Loss to Maccabi Tel Aviv in the semifinals of the Yanakopoulos tournament in Athens. In its most significant preparatory meeting so far, the team was defeated by Armani Milano 80:71, showing weak offensive ability.
Coulson is flying, photo: PAOB
Maccabi played without Lorenzo Brown who did not go to Greece.
The center landed in Israel at the beginning of the week after winning with the Spanish team in Eurobasket.
Milan is also missing its senior coordinator Kevin Pangos and in addition to him also Shavon Shields, Gigi Datuma and Johannes Puigtman.
Maccabi started with Baldwin, Hollins, Colson, Poyters and Martin.
In the first quarter the yellows looked good and led 12:24.
In the second quarter the trend reversed, Milan (with assistant coach Dan Shamir) tightened up the defense and with the help of threes they took the lead.
In the third quarter, the difference increased to double digits, and Maccabi continued to struggle offensively and only managed to offset a little towards the end.
Wade Baldwin, photo: paob
The team will face the loser tomorrow in the match between Panathinaikos and Andolo Eps which will take place later.
Scorers for Maccabi Tel Aviv:
Darren Hilliard 18 points, Alex Poithers 12, Wade Baldwin (5 assists) and Austin Hollins 11 points, John DiBartholomew 7, Rafi Manko 5, Jake Cohen 3, Jarl Martin 2, Bonzie Coulson and Josh Niebo 1 K.A.
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