In the Mahaviv team in Avdia, a big cheerleader for Madar: "He is great"

Israel remained perfect in Eurobasket and came close to the round of 16, when the NBA player shined again and the team wants to keep him "so he doesn't fall off his feet".

His best friend stood out and said: "There are things out of my control."

And also: Goodes' rotation, the rest day and what needs to be done to move up a level

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04/09/2022

Sunday, September 04, 2022, 06:52

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today's summary clip, 2.9 (Sport1)

Assisted in the preparation of the news: Ohad Scheuerman, Prague

1. Last night (Saturday), the Israeli national team came significantly closer to advancing to the eighth finals of EuroBasket 2022 after a dramatic 67:74 victory over the Dutch national team, which brought Guy Goodes' players to a 0:2 record in the championship.

The team is now standing next to the Serbian team at the top of the table, and will play again tomorrow (Monday, 15:00) against the Polish team.

As in the game against Finland, this time too Israel got off to a bad start, saw how the Dutch ran away to a double-digit lead towards the half and the energy on the Israeli side was far from heralding good things.

However, the second half led by Yam Madar, Danny Avdia and Roman Sorkin reversed the momentum, Israel managed to reverse the result at the beginning of the fourth quarter, and in the decisive minutes escaped thanks to big threes by Avdia and Madar.

A Washington player excelled with 21 points, his best friend from Partizan Belgrade added 14.

"Against other rivals it will be less pleasant at the end."

Avdia (Photo: Reuters)

The team was very happy with the victory, but disappointed with the weak start, this is the second game in a row.

In Israel, they feared a drop in tension after the victory over Finland, and indeed they received a very weak game in the opening, which raises quite a few concerns and doubts about the continuation of the championship.

"It's important in terms of confidence, we didn't come focused, we had a chance to come back against such an opponent, but against other opponents it will be less pleasant towards the end. We have to prepare ourselves from the beginning to come and win. The aggressiveness is related to the fact that some of the players are not used to playing back to back maybe. There are no excuses and we need to know how to prepare ourselves the best there is," said Danny Avdia at the end.

"I wish I had an answer," Guy Panini, who is celebrating his 39th birthday, tried to point out what wasn't working in the team's opening games, "We arrived with the feeling that we were going to attack them from the first moment, all the guys felt it, we wanted to be over-aggressive because we knew there could be complacency . They dictated a slow pace, we got out of rhythm, a little frustration, and it happens. In the end we found our momentum, it's fun to win."

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Goods (Photo: Reuters)

2. As against Finland, again it was Dani Avdia who saved the team, this time in a different way.

The Israeli NBA player looked exhausted in the last quarter, yet made some big moves, including a basket and a foul and a big three-pointer that opened up a six-point lead near the end.

In the end, the Indian team will have to find a way to take the load off Mahdia during the game, and in the coming days, when he will use the recovery day until the game against Poland to gain energy at least until the training that will be held in the afternoon.

"For a long time, we can't let Danny fall off his feet," the team members said at the end.

"I enjoy helping my friends win, I have small injuries that I carry with me, a few shots and I'm on my way, the team is important to me, to come and win and represent the country," Avdia said at the end, "I have an instinct that the ball is with me, the fatigue fades away, I sewed the shot, Can't explain it."

It was a difficult day, and he starred.

Madar (photo: official website, FIBA)

3. The second hero of the game was Yam Medar, Avdia's best friend from the reserve team.

Madar did not participate at all in the second half against Finland, and did not score in the game.

Last night he was already central, scoring 14 points, including a clutch three-pointer that sealed the match.

The team made sure to honor Madar, as well as Roman Sorkin, who was in a similar situation and recorded a good second half: "Credit to Li and Roman who didn't play in the previous game and stayed ready, they came to fight after a game they didn't play, I know what it's like. Big respect to them," said Danny Avdia and Tamir Blatt added : "In the first game Yam didn't play much, I'm proud of him that he remained mentally tough, played well and led us to victory. It showed how strong he is mentally and he's mighty."

Madar himself told about the difficult day he went through: "There are many things that are out of our control, I tried to do the best preparation so that the team wins as many games as possible, I do what I can do from my side, there are things that are out of my control. The competition here is high and we need Collect as many victories as possible. You always have to stay in the best shape."

"We will have to convey a message against Poland from the first moment" (photo: official website, FIBA)

4. In the game against Finland on Friday, Guy Goodes reduced the rotation from 11 players in the first half to seven and a half in the second.

Last night, all 12 players took the floor in the first half, and in the second, Yuval Sussman, Rafi Manko, Nimrod Levy and Idan Zalmanson were taken out of it, with the first three taking part in the deciding minutes against Finland.

In the Indian team, part of the fall at the start of the games is due to the fact that the team has difficulty finding the lineup that runs well, and Goodes manages to do that in the second half and therefore reduces the rotation and goes with the players inside the game.

"There is a possibility that there will be changes for the next game, but Guy likes to feel the players in the first half," said the team members.

5. After two cycles at home, the situation is not so complicated.

Two perfect teams - Serbia and Israel, two teams with one victory - Poland and Finland and two teams without victories - the Netherlands and the host Czech Republic.

Israel knows that a win over Poland on Tuesday will be enough to secure a place in the round of 16, and if the team loses to the Poles, a win over the Czech Republic on Wednesday will also be enough.

"A tough game, we will have to bring a message against the Poles and convey it from the first moment. We are coming after a loss to them, we have a score to settle with them, we need to show character," Yam Madar said before the match against the Poles, while Guy Panini referred to the situation at home and said: "We mainly look On ourselves, there are all kinds of results that have played the cards and made a salad at home, as long as we do our job then we will be fine. We have time to rest and we will prepare for Poland."

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