Tiktukno: summary of today's events in sports, 22.11 (Sport1)
1.
Maccabi Tel Aviv's losing streak in the Euroleague was interrupted last night (Tuesday) with an impressive 84:90 home victory over Olympiakos, ranked second in the Euroleague, on the eve of the ninth round.
Thanks to the victory, Maccabi climbed to a balance of five wins against four losses, and will now hope to stop the streak of away losses in tomorrow's game against Red Star Belgrade.
The Yellows had a close game with Olympiakos in the first half, in which Wade Baldwin and Austin Hollins stood out in Yellow, but a good third quarter by the guest threatened to end the game and the Reds already had a double-digit lead.
In the last 10 minutes, Maccabi showed an improved defensive game, stopped the Reds on only 15 points, and with the help of great minutes by Lorenzo Brown and Jarel Martin, managed to take the game.
"This game shows that we have a lot of work to do, we have a great team, but a new team and it will take time to connect. It shows the potential we have, in the last quarter of the game," concluded Brown, who at the end preferred to go down to the locker room and not go celebrate with the crowd after scoring 16 points, added 6 assists and 5 rebounds.
Wade Baldwin who scored 22 points said: "We won against a Final Four team, you have to give 100 percent against a team like that, the team of Lorenzo, John, Austin, Jarrell and Roman were big for us at the end. When you play against Olympiakos it's usually a nasty game , they add color, they are a Euroleague team, I am happy that we came away with the victory and we are moving towards the game on Thursday."
Captain John DiBartholomew, who scored 11 points in 22 minutes, concluded: "We played against one of the strongest teams in the Euroleague, I'm glad we won. I think everyone gave their extra in the last quarter, and that's what brought us back to the field, all that energy that was in the last minutes with The crowd and that completely changed the whole momentum and we were able to take the lead."
"We beat the Final Four team."
Baldwin (Photo: Danny Maron)
2.
Maccabi Tel Aviv entered the fourth quarter last night with an unbelievable streak of 13 consecutive quarters in which they conceded more than 20 points, but in this quarter the yellows managed to stop Olympiakos for 5 points in the first 8 minutes of the quarter, turn the game around and come away with the victory .
Oded Ketch found an uncharacteristic five in this quarter with Lorenzo Brown, John DiBartholomew, Austin Hollins, Jarl Martin and Roman Sorkin, and ran with it almost until the end of the quarter, and managed to completely turn the match around.
"We locked in the defense with what we need to do, we play against a different team in every game, there are a lot of adjustments, we raised our level in defense," said Brown.
"When we looked at the board and saw 69 points in three quarters, we knew we would have to change something radically to win the game," said one of the club's people in the locker room area, "the first minutes of the fourth quarter were our best defensively this season. It shows we can keep, we have to Finding the right lineup at the right time and Oded did it."
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"People have short memories."
Brown (Photo: Danny Maron)
3.
Lorenzo Brown continued in the first half last night his poor ability from the previous two games.
But the Brown of the second half was the Brown of the opening of the season.
He was assertive, scored three-pointers, handed out assists and led the yellows to victory.
"No one was worried about Lorenzo," they said at the club last night, "People have a very short memory. If a player gives two bad games then he is not in good shape, then he is past his peak, he should be benched. There is no patience and no memory. Lorenzo He is one of the best guards in Europe, it's not easy for him, but he proves night after night what a special player he is."
"We're not going to play great in every game, great in every half, today's game shows our character and heart. It paid off in the end," Brown summed up what he's been through in recent times and in last night's game.
Contributed a great defense.
Hollins (photo: Danny Maron)
4.
Maccabi's two other heroes in last night's game were players who, as the cliché goes, already had their feet on the plane.
Austin Hollins was supposed to be released, the club estimated, after Jalen Adams arrived, and Jarrell Martin failed to fit in and get the opportunity.
Last night they bloomed in a big way.
Hollins contributed 8 points and great defense in 12 and a half minutes, while Adams who came to replace him played less than 3 minutes.
Martin was part of the great five in the last quarter and finished with a Euroleague season record of 13 points in 17 minutes, with the club complimenting his game and character at the end.
"I was more aggressive and assertive, my teammates found me for my shots, and I did the best I could," Martin said modestly.
"I was more aggressive."
Martin (Photo: Danny Maron)
5.
Today in the early afternoon, Maccabi will hold a light training session followed by a first video briefing in preparation for the Red Star in Belgrade, after which the team will depart for Ben Gurion Airport and embark on a journey of less than 48 hours to Belgrade.
The Yellows will return to Israel on the night between Thursday and Friday and will be able to rest before preparing for Hapoel Jerusalem.
Maccabi believe in their ability to beat their Serbian opponent, who is at the bottom of the Euroleague table, but since the arrival of coach Duško Ivanović, has managed to win twice in a row.
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