Despite the clear level differences before the start of the match, if there was a fear that the Israeli national team would have trouble managing at home against Romania due to the lack of Danny Avdia, after a few minutes of basketball last night (Tuesday), in the first quarter, this fear was also removed.
Guy Goodes' apprentices took to the floor at Shlomo Group Hall full of purpose and did not take their foot off the gas, in a game that was one-sided for most of the minutes of the match, with four players in white scoring in double figures en route to a crushing victory with a result of 61:112.
In the absence of forward Washington, his teammates had to take on more and carry the offensive burden and so they did.
Team coordinator Yam Medar, who finished as the leading scorer in the match with 17 points, shared after the game: "What can you take from a game like this?
The seriousness with which we played above all.
We didn't concentrate on the opponent, we did what we work on in training.
It's another victory and another good game for us as a team.
There will be more difficult opponents in the future, but relative to this period of preparation we feel perfectly fine.'
Goods.
"What can you take from a game like this? The seriousness", photo: Alan Shiver
Despite the impressive victory, Guy Goodes also knows that the team has more work to do.
"Obviously, the opponent is not the top of Europe, but this is what we managed to achieve. I told the players at halftime, go on the field and ignore the result. You don't need to learn too much from the game, you need to move on and improve certain points."
Goodes added: "It is very critical for us to integrate Danny and that's why he will play on Thursday. We didn't want to risk him after a few days when he was sick. If we manage to find the connection between Danny's personal abilities and the team's teamwork, we will benefit greatly."
Avdia
"We didn't want to endanger him", Photo: Alan Shiver
Yuval Sussman, who finished a wonderful game for him with 12 points and 6 rebounds, commented on the impressive victory and said: "I believe it's difficult to take much from this game because we haven't played with a full team so far.
When Danny Avdia returns, the dynamic will be a little different and then we can learn more.'
Now, the Israeli team will not have much time to celebrate the victory because already tomorrow (Thursday) evening, they will host the Romanian opponent again for another preparatory game, to which the guests will arrive with a strong desire to correct a little of the negative impression they left.
Sussman.
"When Danny Avdia returns, the dynamic will be a little different", photo: Alan Shiver
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