1. For a long time Yannis Sapropoulos was not angry with his players like yesterday (Sunday) after the dramatic loss of Maccabi Tel Aviv 78:77 to Hapoel Tel Aviv in the derby.
"Our bad loss, the worst thing in this game was our performance," the nervous coach attacked at the end.
"I did not expect us to play so badly offensively and defensively. We lost a lot of balls not committed to reality. We did not have stability in defense and offense for 40 minutes, we missed lay-ups under the basket and the last shot was free, but we missed. We did not play as a team and that bothers me." .
"Our problem this season is that we have no stability in general," the frustrated Sapropolos continued. "I do not know why, when you lose 4 balls in an entire game in the Euroleague and here in the half we lost 15 balls in the half. We were not mentally ready to play the same way. I will talk about it with the players and find out what the problem is, it happened many times this season, we have no stability. Can stop the best team in the Euroleague in attack on less than 70 points, and where is this defense today? Where is the attack from the previous game? It is my responsibility and I will find out and solve it. We do not succeed in the league, do not succeed in the Euroleague and we have a lot of problems. "We had time to work before Olympiacos, so it's weird how we played now. I did not think we would be so irresponsible in our game. Each time we sent their shots to 3 shots from the line."
2. Scotty Wilbkin suffered from a particularly weak game and low shooting percentages, including two critical penalty fouls and of course the foul during the last that could have arranged a victory.
Maccabi explained that the player suffers from neck pain and comes up to play with a shot, but that still does not explain why every time the ball goes to him in the last minutes, even though his percentage in decisive moves is appallingly low.
Scotty Wilbkin.
Another weak performance, Photo: Alan Shiver
The process of getting back in shape for the Kyrie Thomas acquisition is progressing slowly.
The new guard is gradually integrating into training and it is still unclear when he will make his debut in the yellow uniform.
Today he will be presented at a press conference at Menora Mivtachim Hall and fans will be able to hear his feelings and thoughts about the new team.
On Tuesday, Yuval Sussman will return to the Ex Hall with his team Alba Berlin, and despite the rain from the summer and the celebrations near the bench at the game in Berlin, Maccabi Tel Aviv will hold a ceremony before the game for its former player.
It is estimated that some fans will shout contempt at him out of disappointment that he insisted on leaving.
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