Moshe Barda
Scotty Wilbkin, Tyler Dorsey and Anglo Cloiaro disappointed (Itzik Belnitsky)
Severe disappointment in Maccabi Tel Aviv after the loss last night (Tuesday) 84:80 to CSKA Moscow in the double week of the Euroleague games. Yannis Sapropoulos and his players may have been close to a big comeback, but the bottom line is that they have moved even further away from the place in the playoffs, which already seems like a distant fantasy to them.
Last night’s game actually reflected Maccabi’s biggest and most consistent problem this season in the Euroleague – the inconsistency. Once again Sapropoulos’ players found themselves in a chase situation and have already seen the game go to a very bad place after the advantage of the Russian team crossed the 20 point threshold. ’30 points was recorded for this game in the third quarter as well. We played below our normal level on offense. When we come back from such a deep hole, we have to do things right, and in the end we did not do things right. ‘
The yellow comeback, which was not completed, was the result of an unexpected quintet, since those who were on the floor in those minutes were actually the complementary players, led by Sandy Cohen. Othello Hunter provided a good second half and Tyler Dorsey again finished a good game against one of the biggest teams on the continent, but despite all this he will change the bottom line, and that is that Maccabi Tel Aviv is already counting 15 losses this season and looks the safest way to be relegated.
‘We had a fall in the second quarter and when you fall 20 points behind it’s hard to get back in the game. We got closer, we tried to be aggressive and bring in energies because we needed to. We have to fight, we can not give up and say the season is over. We have to keep fighting every game no matter what it looks like, ”he explained Dorsey At the end.
In an overall look at the yellow Euroleague season up to this point, Maccabi did not lose to rivals that are considered inferior to it, but also failed to beat solid teams that were supposed to compete for entry into the top eight. In fact, with the exception of the victories over Barcelona and Real Madrid, which are supposed to be considered a bonus, the national champion has not been able to beat 6 of the 8 leaders currently in the factory.
Due to the lack of success in the Euroleague, Maccabi is already working on the next season and is ready for countless possible budget scenarios. The professional team members are examining names and the team is interested in Zalgiris Kaunas’ player, Thomas Wakap, who is interested in other teams, including the Barcelona of Sharonas Jasikevicius. Another name in the notebooks is that of Nigel Williams Goss, an actress from Locomotive Cuban.
