Maccabi Tel Aviv continues to connect and last night (Thursday) it marked another 'V' when it beat the Greek Panathinaikos 74:85 at the Menorah Mitvahim Hall, and improved its balance in the match to 1:4.
The yellows at the end, photo: Alan Shiver
After a tight first half, the Yellows opened fire in the third quarter, and ran to a double-digit lead with Lorenzo Brown leading his teammates with 22 points and 9 assists.
"I am very happy with the final result, we managed to win this game even though the basketball we played was not pretty on the surface. It was not an easy game even though we led throughout most of it, there are no easy games in the Euroleague. This is an important victory for us, we would have signed such a record at the start of the season." Maccabi Tel Aviv coach Oded Ketch noted at the end.
The team marked the improvement in the level of intensity in the defense as the main key to the victory, which was manifested in only 31 points that the yellows scored in the second half.
"As soon as we raised the level in defense and started to produce easy points in passing attacks as we want, we were able to secure the victory," Ketch added.
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He is allowed to smile, photo: Alan Shiver
Lorenzo Brown, who was chosen as the outstanding player of the game and recorded 22 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds, shared his feelings at the end: "It was a game of runs. In the first quarter, they scored some very difficult shots, but we knew how to come back and win. Personally, I got into the rhythm, my teammates found me with the right shots."
"I'm very happy that we achieved this victory, I felt good personally and the crowd that supported us gave us the shot of morale that we needed to win," noted Josh Niebo at the end who recorded a successful game and contributed 13 points and 7 rebounds.
The team expressed satisfaction with the collaboration between Wade Baldwin and Lorenzo Brown which looked wonderful and yielded 36 joint points, 15 assists and 11 rebounds last night.
"They are good at basketball and learn from each other every day, they respect each other and love to play together. I am happy about this commitment, they are really happy, they both really want to succeed and understand that each of them needs a high level of ability around them to succeed. They embrace it" , concluded Oded Ketch.
The Yellows don't have much time to recover for the next game, as already on Sunday, Hapoel Holon will arrive at the Champions Hall, for an intriguing meeting in the fourth round of the Winner League.
"It will be a difficult game against a tough opponent with a lot of experience in the squad, we will have to come very prepared."
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