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Maccabi Tel Aviv allows themselves to dream big, Žižić: "Do not stop on the way to the playoffs" - Walla! sport

2022-01-26T04:58:46.403Z


The Yellows defeated Alba Berlin and in the locker room talked mostly about the encounter with Sussman but also about the thoughts for a comeback. Chin: "We can beat everyone"


Maccabi Tel Aviv allows themselves to dream big, Zizic: "Do not stop on the way to the playoffs"

The Yellows defeated Alba Berlin and in the locker room talked mostly about the encounter with Sussman but also about the thoughts for a comeback.

Chin: "If we beat Barcelona and Olympiacos here, we could beat them all."

And also: Dibertolomeo's historic game, Taylor's departure and the miss against Fenerbahce

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26/01/2022

Wednesday, 26 January 2022, 06:45

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Summary: Shlonsk and Wroclaw - LeBloa-Metropolitans 74:59 (Sport1)

1.

Maccabi Tel Aviv continues to recover in its attempts to enter the Euroleague playoffs when last night (Tuesday) it defeated Alba Berlin 78:87 in a rematch from the 20th round of the Euroleague.

Thanks to the victory, Maccabi rose to a balance of nine wins against 11 losses, and came close to eighth place in the table.



The Yellows dominated the game from the second quarter, in which they opened a double-digit gap, and except for Alba's comeback attempt in the final minutes, when they narrowed Maccabi's advantage to 3 points, the control was quite clear.

Maccabi lost only 5 balls in the game, a very impressive figure, and did not lose a single ball throughout the first half.

That figure joins just 4 losses in the loss to Olympiacos last Thursday.

Scotty Wilbkin, in an excellent game with 18 points and 6 assists, was the man of the team in the game, with four more players scoring a double-digit number of points, including Cameron Taylor who was loaned out at the end of the game to French side Strasbourg.



"We made enough good moves," Wilbkin said at the end of the game, "we were in danger of almost losing this game, as we have done several times this season, but we managed to dig deep, get some stops and some important baskets. This game. "

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Another celebration in the hall.

Maccabi Tel Aviv optimistic (Photo: Danny Maron)

Ante Žižić, who added another good game to his last period with 14 points, said at the end: "A big win for us, we showed our character, especially in defense, we stopped their passing game, which is an important part of their game. We tried to stop the "



The one who stood at the center of the contest was Yuval Sussman, who received love from the Maccabi people, but a mixed reception from the crowd, some of whom despised him. Žižić recounted the encounter with Sussman who scored 10 points and said: "It was strange to play against Yuval, we played against him once, I got used to it a bit. Here in another jersey it was strange, but he succeeds in Berlin and I wish him only good things." .

"The ball kills us, when we do not lose balls we play great."

Evans (Photo: Danny Maron)

Lots of things that can give optimism.

Maccabi Tel Aviv (Photo: Danny Maron)

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2. The

victory over Alba was Maccabi's second in a row in the Euroleague, but came 48 hours after the disappointing loss in the derby, a loss that Yannis Sapropoulos also called after the victory last night as a "bad game". The team have not hidden that this loss is sitting in their head, and continue to think about their ups and downs during the current season.



"The thing we need to get better at, I take responsibility for it, I need to put everyone in the same mood," Keenan Evans said of the team's instability. magnificent".



Žižić added on the team's roller coaster: "We have problems, a lot of games and Corona, I'm not looking for excuses. We had to play on Thursday, we will have a small break instead, but we lost players in Corona and we did not have training, and then we "Suddenly we play game after game, that's a lot."



Despite the ups and downs, the team suddenly sees themselves only two games off the balance in the Euroleague, and returned to a realistic chance of entering the playoffs: "Everyone is focused on reaching the playoffs, we had a long losing streak, it was not easy to play away. If we beat Barcelona and Olympiacos, we can beat everyone here. Our goal is the playoffs and we will try to get there. We're still close to 50 percent, we have a tough game board, we have to come every night and play the best. This is only the third game in the second round "We have a lot more games to go into the playoffs, that's our goal, we are not stopping," said Žižić.



Evans added: "We have to take it game after game, you can not look too far ahead. Our next game is on Saturday, we will get a day off tomorrow, we will refresh, we will have to be ready for the upcoming league game as well."

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Good evening.

Wilbkin (Photo: Danny Maron)

While the many minutes of play given to Scotty Wilbkin, Derrick Williams and Jaylen Reynolds are normative things in the rotation of Maccabi Tel Aviv, in the current game John Dibertolmio played over 27 minutes and Cameron Taylor over 23 minutes

.

While Taylor's good play can be explained by his departure immediately afterwards for France, the Yellows 'captain gets a second game in a row over 20 minutes, which is not at all common in Sapropoulos' time.

Only once in his Euroleague career has Dibertolomeo played more than 27 minutes, and that was under Nevan Spahija.



"Whoever has the best fitness and the best mentality, and the best momentum we will use. John plays very well on defense and offense, he gives what he can so I let him play a lot," Yannis Sapropoulos said of the extensive credit he gives the captain, who scored 5 points And did a good job on defense.



Maccabi is very pleased with the comeback that Dibertolomeo has been making recently.

"As a system, we trust Jondy very much," said one of the team members last night. our".

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Still believe.

Zizic (Photo: Danny Maron)

Immediately

after the game, Maccabi announced the loan of Cameron Taylor, who recorded his best game in the yellow uniform, to French side Strasbourg.

Taylor has a contract for another season at Maccabi, and he is expected to return to the squad at the end of the current season.



Maccabi waited until the entry of guard Kyrie Thomas into shape to loan Taylor, whose men have been looking for a team in recent weeks when it was clear he would lose his place in the squad.

Thomas should already be on the roster for the Yellows' upcoming game against Hapoel Holon, while the injured James Nanley in his ankle will continue to be absent.



"It always hurts that a player leaves, we wish him the best he can, sad that he leaves us. He is a great player, a good teammate I hope he succeeds with his new team," Keenan Evans concluded Taylor's departure from the club.

Good and encouraging minutes.

Jundi (Photo: Danny Maron)

5.

Maccabi spoke openly after the game about the feeling of missing the postponement of the game against Fenerbahce from Thursday.

The Yellows could have received the Turkish team in a very lacking squad, and now if the game is postponed to the area of ​​March, they are likely to meet them in a completely different situation, with Jan Wesley and Nando de Colo also likely to arrive near Elijah.



"I saw the positive things both in playing against Fenerbahce and not playing," Evans admitted.



One of the team members said in frustration that: "We wanted to come up with a certain momentum for this game, and we got to it, and then it was postponed. It is clear that Fenerbahce has a lot of missing players, and in our next game against them it will be a completely different team."

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