Maccabi Tel Aviv are satisfied, but not calm: "There is a warning sign here"
After the victory over Bnei Herzliya and a good defensive game, the team is worried about the offensive ability and hopes that Zizic will be able to get into things in the second game.
Jake Cohen: "We made it hard for Chris Bab all his shots, he can still score some of them"
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27/05/2022
Friday, 27 May 2022, 07:17
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Maccabi Tel Aviv is only one victory away from a fifth consecutive basket final in the basketball league after beating Bnei Herzliya 76:82 last night (Thursday) in the first game of the playoff semifinal series.
The Yellows will hope to close the series this coming Sunday in the Jubilee Hall and get a rest of more than a week before the final series opens on Monday, June 6.
The Yellows recorded a bad first half, already trailing by 8 points towards the end, but just before they went down to the half, they started a comeback that continued with a significant run in the third quarter and created a difference from which Herzliya did not return.
Maccabi Tel Aviv received four players in double digits when above all was Scotty Wilbkin with 24 points, but also a very good game from Jake Cohen who contributed 7 points with quite a few important actions.
On the other side of the equation, Ante Žižić was still far from fit, receiving only 12 minutes and the club will make efforts to continue the trend of returning to fitness until Sunday.
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Wilbkin (Photo: Bernie Ardov)
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"I am very pleased with how we played in the second half, it is an important victory in a series of three games, winning the first game is very important. We will be ready for the second game, we made adjustments in the second half, we stopped them by only 31 points," said
Jake Cohen
at the end .
To the good work the team did on Chinano Onoako in the second half, "I will not reveal all our secrets, our focus and intensity on Onoako were better. There were no specific things, he is a very talented player, if you want to get him out of the game you have to be in big focus "We did it today, it's giving him amps, a lot of things related to that."
Another good job that Maccabi did was on the outside shooting of Bnei Herzliya.
The opponent scored 3 threes at 14 percent, with Chris Bab scoring 1 of 10 from the field.
"A lot of credit goes to the one who kept Chris Bab, he scored at a high level, we made all the threes difficult for him, he will score them, but we have to make it hard, we did a good job with that. In the second half we were very focused and intense," Cohen concluded.
The 7 points that Cohen scored were his best display in the playoffs after a disappointing series against Hapoel Tel Aviv, "It's very satisfying. The series in the quarterfinals was difficult for me, I did not play well enough on both sides of the field, it's good to play well today. "Once I will not be satisfied, it fills to help the team win, victory is the most important thing."
Not willing to reveal the secret in defense.
Cohen and the Yellows (Photo: Berni Ardov)
While Cohen sounded very confident in himself and his team, there were people around the team who did not sound calm ahead of the second game in Herzliya.
"We did a good defensive job, but the offense was not it," said one of the Maccabi Tel Aviv players after the game. "Good. We'll have to figure out what's not offensive."
Regarding the situation with Žižić, they added: "The situation here is very complex. After two weeks without training he has only recently recovered, it will take a few more days, believing he will look better in the second game, and can contribute more than he did in the first game." .
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