Tiktukno: summary of the day's events in sports, 1.12 (Sport1)
1. The crisis of Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Euroleague continued last night (Friday) with an away loss 98:89 to Bayern Munich, in what was the team's fifth loss in the last six games in the factory and fifth loss in five away games this season.
Following the game, Maccabi slipped to a negative balance for the first time this season.
The Yellows chased Bayern from the start of the game, and although they did not let their opponent open a significant gap, they were unable to turn the game around and every time they were close to it, Bayern managed to maintain a stable lead.
The only two players who performed properly in Maccabi were Lorenzo Brown in a rare evening of 36 points, 7 assists but also 8 turnovers and Jaylen Adams with 21 points.
The Yellows allowed Bayern to score 11 three-pointers at 50 percent, and pick up 14 rebounds under their basket out of 32 balls that fell there.
Maccabi has slipped to 17th out of 18th place in the EuroLeague in terms of points this season, while away from home they are the only team in the league that has not yet won.
"We managed to close the gap but the one-on-one defense was not good enough, if we had managed to make two stops in a row we would have finished this game in a different way," Adams concluded the match.
"We need to know how to close games, we were so close, we had two drops here and there, teams know how to take advantage of that, we played solid the whole game, they knew how to take advantage of the situations we had," said Alex Poithers who scored 8 points, "I Proud of everyone's fight, we were two games short, but we showed resilience."
The yellows wasted a great display from the guard.
Brown (photo: official website, Roi Kafir, Maccabi Tel Aviv Instagram)
2. In Maccabi Tel Aviv, most of the responsibility for the team's current situation and the fact that they do not show a trend of improvement between games is placed on coach Oded Ketch.
The team is expected to gather for a meeting to discuss the coach's future, and whether to give him backing to continue trying to advance the team in a better direction.
Currently, there is no unanimity in Maccabi regarding the issue, when even the biggest supporters of Ketch until a few weeks ago, agree that the coach's work so far is not good enough.
"You can't ignore what's happening," said one of the members of the team from Munich, "We arrived here with a bad feeling that has been with us since the game against Partizan, and after that it continued against Red Star. Things are not beating, especially in defense. We thought it would look different after we kept well in Belgrade Last week, but once again all the problems from the beginning of the season exploded before our eyes. When the team, which undoubtedly has a lot of talent, does not advance defensively a millimeter in two months, it is the coach's fault."
Ketch's surroundings admitted even before the game that they are aware that the patience they showed at Maccabi at the beginning of the season for the process and for the coach to get into things has been getting shorter in recent times.
Those around the club said that despite the thoughts of the team's management about making a change, things are not percolating towards the players, "You can't come and say that the players feel that there is going to be a shock", they said at the club, "A week and a half ago we beat Olympiakos and everyone was happy".
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His supporters are also beginning to despair.
Ketch (Photo: Reuters)
3. But apart from the Ketch issue, Maccabi Tel Aviv has a number of doubts and questions that need to be resolved, and it is not certain that they will end even if it is decided to end the contract with the coach.
The main issue is the future of Darren Hilliard, who was suspended from the team following his tweet after the game against Hapoel Jerusalem.
Maccabi were disappointed with Hilliard's ability so far this season even before, and remember that he is one of the most valuable players in the club.
Also, the club points out that Katz is not able to get enough out of the player, but they said that "this is not a reason for what happened".
Maccabi did not like the Euroleague players' attack on the decision to suspend the player as well.
Another problematic slot is Jalen Adams and Austin Hollins.
The former ends his contract in less than a month, and excelled last night.
The second one is not registered for the league, and although he is considered the best guard in the team, he has trouble getting into the rhythm when he does not get opportunities and confidence at all through the league games.
One of them may also pay the price.
To these three players can be added the decline in fitness of Bonzie Colson and Alex Poithers who were better at the beginning of the season, and create a problem for Maccabi in covering under the baskets.
"There are a lot of professional problems, and more problems that are not necessarily professional," Maccabi agreed, "we need to sort things out, and that's what will happen soon."
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Adams (Photo: Danny Maron)
4. The only player you can't come to with claims is Lorenzo Brown.
The star of the team recorded his best offensive game last night with 36 points, one point less than the historical record of Charas and Anthony Parker in the team's uniform in the Euroleague.
Brown, who did not stay to celebrate with the players the victory over Hapoel Tel Aviv in the derby last week, is trying to lead the players on the field through his ability, and despite his excellent ability, it seems that the players around him are going backwards.
"Lorenzo needs assistance, he sometimes has to carry the cart alone," they admitted at the club.
Maccabi hope that Wade Baldwin will be fully fit for the game against Valencia next week, when it is very possible that they will let him continue to rest and not dress in the league game against Hapoel Beer Sheva this coming Monday.
"needs assistance".
Brown (photo: official website, Roi Kafir, Maccabi Tel Aviv Instagram)
5. One of the main reasons for Maccabi Tel Aviv's desire to cause a shock is the feeling that the team's upcoming schedule of games is one that, in its current capacity, will cause the team to leave the playoff zone, and with a certain change, Maccabi will be able to leave December in good shape.
On Thursday you will arrive at the Hall of Valencia, after which the Yellows will go on a streak of three away games, two in Italy in three days against Milan and Virtus Bologna and then a game against Alba Berlin.
Maccabi will end the month with a home game against Andolo Eps, and open January with an away game in Madrid.
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