Maccabi Tel Aviv knew how important Lorenzo Brown was to them, and Oded Ketch even said so in his voice and last night (Sunday) she received further proof of it, when the Yellows had a hard time in the absence of their star and surrendered for the first time this season in the local arena, 80:75 to Hapoel Jerusalem in the seventh round of the Winner League.
Ketch's men came into action in the midst of a tight schedule of five games in ten days.
Except for Brown, the coach made an extensive rotation in the squad and also rested Alex Poithers, Bonzie Coulson and Austin Hollins, and in the absence of the energy players, the Yellows looked off and tired and suffered a loss in the Clasico.
"A lot of professional things can be said about this game, but it is mainly about our energies, it was very difficult for us to find them, we tried to push the players. We as a team also feel it. The first half is very anemic, we started the game and played properly offensively, we missed a lot of shots , it can be attributed to a certain fatigue," the yellow coach noted at the end.
"It's the kind of day that even when you want to, you can't. It's an unpleasant loss."
Lorenzo Brown.
The yellows were missing, photo: Oded Karni
In the absence of the dominant center and engine of the team, the rest of his members had to take command and carry the burden, but with the exception of Jarl Martin who looked wonderful and left his friends in the picture with 17 points and 6 rebounds and good minutes by Wade Baldwin, the players in yellow struggled on the offensive side and stopped against The Jerusalem Defense.
The guest from the capital managed to dictate her game, led 28 minutes from the match and forced the yellows to chase her for three quarters.
"When we started to chase, we started to force things, we took quick and incorrect shots. We should have played much more correctly, even though the first half ended close, that's the half we lost the game," Ketch added.
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The players need to be picked up, photo: Oded Karni
"We came into the game very weak and lacking energy. We need to enter a game like this much better, give the first blow and want the victory much more than the opponent. We must be more aggressive as a team. In a way I feel good but I have to continue to be consistent and find ways to make an impact when I'm on the floor" , shared Martin's conclusion.
The club referred to his non-registration for Lorenzo Brown's game, and firmly claimed that this was not caused by disrespect.
"He had a little pain in his leg and we didn't want to risk him. Enough players signed up to play a much better game and win this game. It's an unpleasant loss but there's still a long season ahead."
Another challenge awaits the Yellows this week, when they went to Germany and will host Bayern Munich on Friday as part of the 11th round of the Euroleague.
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