Maccabi Tel Aviv will complete a week of preparation in Athens when they meet tonight (Saturday, 18:00) the reigning European champions, Anadolu Eps, in a match for third place in the Yanakopoulos tournament.
The Yellows come into the game after losing 80:71 to Olympia Milan, while the Turks were defeated 86:71 by the hosts Panathinaikos.
Oded Ketch and his players will try to show improvement compared to the game against Milan, especially on the offensive side.
The Yellows scored 24 points in the first quarter, but were held to only 47 points in the three quarters against Ettore Messina's oiled machine.
Those who stood out above all were Darren Hilliard with 18 points and Alex Poithers who contributed 12 in the paint.
Anadolu comes to the match with some familiar faces, especially Ante Zizic who left Maccabi in the summer and moved to Istanbul.
Larkin.
Still the star of Anadolu,
The Turks kept most of the skeleton that won the last two European championships and strengthened one of the brightest names in the summer transfer market, Will Clyburn.
He joins Vasilija Micic and Shane Larkin to form the most threatening back line on the continent.
Later this evening: Holon vs Priestri
After last night's loss to Olympiakos 88:77, Gaia Godes' Hapoel Holon will continue tonight (Saturday) to the second day of the prestigious Kandraotis preparatory tournament in Cyprus, and will meet the Greek priests.
The team from Greece, Bnei Herzliya's opponent in the group stages of the FIBA Champions League, is a rising and intriguing force in basketball in Israel in particular and in Europe in general, much due to the man standing on the lines for them - the legend of the past Vasilis Spanoulis.
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