Moshe Barda
Scotty Wilbkin and Omri Caspi (Itzik Blanitzky)
Record highs at Maccabi Tel Aviv ahead of tonight’s game (Thursday, 21:30) in Germany against Andrea Trinkieri’s Bayern Munich in the 26th round of the Euroleague in what could be a last chance to keep a real chance of getting a ticket to the playoffs.
25 rounds into the regular season and the Bavarian team has long established itself as one of the unexpected surprises of the current Euroleague season. On the other hand, Maccabi comes to the meeting with a balance of 10 wins against 13 losses and when they have almost no room for mistakes until the end of the regular season in the European senior competition if Yannis Sapropoulos’ team wants to make it to the top 8.
In the previous meeting between the teams, the Yellows missed Omri Caspi, Yuval Sussman and John Dibertolomao, while this time, along with Sussman who was injured in the last league game, there are also Scotty Wilbkin and Omri Caspi, whose decision will be made later today when Othello Hunter also remembers Did not feel well during the week.
Both teams come into the game after a loss in the previous round, with Andrea Trincieri’s side losing 87:79 to French side Villarban, who positioned themselves as one of the toughest teams in the Euroleague, while Yannis Sapropoulos’ side lost 87:68 to Ettore Messina’s Milan.
From the Bavarian side, Andrea Trinkieri He said ahead of the game: “They have great games this season, and games that are so-so, but they are always Maccabi. They have Scotty Wilbkin, Tyler Dorsey, Othello Hunter, all the players who are in the top of Europe. It will always be a very difficult battle, but we must concentrate solely on ourselves, step by step and do our best. “
James Gist He added: “It will be difficult, everyone plays their best basketball, Maccabi is more experienced than us. It will be a tough game. They have a little bit of everything, a great coach, good highs, good shots. We have to come and play tough, play our game, we can not concentrate on external factors. “
