Summary clip of today's events in sport, 31.1 (Sport1)
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Feelings of anger and disappointment in Maccabi Tel Aviv following the loss last night (Tuesday) 83:78 in Barcelona.
Maccabi dropped to a balance of 11 wins against 11 losses and remained outside the first eight, as tomorrow Valencia awaits them for a very important game for the rest of the road.
The yellows presented one of their better away games this season, when against a legitimate candidate for winning the Euroleague they managed to produce an equal game that went in their direction in the third quarter, which they won 21:30.
In fact, Maccabi managed to produce a turnaround of 17 points between the middle of the second quarter and the end of the third quarter and was in control of the match.
In a situation of 68:74 in favor of the yellows, about 7 minutes to the end of the game, they were stuck for more than 6 minutes without points, Barcelona ran 0:14 and decided the game.
Jaylen Adams was Maccabi's outstanding player throughout the evening with 20 points and stepped in for the injured Lorenzo Brown, when apart from him, Maccabi received 15 points from Wade Baldwin and 11 points from its two outside scorers - Jarl Martin and Darren Hilliard.
"Defensively, we made too many mistakes and let them run, and offensively there was a phase where we couldn't score. We got into a hole and you can't get into a run like that against a team like Barcelona," said Jaylen Adams, "we'll have to look at the big picture, we proved that we can perform against the big ones In this league, we will have to build on this game and keep our confidence at a high level."
"We played well throughout most of the game, we struggled in the last quarter, we need to know how to close a difficult game outside in a difficult atmosphere. This is something we need to know how to deal with," added captain John DiBartolomeu.
Unfairly beaten?
Baldwin (photo: official website, Instagram Maccabi Tel Aviv)
2.
In a rather unusual way, Maccabi prominently pointed to the refereeing as a significant factor that led, according to the team members, to the loss of momentum in the last quarter and the loss.
Maccabi left with a very hard feeling about the referees and according to the team members the fact that fouls were whistled for almost every contact on the Barcelona side in the deciding minutes, and on the other hand they did not receive a foul until half a minute to the end, for more than 6 minutes.
In fact, in the first 34 minutes of the game, the number of fouls was almost equal, 16:17 in favor of Barcelona, but from this stage six fouls were whistled for Maccabi, and one foul for Barcelona, half a minute to the end of the match, when during the run of 0:14, the number of fouls was 5 :0.
"We have to rewatch the game and analyze the mistakes, but the feeling we are leaving with is a hard feeling, that the judging was not equal," they said at the club last night, "We were there, we were leading, and suddenly the whistles were only played in one direction and in a particularly painful way."
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"The mistakes need to be analyzed."
Jaylen Adams (photo: official website, Instagram Maccabi Tel Aviv)
3.
Besides pointing the finger at the refereeing, Maccabi addressed quite a bit the mental issue that led to the good game last night, and hope to draw encouragement from it for the rest.
"There was an attitude that we were coming into this game as underdogs, but a similar attitude was also in the game in Madrid, and then we fell apart. This time it led to a loose and good game," they said in the club, "The fall at the end is not related to pressure, but more to mistakes together with disrespect of the referees who once sent them After one time, we got to the line and they didn't let us keep it."
Maccabi came into the game with a certain game plan, and with the desire not to create a burden on some of the key players for the important game against Valencia on Thursday, but the plans were thrown in the trash thanks to the team's excellent third quarter and the feeling that the game can be won.
In the end, four players played a significant amount of minutes - Wade Baldwin with 33 minutes, Jarrell Martin with 31 minutes, Jaylen Adams with almost 27 minutes and Bonzie Colson with 25. Lorenzo Brown who traveled with the team is ineligible and will not be included in the squad for tomorrow.
It started there.
Hilliard vs. Kiryat Ata (Photo: Lilac Weiss Rosenberg)
4.
If in the last two months Maccabi got used to getting good games from Jarel Martin who scored 11 points last night, and Jaylen Adams' performance was not particularly unusual either, then the really positive sign last night was Darren Hilliard's good game.
Before the game, Maccabi talked about Hilliard being released in the victory over Kiryat Ata, and they were convinced that together with Lorenzo Brown's injury and the fact that Oded Ketch wants to let more players play, he will get significant minutes.
Such talks have been heard in the past, but in practice they admitted last night at Maccabi that only when the coach let Hilliard play in the first quarter, did they realize that the generations between the two would be equalized and that a renewed trust would be built.
"There were a lot of attempts and conversations, and there was a stage where it seemed more logical that Hilliard would not finish the season here. But we have to see this change as a very positive thing," admitted one of Maccabi's people last night, "at the end of the day, this is one of the players that they built a lot on at the beginning This season, a player with abilities, one who can help us in the struggles we have left."
A critical moment in the season.
DiBartolomeu in front of Victor Claver in the meeting with Valencia at the temple (photo: Danny Maron)
5.
Last night's loss, together with Valencia's victory over Bayern Munich, turned tomorrow's game (9:30 p.m.) of the yellows Valencia into a season game for all intents and purposes.
On the eve of the cycle, Maccabi was ranked above the Spaniards, but the results led them to ninth place in the table, with Valencia now with an extra win.
Another victory for the Spaniards will open a gap of two games between the teams.
In any case, Maccabi believes that the 16-point gap achieved in the victory over Valencia in Israel will be preserved.
"This is a game we know what the consequences are," they said in the club after the loss last night, "Valencia's victory over Bayern complicates the situation very much. If they win, we will have to do more in the remaining games to overtake them, and it will be very difficult to enter the playoffs if they finish above us ".
Today, the Yellows will hold the final training ahead of the game in Barcelona, and in the evening they will board a flight to Valencia accompanied by the fans who came with them from the country.
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