Maccabi Tel Aviv collapsed on rebound: "We were there, it hurts"

The Yellows came back from a big lag against the Red Star Belgrade, but allowed the Serbs to celebrate under the yellow basket: "It's not just the chins, their guards also celebrated on the rebound."

And despite everything, the playoff dream still exists

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11/03/2022

Friday, 11 March 2022, 06:08

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Summary: Part I of the interview with Oded Katash on the program "Storm in the Kingdom" (Sport 1)

1. A great feeling of missing out on Maccabi Tel Aviv after the loss last night (Thursday) 84:77 to the Red Star Belgrade away.

Although the Yellows trailed throughout the game except for 59:60 and chased after the Serbian opponent, they have already managed to turn the score around and gain an advantage towards the end of the third quarter, but no more than that.

Following the loss, Maccabi Tel Aviv dropped to a balance of 12 wins from 26 games, but in the drop of games against the Russian teams, the team stands at 11 wins from 22 games.

Her opponent approached her in the table in the relegation games against the Russian teams.

Maccabi Tel Aviv started the game badly, saw the Red Star Belgrade rise to a 14 point lead in the first quarter, but from this stage, and mainly thanks to the good ability of the outside players, James Nanley, Derek Williams and Scotty Wilbkin, managed to return to the game and twice equal and even take the lead.

From a position of 59:60 in favor of the Yellows, the Red Star ran 0:13 into the last quarter and opened a gap from which Maccabi Tel Aviv could no longer return.

The most painful statistic for the Yellows in the game is the Red Star's offensive rebound.

The Serbs took 21 rebounds on offense compared to 23 rebounds on defense by the Yellows, so almost every second return ball under the visitors' basket landed in Serbian hands.

The Red Star had many more attacks, which eventually led to victory as well.

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Wilbkin (Photo: Official Website, Red Star Belgrade)

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"A tough game for us, we wanted to come out with the win. Credit to them because they played very well in the last quarter. It's a difficult field to play on. We were ready, but we were chasing them most of the game," concluded captain John Dibertolomeo, "we were not careful enough to We will win and we will have to be better. "

Ante Žižić added: "We are very disappointed. We did not start the game well, and when you have to chase after them, it is difficult. Their offensive rebound was an important key to victory."

Only ten rebounds for inside players.

Reynolds vs. Mitrovic (Photo: Official Website, Red Star Belgrade)

2. Maccabi Tel Aviv came out of the game in Belgrade encouraged by the fact that this time the team did not collapse as it did in the previous two away games against Bayern Munich and Anadolu Efes, and even managed to come out of a big lag to the advantage during the third quarter, but no more.

Maccabi reiterated the offensive rebound as the main cause of the loss, noting that in the other indices they set for themselves, such as a reasonable number of ball losses and good off-arc percentages, they stood up well, but simply failed to close for a rebound.

"It's very frustrating," said one of the team members at the end, "you get to a tough game, manage to keep yourself in the game and in many minutes play the basketball you want to play, and just can't take the rebounds. It hurts."

The team did not look for culprits, nor did they drop the case on the inside players, who finished the game with 10 rebounds in total out of 27 that Maccabi Tel Aviv took over 40 minutes.

"Taking a rebound at this level is not just a chin role," continued one of the team members, adding, "Every player on the field should have done a better job in this element. Ivanovic their guard finished with 3 rebounds on offense, he did not take those rebounds on Our chins. "

Thanks to the expected removal of the Russians, the situation of Maccabi Tel Aviv is somehow still good.

Thomas (Photo: Official Website, Red Star Belgrade)

3. Before the trip to Belgrade, Maccabi Tel Aviv were very worried about the game against the Red Star due to the bitter experience they have had so far this season against aggressive teams on defense.

The Yellows lost to the Red Star and Kazan at home, suffered a defeat in Milan and only against Real Madrid were close to winning.

The rival's defensive aggressiveness caused Maccabi to leave the game plan time after time, and often to come out with heavy defeats.

Precisely last night, against a team that is considered one of the defensive elite in the Euroleague, the Yellows managed in many minutes to look better offensively.

"We've seen a big improvement trend on offense in recent weeks, more things are flowing in more minutes," the club said. ".

4. The fact that the Red Star and Alba Berlin, two of the Yellows' rivals for the playoff ticket, won last night and that the Serbs now have an advantage over Maccabi in the direct battle does put Maccabi Tel Aviv in a less good position than it was on the eve of the round, but the Yellows are still in a good position to Enter the first eight.

After the loss to the Red Star, it seems that the Israeli champion will have to win three games out of the six she has left, or alternatively win two, including Fenerbahce in a game that will close the regular season.

The Yellows have one comfortable game at home - Wheelerban, and three more difficult games, but the good home balance gives them the feeling and belief that they can meet the task and get a ticket to the playoffs.

Now embarking on a streak of three league games.

Wilbkin (Photo: Official Website, Red Star Belgrade)

The Yellows will return to the Premier League on Sunday and due to the postponement of the game against Kazan that was supposed to take place on Thursday, it will play three league games a week before returning to the busiest track in the Euroleague.

The team knows that on the one hand they have no room for mistakes in the league either if they want to still take first place, but they will have to put players in playing shape, including Keenan Evans who is still far from his peak.

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