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Heartbreak at Maccabi Tel Aviv, Williams: "Bad sequence, should remain positive"

The Yellows dropped a promising advantage against Real Madrid and lost on the buzzer to Gershon Yavosla on whom Pintzo in the summer, Dibertolomeo: "There are positive things to take but need victories."

Anger at losing the advantage, disappointment at Nanelli's fall, Evans' compliments, Blazer and Dibertolomeo

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Friday, 03 December 2021, 07:41 Updated: 07:54

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Doron Sheffer and Oded Katash, The Union (Photo: Danny Maron, Editing: Nir Chen)

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Heartbreak. With these words, Maccabi Tel Aviv chose to describe last night's (Thursday) loss to Real Madrid away 72:70. Like two years ago, this time too Maccabi came out of Madrid with a loss in the basket almost on the buzzer, this time Gershon Yavosla of France manages to score 3 seconds to finish with a pretty comfortable shot from the point and seals a comeback from Real at Maccabi's expense.

The Yellows have seemed on the safe path to interrupt 11 and a half years without a win in Madrid, since doing so in the 2009/10 season. The visitors led 50:59 at the end of three quarters, but in the last quarter Maccabi lost its head, saw Real turn the game around and only a big three by Derrick Williams still gave her hope for overtime, a hope that vanished during the last part of the game.

Three players scored in double digits for the Yellows - Scotty Wilbkin with 14 points and 5 assists, Keenan Evans with 10 points and Ante Zizic with 10 points as well.

"We were where we wanted to be, we were leading by 9 points at the entrance to the final quarter, and that's not how we wanted to end the game," concluded Derrick Williams, adding to his basket that set 70:70 towards the end, "We fought hard, but it was not enough. And we knew they would not replace and I would have a chance to score, we did a good exercise, Scotty delivered a good ball and I managed to score the three that equalized the game. We lost four away games in a row, two games by a point or two, and that's hard. "We are in a bad sequence but we must continue to stay positive."

John Dibertolomeo added: "We played a good game today, it's a hard loss, it's a hard place to win. We have to keep playing like that on defense. It's a 2 point loss, the fall was on the small details. We were well prepared for this game, we had Good game plan, we were led until the last 2 minutes, but succumbed to bad luck.There are good things to take from this game,But at the end of the day, we need victories. "

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Williams and Maccabi (Photo: GettyImages, Sonia Canada)

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people of Maccabi Tel Aviv were very nervous at the end of the game about the loss. The team felt that they would be able to end the long streak of losses in Madrid, interrupt the chain of away losses and take another step in the playoffs, but it collapsed in the last quarter, and the bad decisions of both the players and the professional team left them very disappointed. The team around did not understand the decision to go up in the defensive lineup during the last with Anta Žižić, who also received the last pass in an attempt to equalize.

Maccabi tried to convey that there are positive things to take from the match - the fact that after two games in which the team played a weak defense throughout most of the game, this time the Yellows managed to stop Real's escape in the first quarter and play a pretty good defense for more than 30 minutes. The fact that many players came off the bench were able to contribute and influence and also the ability not to break down during the home team’s run in the final quarter.

But the bottom line is that it interests the Maccabi people - a fourth consecutive loss outside Eliyahu, a fourth loss in the last five rounds, and a return to the head loss in the second half, which characterized the team in the season opener against Bayern Munich and Panathinaikos.

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Where did he go?

Nanley (Photo: GettyImages, Sonia Canada)

Criticism of decisions.

Yannis (Photo: GettyImages, Sonia Canada)

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Another person who raises concerns at Maccabi Tel Aviv is James Nanley.

Only 2 points in 3 shots from the field in almost 22 minutes, along with three rebounds and 2 steals, this is the unimpressive balance of who was Maccabi's man in the run during the month of October.

Although Nanelli scored in double figures against Olympiacos and Alba Berlin, he completed a clearly unimpressive balance in the last three games from the field of 7 successful shots from 30 attempts.

Before those games, Nanley had 49 shots out of 102, a little less than 48 percent, and now he has dropped more than half.

"There are such periods during a season," the Maccabi men tried to defend the guard, "there is no doubt that he was not in the game, and we were missing. Next to Scotty and Keenan, there was another lack of points, In a great game, they will not be able to get into their big shoes. "

a point of light.

Blazer (Photo: GettyImages, Sonia Canada)

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alongside players who excelled, some of Maccabi Tel Aviv came with compliments Mhoizink Center and are expected to receive credit for their ability in the near future.

The first is Keenan Evans, who was one of the standouts at Maccabi throughout the run in the third quarter.

Evans broke a streak of four games in which he did not score in double digits with 10 points, even though he did not deliver a single assist, for the second time this season.

Two other players who have received compliments are John Dibertolomeo and Oz Blazer.

The coordinator was among the players who brought Maccabi back to the game in the first quarter, and the forward was exceptional in the third quarter.

Blazer came into the game after a difficult period, as he is the only player from Maccabi who was not included in the Israeli team, despite his exceptional ability in the league, and he proved on the floor in Madrid that perhaps ignoring him in the national team is incorrect.

Encouraging ability.

Evans (Photo: GettyImages, Sonia Canada)

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hero of Real Madrid's victory was Gershon Yavosla.

The French forward scored the winning basket and finished as the leading scorer along with Thomas Hartl as each scored 15 points and dropped 5 rebounds.

After a strong opening game from the French forward he was injured during the third quarter and did not return until the last three minutes of the match where he was part of Real's turnaround.

Despite this, his only points at the end scored on the buzzer.

Yavosla scored 9 points in both games last season against Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Willerban uniform, which did not prevent the Yellows from wanting him in the long stages of the summer, but alongside the desire Maccabi Tel Aviv realized that once Real Madrid enters the picture they will not be able to bring him.

In the end, those who landed in the yellow are Derrick Williams, when the Maccabi people say even after the loss in Madrid that they do not regret it.

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