They dug a hole for themselves.
Maccabi Tel Aviv players (photo: Danny Maron)
Maccabi Tel Aviv could not imagine a worse scenario.
The 24th round in the Euroleague that ended yesterday (Friday) caused her damage that could be decisive in the fight for qualification for the playoffs.
It's not only the 89:86 loss to Red Star Belgrade at the Hall, but also the other results: Partizan Belgrade's victory in Munich (against the Yellows' next opponent, Bayern) was joined by victories of Zhelgiris Kovna over Baskonia and of Valencia over Panathinaikos, and this is how the team of Oded Ketch the cycle when it is only in 10th place in the table, with Zalgiris, Valencia, Baskonia and Partizan with an extra victory.
The turnover that complicated the yellows happened, of course, courtesy of some of the team's former players.
It started on Thursday, with Partizan's 71:82 victory over Bayern Munich.
Mathias Lesor with 16 points and 7 rebounds and James Nunnally who woke up after a less good period and scored 15 points, were two of the heroes of the victory.
It's getting complicated.
Chris Jones (Photo: GettyImages, Pablo Morano/MB Media)
It continued with a huge game-winning basket by another ex, Chris Jones, that gave Valencia a dramatic 91:92 victory over Panathinaikos in Athens.
What Wade Baldwin couldn't do in Oaxaca, Jones succeeded - who missed in a similar situation in the closing seconds against Maccabi Tel Aviv last week.
The 75:79 victory of Zalgiris over Baskonia further mixed up the cards - and all this when the game of Anadolu Eps, which could have equaled Maccabi Tel Aviv with a score of 12:12 if it had beaten Real Madrid, was postponed following the disaster in Turkey.
The Red Star also returned to the qualification picture thanks to the victory in Tel Aviv, and in the event of equal points with the Yellows, they will have a double victory over them.
One way or another, after the 24th round, Maccabi Tel Aviv's fight for a place in the playoffs seems quite difficult.
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