Without energies you can lose to any group

Winner League Basket 20-21

Moshe Barda 30/01/2021 07:00

Chris Jones, Ante Zizic and Oz Blazer (Itzik Blanicki)

Maccabi Tel Aviv admitted after the 79:70 loss last night (Friday) to Hapoel Gilboa / Galil that the team did not function on the offensive side. The loss to Avishai Gordon’s trainees was the second of the state champions this season in the Premier League and he arrived just two days before the derby against Hapoel Tel Aviv at the Kvutzat Shlomo Hall.

“They played aggressively and the players did not react with the same aggression,” the yellow team said after the game. Yannis’ side were stopped for 70 points in a game in which they chose not to list two of their best points suppliers, Scotty Wilbkin and Tyler Dorsey, a decision that hurt cross-ability, with the Yellows standing at 17 percent from outside.

The first person to be seen at the venue since flying to the United States for a family visit was Sandy Cohen, who was given permission to rejoin the group after recovering from Corona. The guard stayed with Idan Alber for a private training session with Vasilis Iragotlis a few minutes after the loss to Gilboa.

Oz laser He said after the game: “We were short on energies, we could have been much better. On offense we were short on every move, always half a step behind. They came with great intensity and with energies, we knew energies would be a very important part of this game.”

The effect that the removal of Othello Hunter had: “There is no doubt that Othello is very important to us, he is a kind of leader here in the team and usually he is very calm. We certainly missed him later, but even after that we had to do the work and take this game. We did not make the moves In the attack we missed free throws and the percentages were below our level. Sunday there is a derby, you have to put this game behind you, learn from it and understand that if you do not come prepared with energy, you can lose to any team no matter who you play against. First”.

Othello Hunter (Itzik Belnitsky)

“I know the feeling that Gilboa came with from previous years, when I was against Maccabi. When you come here you want to win and our job is not to give any team that hope. Every team wants to beat us, players want to be here, the motivation is very high and we need to know It’s impossible to move the game, the rivals will not let us do it. It has to come intensely like it is a championship game, Euroleague or whatever. I know how I would prepare for the games against Maccabi and we have to play every game as if the season depends on it, It doesn’t matter against whom and where, “Blazer concluded.