After its two games were postponed in the Euroleague, Maccabi Tel Aviv returned tonight (Thursday) to activity in the European factory but surrendered 87:68 to Armani Milano in Italy. The Yellows who lost in each of the quarters went down to 13:10 and moved even further away from the place that guarantees promotion to the playoffs. Othello Hunter led Maccabi with 16 points and 9 rebounds, while Scotty Wilbkin finished without points in 18 minutes.
“I want to congratulate Milan and Messina on the victory,” he said at the end Yannis Sapropoulos. “I think today they played very well from start to finish, and we could not have done anything better. There were moments in the game when we went back to a 6 or 9 margin, but other than that we did not have a good defensive or offensive game. I know that as we progress we have less We will play, but we will fight to the end. “
The Greek coach spoke about the injury of Wilbkin who as mentioned finished without points: “He had a thumb problem in his right hand in the last training session, he was in question and was not in good shape for the game because the thumb bothered him.”