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Maccabi Tel Aviv breathed a sigh of relief after the 78:87 over Alba Berlin. The team knows that this game was not impressive for them either, but it was important to return to win after the painful loss in the derby only 48 hours earlier.
"A big win for us," Ante Žižić said at the end.
"We are close to 50 percent success. We have a tough game schedule, but there are a lot of games left to get into the playoffs. That is our goal and we will not stop. We had a long losing streak, and we needed one game to change the season, if we beat Barcelona and Olympiacos at the venue "We can beat everyone here. We're all focused on trying to get to the playoffs."
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Following the bad professional period that the team is going through, the owners of Maccabi Tel Aviv and some members of the management recently had a joint conversation with some of the fans in an attempt to explain the situation. And additional commitments that currently prevent a more massive reinforcement of staff.
Maccabi hopes that the conversation, together with the last two Euroleague victories, will reassure the fans a little and perhaps also stop the small protest that recently arose among some of them about the professional conduct of the club.
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As first reported in Israel Today, Cameron Taylor will be loaned to Strasbourg by the end of the season to make room in the budget and meet the requirements of the Ministry of Finance's safety net after the signing of Kyrie Thomas.
The French team will pay the guard's salary until the end of the season, which stands at $ 120,000.
"It always hurts when a player leaves, we wish him the best we can, sad that he leaves us," said Keenan Evans about his teammate's move to the team.
"He's a great player, a good teammate. I hope he's successful with his new team."
Cameron Tyler.
Necessary step, Photo: Alan Schieber
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The problematic situation with the Corona completely disrupts the teams' schedules as well as the preparation for the games. On Sunday afternoon, assistant coaches Noam Levy and Doron Perkins finished preparing the video for the game against Fenerbahce and went into training. Corona and injuries in the Turkish team.
It was reported yesterday that the corona virus has also spread among Zalgiris Kaunas, the Yellows' next rival, and it is still not definitively clear whether the game that is scheduled to take place on Tuesday in Lithuania will be held at its original time.
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Alba Berlin coach Israel Gonzalez commented at the end of the game on the adaptation of the two Israeli players in the German team.
"Yuval Sussman is a young player, only 23 years old, he had a bit of a hard time at first with our method. We play with a lot of freedom, a lot of passing play, our method is to win the game, he is a smart player and improves every day. I am pleased with his progress, it was A special game for him because he has great feelings for Maccabi, and he managed to register a good game. "
"Tamir Blatt is a smart player and a smart person, understands basketball very well, he is in a situation similar to Sussman. Adapts to our method, he works hard to improve on defense, he is also a young player and we are happy with him as well."
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