Maccabi Tel Aviv is delighted with Brown: "Bingo that hasn't been here for almost two decades"

The coordinator continued to dominate also against Panathinaikos, and the yellows continued the perfect start of the season at home: "raised us five ranks".

Towards the challenging month of November, the star understands: "We will have to learn to play outside as well"

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10/28/2022

Friday, October 28, 2022, 08:55

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1. Maccabi Tel Aviv's excellent start to the season in the Euroleague continued last night (Thursday) with a comfortable 74:85 victory over Panathinaikos at the hands of Yad Eliyahu, which brought the yellows to a record of four wins from five games and left them perfect at home.

Maccabi started the game quite hesitantly, but unlike previous games did not fall behind significantly, and during the second quarter began to open a gap on Panathinaikos, with the main escape being made in the second half by holding the opponent to only 32 points.

The yellows created a number of moves that lifted the crowd in the passing game, and their victory was not in doubt for a moment.

Lorenzo Brown led with 22 points and 9 assists, Wade Baldwin added 14 and Josh Niebo scored 13 along with 7 rebounds.

At the end of the game, the players looked very satisfied in the dressing room.

"We came prepared from the first moment, we didn't fall behind like in the previous games, it's part of our formation and our progress," said Roman Sorkin, who only got 9 minutes and scored 2 points, "we can always improve, we had a problem with the defensive rebound today, that's part of the things we can work on them. You can always look for what was wrong, but what's important is just to keep wanting to improve."

The outstanding Brown added: "We fought the whole game, they came to play but we finished the game as a team, we stayed together and made the moves towards the end, we made big stops and that was the key. Our crowd is a big advantage. When we're not here, we'll have to find the momentum on our own, we We appreciate the audience that gives us energy."

"We haven't had bingo like this for almost two decades."

Lorenzo Brown (Photo: Danny Maron)

2. Brown's impressive start to the season at Maccabi Tel Aviv also continued against Pau.

After five games, the point guard is averaging 15.6 points, 7.8 assists and 4 rebounds, which translates to an 18.6 rating - all of these are his best numbers in his Euroleague career.

Maccabi Tel Aviv coach Oded Ketch said about Brown and his relationship with Wade Baldwin that "Brown and Baldwin are good at basketball and learn each other every day, they respect each other and love to play together. Sometimes an excess of paragon stops us. I'm happy about this commitment, they really They are happy, they both really want to succeed and understand that each of them needs a high level of competence around them in order to succeed. They embrace it."

The club is in love with the center back, and one of the Maccabi Tel Aviv people admitted last night that "Even in our wildest dreams, we didn't think that Lorenzo's reception here would be so perfect. When you sign a player of this caliber, there are always good scenarios that come your way - it's beyond the best scenarios. He arrived here In crazy form and it lifted our whole team five ranks compared to how we looked before he arrived. We haven't had a 'Bingo' like him for almost two decades."

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This time, Maccabi Tel Aviv did not fall behind early (Photo: Danny Maron)

3. Unlike many parts of the first four rounds of the European season, last night Maccabi Tel Aviv managed to produce more moves in the transition game, which translated into big baskets, but mainly into easy points that both raised the energy and created the desired difference.

"I'm sure this is our identity, we push the ball, we have athletic players, players who can score. Everyone can do everything in this team, including our tall ones," said Brown.

Baldwin added: "It's easy for me when there are fast tall guys who know how to run. You have to make stops, take the rebound and you can produce highlight moves like there were with Nivo."

Maccabi knows that they won't be able to produce this element in every game, and in order to do so they will have to be very good at the defensive rebound, "As long as we don't give the opponent more opportunities, that way we can punish more in the transition game," said the team, "It starts with the rebound and ends with a dunk on the side The second".

The crowd helped the yellows stay perfect at home (photo: Danny Maron)

4. Last night's game was the last for the Yellows in October and ends the more comfortable side of the schedule, when Ketesh and his players find themselves close to the top of the table.

The month of November is a much more difficult journey for Maccabi, who will play five games, three of which are away - against Baskonia next week, followed by two games in Belgrade against Partizan and the Red Star.

Yad Eliyahu will host two of the best teams in the factory - Barcelona in two weeks, and Olympiakos later.

The club said that so far the home games have been a significant advantage for them, and the only experience they had in an away game was against Fenerbahçe, and it ended very badly, so they will have to know how to implement the good work outside the hall as well.

"We are still looking for each other, when we play a few games in a row outside, we will understand ourselves there as well. The coach is teaching us everything he knows, when things fall into place we will be fine there as well," said Brown about what awaits the team.

The next test: to bring the ability to expression outside as well (photo: Danny Maron)

5. Even before Baskonia, another test awaits Maccabi Tel Aviv, again at home, against the state champion Hapoel Holon.

The club said in recent days that although it is a home game, it is against a quality opponent, and this will not allow the professional team to rest for more than one key game.

"Holon is exactly the type of games you don't want to fall in," said the team, "they are good, they have some players with the highest level of quality, and if we are not in peak readiness, we can fall against them."

Assisted in the preparation of the news: Ohad Scheuerman

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