan started to get a little stressed, too. If not feel a real danger of loss.

"We will take the reaction of the second half to our important game on Thursday," Maccabi said after the game. "The players played much better, first defensively, and then offensively. There were far fewer free throws. Balls under the basket. "

At the beginning of the second half, Scotty Wilbkin gathered the Maccabi Tel Aviv players in the middle circle and then the team came out better in the second half. We play with a lot of respect, and the second half looked like that. "

"Players are very bothered by how they look."

Keenan Evans yesterday (Photo: Official website, courtesy of Maccabi Tel Aviv)

4.

We will soon get to the important game tomorrow, but first of all it is important to look at the decision of Yannis Sapropoulos last night in the half. The coach spent the last minutes of the first half with Yiftach Ziv, Keenan Evans and Roman Sorkin on the field, in what could have given a hint that he would give up the second half. But the reality was completely different.

Ziv and Sorkin did not get on the floor at all in the second half, John Dibertolomao got 6 minutes, Cameron Taylor 5 and Matthias went 2 and a half. The division of minutes of the senior players was loaded for half a second with a double-digit difference in back to back - Derek Williams did not get off the floor and played 20 minutes, Jaylen Reynolds with 17 and a half minutes, James Nanley played 17, Angelo Cloiaro 14, Scotty Wilbkin 10 And Keenan Evans 9 minutes.

"Yannis decided to try out the players early in the second half, and when he saw some players like Jaylen, James and especially Derek respond excellently, he went with them, even if their minutes slightly deviated from the original plan," the club say.

• Euroleague 2021/22

  Group	Mash	Netz	A.	Hp	Baskets	Nk
  1	Milan	3	3	0	0	210-245	6
  2	Wheelerban	3	3	0	0	216-234	6
  3	Barcelona	2	2	0	0	136-176	4
  4	Olympiacos Piraeus	2	2	0	0	118-149	4
  5	Monaco	2	2	0	0	143-163	4
  6	CSKA Moscow	3	2	0	1	247-251	5
  7	Zenit St. Petersburg	3	2	0	1	210-207	5
  8	The red star	2	1	0	1	124-132	3
  9	Real Madrid	2	1	0	1	143-150	3
  10	Unix Kazan	3	1	0	2	228-222	4
  11	Panathinaikos Athens	3	1	0	2	243-233	4
  12	Fenerbahce / Ulker	3	1	0	2	232-218	4
  13	Alba Berlin	3	1	0	2	237-215	4
  14	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3	1	0	2	226-204	4
  15	Basconia	3	1	0	2	232-195	4
  16	Bayern Munich	3	0	0	3	222-210	3
  17	Zalgiris Kaunas	2	0	0	2	158-140	2
  18	Anadolu Zero	3	0	0	3	257-238	3

5.

At the beginning of the season, the game against Wheelerban was marked as a game that Maccabi Tel Aviv can win and have the privilege of celebrating the opening of a dream season.

In practice the Yellows come as a kind of underdog against the French who come with great momentum after coming back from a lag of almost 20 points against Anadolu Zero last night.

The French have not lost a game this season in the Euroleague, and the Yellows will have to be at their peak to return to Tel Aviv with a 2: 2 balance.

A loss by the Yellows will degenerate them into only a 4: 1 balance, and will make the continuation of the road much more difficult.

• Share on Facebook

• Share on WhatsApp

• Share on general

• Share on general

• Share on Twitter

• Share on Email

0 comments