First of all win.
When there is a mess in Europe, which creates a mess in the table, and there is a mess on the pitch, and the crowd is already starting to whistle contempt at the end of each quarter, there is one solution that fixes everything: victory.
And there are games where nothing else has value.
Only for W.
What a difference one basket makes.
The narrow victory changes Maccabi's season, which will now have eight days to prepare for the next game, strengthens the status of temporary / permanent coach, gives confidence to the players and management, and provides oxygen for the entire program.
There were also some bright spots, and some issues to fix, but everything was easier after a win.
Nanley.
As they dreamed, Photo: Alan Schieber
Nanley
James Nanley came to play.
When your family comes to the game on a one-time basis, it can affect both parties.
There are many who fall for it.
But Nanley took it in the positive direction, for record motivation and intense play from the first moment.
After two attacks in which Yiftach Ziv was slow and anemic, Nanley pounced on him, took the ball from his hand, and began to lead it.
In the next attack he literally snatched the ball to Ziv from the hand, passed the half and sniped a three from nine yards out.
He even went to the dunk in an outburst, and although he missed, I'm sure my father Stone was pleased.
Nanley finally came out of the shell.
This is the player they dreamed of at Maccabi.
In the second half he activated Zizic nicely, also with the help of Basconia whose color defense was disgraceful.
All of Nanley's experience and intelligence exploded in this game.
Good late never.
The children received a play from their father, Photo: Alan Shiber
Scottish
To the mice of history, Scotty Wilbkin's last and crucial trio can be reminiscent of Sharonas Jasikevicius.
In a home game against Siena, exactly 17 years ago in March 2005, Sharas missed 8 straight threes, but even in the last ball Pini Gershon believed in him, put the ball in his hands, and Sharas scored the winning basket.
And so Scotty in last night's game, with seven straight fouls, stumbled on one leg, came back lame from the bench to score the three-pointer, then added two more free throws to close out an interest.
And if you insist, the penetration into the basket in which Scotty was injured is exactly the same as the penetration of Glenn Rice Jr. into the Maccabi basket and Holon's victory basket in the 2018 Cup final, against Maccabi.
A shot on one foot with a fall to a position of almost parallel to the ground, acrobatics and sacrifice for the team.
Upgrade me Scotty.
Wilbkin.
Will he stay for another season?
His game was solid, less strenuous, much less dribbling, and that's good and healthy for Maccabi.
It's hard to know what's going through his mind, but the interview at the end of the game reflected the mood.
"A place that's hard to play in, a lot of pressure, a small town in a small country and everyone is looking at you."
Spoke quite indifferently and left.
No matter how the season ends, it does not look like he will not stay here.
Avi Even
George Carl is one of the most successful coaches in NBA history, and to this day is ranked fifth in the number of career wins.
In the late ’90s he coached the Seattle SuperSonics crazy team, with Gary Peyton, Sean Kemp and Detlef Shramp.
And I have a pretty accurate memory of one of the NBA movies where he tells that he told the players, "Get into the craze, run and fly, let me train and manage you in the craze. Let me coach you out of control."
Avi Even realized that he would not succeed if he continued the sleepy tradition of his predecessor in office.
And he decided that his team would run at every opportunity.
And throw threes even after 10 seconds if there is a look.
Also at the expense of absorbing light baskets, also at the expense of the fatigue of the stars, also at the risk of absorbing close to a hundred points.
So Maccabi absorbed 93, but scored 94. And this change brought the victory.
It's a very similar change to what Goodes made between the two team games, only for the team it was not enough, at the moment.
But this is a right and vital change.
Avi Even, Photo: Alan Shiver
Another change - the ball as little as possible for Wilbkin as coordinator.
Even without two guards (Thomas and Evans), Maccabi made sure to free Scotty from the dribble.
Ziv will open, John D. will continue.
Here and there Scottish for special missions.
But the method worked.
And John Dee is the best Israeli actor today.
(With him the team defeats Germany twice).
The neat game is still very cumbersome, much harder to arrange.
But with Basconia's outrageous defense, all it takes is a little penetration and a drop to Zizic.
And so the Croatian giant returned a gift back to the coach who worked with him at the start of the season and brought him back from injury.
Very nice.
Things that can be improved: Every minute of Derrick Williams is a waste of time.
Can be released with a thank you note.
Roman Sorkin did not travel with the team but not a second way on the floor.
As she shouted?
Maccabi must introduce a game of dedication to the difficult moments in the set game.
And by and large, rather to give Cloiaro, he balances the game, despite a wrong language and name.
Must have two egoless sub-players and sacrifice offenses and hand over the extra pass.
The sequence
The situation is 91:92 for Maccabi after Scotty's three.
31 seconds to finish.
Basconia on offense.
Gentle pressure from Maccabi hinders Basconia.
Good instruction from the coach.
Nanley gives the game block 9 seconds to the end (and the mice are remembered on Willy Sims' roof on San Epiphany)
Exit with two seconds on the shot clock.
Stone takes out John Dee and puts the tall Cloiaro to interfere with morality.
The pressure causes the exhausted Baldwin's half and airball to be expelled.
Maccabi timeout.
A decision to remove from the front to keep Basconia away from Maccabi's ring.
Correct take-out exercise, for the best penalty shots (Scottish)
Scotty makes 2 of 2.
Quickly.
(91:94 to Maccabi)
Paul should be made out of time for a basket throw.
John Dee does the fifth wisely.
Need to put high on the rebound because Baldwin may miss the other on purpose.
Stone puts Williams in
Baldwin did not miss.
But putting in a smart ball closes interest and victory.
A sequence of right decisions by the coach and perfect execution of the players leads to victory.
How many times have we seen something go wrong and lose?
Not obvious.
Forward to the star (red).
Were we wrong?
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