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Maccabi Tel Aviv expects Wilbkin's recovery: "We need more from him"
The Yellows are back cheering from the loss next to CSKA outside but know that without the guard's good ability, which is at a three-year low, they will have a hard time maintaining the momentum.
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Friday, 12 November 2021, 07:15 Updated: 07:36
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After the general winning streak of Maccabi Tel Aviv ended this week with a loss to Hapoel Holon, the Yellows' winning streak also came to an end last night (Thursday) with an away loss to CSKA Moscow 74:73. The Yellows played a close game with the Russian opponent, but missed Opportunity to take the game during the last minute with the mistake of Derrick Williams
. The bright spots were Derrick Williams and Ante Žižić leading the scenes, but Cameron Taylor, Roman Sorkin and Angelo Cloiaro also received praise for the minutes they played. Scotty Wilbkin on the other hand continued with his less good ability and James Nanley was also weak with only 6 points after a great period.
"I feel like we were missing nothing today. We lost by a point against a very good team out there," Derrick Williams concluded. We also have to look at our character. We fought until the end of the game. Everyone knows we can compete with any team, CSKA or any other team. Can win any team, we are a good team and as long as we know it we also show it. "
Roman Sorkin added:" It was a very close game, it ended in the last attack, they scored hard shots and woke up at the end of the game. It could have gone there or there, if we had hit the last basket we would have been big, we fought and we'll take it further. We'll take our war, it's a very difficult away game in Russia, if we had scored the basket at the end of the game we would have celebrated. We lost, need to look ahead,We have a league game on Sunday and we need to win it and get back to our momentum. "
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For the first time in his Euroleague career, he finished a game without a shot to three.
Wilbkin (Photo: Danny Maron)
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already when the decision was made not to endanger him in the second half against maskun, it was clear to Maccabi Tel Aviv that Scotty Oilbkin be able to overcome the ankle injury easily and play against CSKA Moscow. As the yellows were not looking to hang the loss to Hapoel Holon on Monday his absence, the club Do not want to talk about how his injury made him look
bad again.In recent weeks there has been more and more talk about Wilbkin running the game better, not forcing too individual a style, so the rest of his stats are going up while he is not focusing on shooting.Meanwhile 7.5 Wilbkin impresses 7.5 Points in the last four games, his lowest figure since scoring 7 points in four games in his first season at Maccabi, when in that range Maccabi managed to fire Nevan Spahija.
Last night Wilbkin again did not find himself for the last few minutes, and when he tried to get into the game in money time he did manage to score 7 points, including an important move of squeezing 3 free throws towards the end, but in the bottom line he finished another disappointing game.
"We need more from him," said one of the Maccabi Tel Aviv players last night, "the significant thing with Scotty is that he knows it better than we do, and very soon we will see him come back to himself."
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Euroleague 2021/22
Group
Ms.
Netz
A.
Hp
Baskets
Nk
1
Milan
8
7
0
1
568-624
15
2
Olympiacos Piraeus
8
6
0
2
566-632
14
3
Barcelona
8
6
0
2
587-638
14
4
Real Madrid
8
6
0
2
572-615
14
5
Maccabi Tel Aviv
9
6
0
3
657-695
15
6
Wheelerban
9
6
0
3
675-697
15
7
Zenit St. Petersburg
8
5
0
3
573-585
13
8
CSKA Moscow
9
5
0
4
736-721
14
9
Monaco
8
4
0
4
628-628
12
10
The red star
9
4
0
5
605-622
13
11
Unix Kazan
9
4
0
5
663-635
13
12
Fenerbahce / Ulker
8
3
0
5
568-597
11
13
Bayern Munich
8
3
0
5
600-597
11
14
Basconia
8
3
0
5
627-545
11
15
Anadolu Zero
9
3
0
6
708-712
12
16
Alba Berlin
9
3
0
6
710-663
12
17
Panathinaikos Athens
9
2
0
7
716-656
11
18
Zalgiris Kaunas
8
0
0
8
638-535
8
3.
Maccabi Tel Aviv had two bright spots on the floor.
In terms of ability, Ante Žižić continued to look great with 16 points and 6 rebounds as he recorded a 26, but in terms of leadership in light of Wilbkin's ability it was Derrick Williams who rose again with 20 points in 32 minutes.
It took Williams a month and a half, but in the eyes of many of Maccabi Tel Aviv's men he became a significant offensive anchor, and a force that should give Wilbkin the space he needs. "
Point of light, again.
Žižić (Photo: Official Website, CSKA Official Website)
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In the locker room, Yannis Sapropoulos sent a message to the players that he was pleased with their war and that they would not be disappointed with the loss in Moscow.
The feeling with which Maccabi Tel Aviv returned to Israel is that its momentum is still in full swing, and although the winning streak is over, it should also pull the capability for the important double week that awaits it next week.
"Although we lost, we leave here with a good feeling," said one of the professional team members during the night,
"We have proved that we are worth a victory even in a very difficult hall, which we did not do in Milan a few weeks ago, and we need to build on this game for next week."
There is also room for optimism.
Williams (Photo: Official website, courtesy of Maccabi Tel Aviv)
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Maccabi Tel Aviv is back in Israel tonight and the players will get a rest today ahead of a very busy week that awaits them with four games in seven days.
The busy schedule will open in a league game against Hapoel Eilat, where a number of players are expected to get a rest on the one hand, but Maccabi will want to return to fitness players who have recorded two or three less good games, so it is very possible that Scotty Wilbkin will get dressed and limited minutes in the league.
After the game against Eilat, there will be a double week in the Euroleague, a week in which Maccabi will meet the refreshing Monaco who have already made life difficult for the best rivals in the factory, on Wednesday at Yad Eliyahu, and on Friday they will host Olympiacos in the hall where they tend to lose.
The series of games will end next Sunday against Maccabi Rishon Lezion away, when after the game the Premier League will go on a team break.
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