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Last stop: All in the hands of Scotty Wilbkin Israel today

2021-12-29T12:52:44.962Z


When in the Euroleague and the Premier League they have already learned how to stop him during the last - the guard continues to lose confidence and Maccabi Tel Aviv sinks with him • Mickey Berkowitz: "To quietly take crucial shots you have to come mentally ready"


"On 26 occasions I was trusted to take the decisive shot in the game and I missed. I failed again and again in my life, which is exactly why I succeeded" (Michael Jordan).

Maccabi Tel Aviv could have reached the opening of the second round of the Euroleague tonight in Monaco - the 1,000th game in European factories - with fewer storms and a coach on the grill, if Scotty Wilbkin had acted differently in the last week in the deciding balls.

Last Thursday in St. Petersburg Zenit led 71:73 from a three by Billy Baron, seven seconds to go.

As far as is known, the order in the timeout for Wilbkin was to hand in to Williams or Reynolds, who were passionate about the game.

Wilbkin got confused, went left and was blocked, and the anger at him was very great.

Three days passed, and again Maccabi Tel Aviv came to the last ball to equalize the derby. All of Europe knows that Wilbkin should be led to the left, and again he went to his weak side and was blocked by Josh Evans. Missed.

The misses in the derby were the 12th (!!!) time in his four years that Wilbkin failed in the moment of truth, compared to his four big baskets (see attached table).

There were sins corrected by others (Hunter), which are not counted here, which raises the question of why Wilbkin and Maccabi Tel Aviv repeat the same unsuccessful actions.

There are quite a few reasons why Wilbkin misses or loses a ball in the decisive moments.

First, the guard arrives exhausted for the final minutes.

Since the loss in Holon Yannis Sapropoulos has not given Wilbkin a rest, and this year he has had to work much harder on his points since there is no other creator in the back line.

Second, his arsenal of actions is not too wide.

His rise from place to three is incredible, especially when he gets blocked and goes to the right and there gets a free look for a shot.

But the rivals cling to him with high guards (Tokoto style) and force him to go left.

He fails to attract penetration offenses, and usually escapes contact.

Also, his shot from half-distance while bouncing back (Fade Away) is less good, as the recent move in St. Petersburg proved.

Wilbkin gets involved with Real Madrid, Photo: Alan Schieber

Mickey Berkowitz, the big yellow winner who has won dozens of games in the last few seconds, tries to provide his own explanation: "Wilbkin is a great player. these".

Asked how to recover from the streak of sins at the end of games, the yellow sergeant added: "When you miss it haunts you a lot of time. I did too and failed, but the system gave me a lot of confidence."

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Source: israelhayom

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