The Israeli team is a unique team and different from all the other teams in the European Championship.
It has few complete players who are good in both defense and attack, it does not have significant tall players in the paint, and it does not have a national who leads it like most national teams.
She is mostly young and inexperienced, and has one star in the making, very young, who is still unstable in his game.
This understanding makes it possible to appreciate the first two victories even more, and to better explain the loss to Poland.
What cannot be accepted is the incompatibility between the aforementioned qualities of the team and its method of play, or actually the lack of a clear and distinct strategy that would hide the shortcomings and highlight the relative advantages of the squad, which causes us to look like an unplanned team in the offensive part, and even more than that, Not really trained and not accurate in defense. This was also true when we won, and of course more noticeable in losses.
Great confusion in Goodes' group, photo: FIBA, official website
The team does not reach 80 points in forty minutes of play (we beat Finland in overtime), because the organized attacking game is uninspired, quite random and depends on the initiative of the stars, and the few intruders we have.
The drills are easy to close in the absence of a massive tall to pull the defense.
In the first half we shot more 3's than 2's and became completely dependent on shooting percentages.
The incorrect use of Dani Avdia was measured simply: in his 28 minutes we lost by 26 points.
In 12 minutes without him we won by 17 points!
These are dramatic numbers that teach mainly about Goodes' insistence on him, even when it was clear that Danny was drained emotionally and physically.
We don't get almost any easy baskets, not from the penalty line, not in bursts, not in offensive rebounds, all indicators of aggressiveness that wasn't there.
Avdia
Still unstable, photo: FIBA, official website
The bigger problem is the defense.
A 35-year-old senior citizen (Slaughter) dismantled us without us being able to stop him, and a tall one (Bachirovsky) was the X-factor who hit us deep with simple moves to the basket.
The defense breaks down from a basic move, a block to a shot or pick and roll, and there don't seem to be clear instructions on how to handle them.
Despite the deep roster, players do not sacrifice offenses.
And the first five have been changed, but are still thinking of an attack, and as usual fell behind a lot.
Again we returned to chase mode, and this time we were unable to achieve.
Personal and tactical changes are needed, and everything must go through the eyes of the defense.
It is not understood why we only press in the last two minutes when we are behind a lot.
If we know how to press and it works, it must be an orderly method.
Only at the end did we see a bit of the match-up zone defense, which is more suitable for closing the paint, and going out for shots, even if we get a few threes or layups.
The best keepers should be raised in the top five.
Submission proposal: Mekel, Ginat, Manko, Sussman, Danny.
Then click, scratch, run and play fast and wild, snatch and burst, and create a unique style.
nothing to loose.
Tamir Blatt gets a lot of minutes, but for every basket or assist he makes we get one back.
This is also true for Nimrod Levy.
Blatt struggles for the ball.
Gets a lot of minutes, doesn't do much with them, photo: FIBA, official website
They need to come off the bench and bring an offensive change.
But first of all, protection.
We can use the game against Serbia to practice the change approach, and we might even surprise the Yukichi Michichim.
Then to come on Thursday against Nano Ginzburg's Czech Republic and give a show that will show our true strength.
Our hope is not lost yet.
were we wrong
We will fix it!
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