After in the opening round of the season in the Euroleague Maccabi Tel Aviv was helped by the push of the home crowd and despite an unconvincing ability managed to prevail 83:84 over Zalgiris Kovna in the hall, last night (Friday) in Istanbul the Yellows already met in another opera, and succumbed 86:71 to the star battery of the Turkish Fenerbahce and ex-Scottie Wilbkin.
After a close first quarter, which ended with only a three-point advantage for the hosts, the Turks ran away and did not look back, in a game that was mostly in their complete control.
"In order to win here, you have to maintain concentration for 40 minutes, we only stayed in the game until the middle of the second quarter," Maccabi Tel Aviv coach Oded Ketch said after the match.
In the club, we marked in advance the local defense as the team's strength and tried to prepare for it in order to find solutions, but were stopped by a low score and were unable to pass the 20-point mark in any quarter of the game.
"We knew we were coming to play against a defensive team that does good things. We had a very hard time with some of their big lineups. It was not an easy game," Ketch noted.
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Maccabi had a hard time against Fener's defense, photo: Maccabi Tel Aviv
Roman Sorkin who recorded a good game personally with 8 points and 7 rebounds in only 14 minutes on the floor summed up the game at the end: "I think we struggled throughout the game. We saw the quality of Fenerbahce and they managed to disrupt our game. No We gave up and in the fourth quarter we got as close as 7 points with the ball in our hand, but they went on another run and it was already more immediate for us."
The Yellows set themselves a goal before the game to stop the high-quality back line of the Turks with an emphasis on the combination of Nick Clathes and Scotty Wilbkin, but they played a great game and decided the match.
If the ex was still restrained in his terms and finished the match with 12 points, 4 assists and 4 rebounds, it is precisely the veteran Greek center who dominated the match with a high hand with 13 points, 9 assists and 9 rebounds, which amounted to a wonderful index of 26.
Despite the loss in the club, they also took points for optimism.
"I will not detail all the shortcomings, but whoever expected that a team could be built from scratch with ten new players, then it is not true. We are aware of our problems, there are players who are playing for the first time in the Euroleague. I am very happy that we did not break, our spirit did not break. This is what will make us a good team Oded Ketch concluded.
Now the team will return to Israel and begin its preparations for a busy Euroleague week, which will include two games within 48 hours, the first of which is against Mike James and Monaco who will visit the hall in about three days.
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