Maccabi Tel Aviv tonight (Friday) is looking to take another step closer to a place in the top eight in an attempt to get the ticket to the Euroleague playoffs when it hosts Anadolu Eps, the factory champion the last two times.
The yellows come to Turkey with a lot of confidence, this after an impressive 74:78 victory over Fenerbahce by the exes - Scotty Wilbkin and Tyler Dorsey.
Maccabi went up to a positive balance of 14 wins against 13 losses, and against the proud European champions who are in tenth place, Shane Larkin, Vasili Micic and Rodrigue Beauvois, who were in doubt and not 100 percent fit, dressed in their ranks.
If the mood on the side of the guest from Israel is positive, the Turks come after a painful 94:75 loss to the Red Star Belgrade, so Oded Ketch and his players understand how critical tonight's game is in the fight for the place in the playoffs.
In the last meeting between the teams, Maccabi Tel Aviv beat Anadolu 72:80, when in seven of the last eight meetings between the clubs, the Turks came out with the upper hand.
A big test.
Baldwin (Photo: GettyImages, Nikola Krstic/MB Media)
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the progress of the game
1st quarter:
Oded Ketch made a change in the five and placed Jake Cohen next to Lorenzo Brown, Wade Baldwin, Bonzie Colson and Josh Niebo.
On the other hand, Shane Larkin, Rodrigue Beauvois, Will Clyburn, Amat Ambie and Ante Zizic started.
The yellows started well, Coulson sank, Cohen made a three-pointer and made it 2:10 after two minutes.
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