A calming siren at Hapoel Jerusalem regarding the condition of Tamir Blatt, who was injured last night (Thursday) at the end of the game against Maccabi Tel Aviv. The senior coordinator arrived at the release training and underwent treatments, after which it was decided that he would undergo an MRI scan to rule out a more serious injury. In Jerusalem, of course, they continue to monitor his condition, but at the moment it seems that there is no injury that will disable him for a significant period of time.
Blatt’s moment of injury would have looked very bad, but by the end of the day the gifted coordinator had already set foot on his own and Jerusalem expressed optimism that this was not a serious injury. the coach Oded Katash He said at the end: “I hope it is not so bad, I speak from a wish, I hope it is not serious, we all know how important it is to us, probably with the lack of Jacoben Brown, who is surrounded by uncertainty for the important week we have.”
Jamil Wilson He added: “Tamir Blatt is a fighter, we are not sure what he was, but from what we understood he should be fine. He will be tested but in the locker room he looks stable and moving, that is a good sign.”
Kramer’s message. Not for the first time this season, Hapoel Jerusalem has come to a big game, and once again suffered from a very large amount of players who fail to give their normal output: Tyson Thomas got lost between the size of Ante Žižić and Dragon Bender, Malcolm Hill still has a hard time getting back to capacity from before Injury, Jamil Wilson disappointed with 8 offside errors, and above all Chris Kramer “starred”, with just 2 points in 35 minutes, and 0 of 10 from the field.
Kramer knows very well how bad his performance was, and at the end of the game he tweeted: “The worst feeling in sports is when you disappoint your team.” Along with the bad performances, Jerusalem came out battered and bruised not only on the scoreboard: Adam Ariel stretched the back thigh muscle and did not return to play during the second half, and of course the worrying injury of Tamir Blatt, who until he was injured at the end of the game was the only one who really appeared in Jerusalem, with 21 points. 7 assists, only one loss and 75% for 3.
Worst feeling in sports is when you feel you let your team down.
– Chris Kramer (@ C_K_3) December 31, 2020
No forces. Katsch had a hard time explaining what did not work in the team for him, but it is clear that in terms of energies, the players were not there. “This is our second game defensively we are not doing a good enough job, not aggressive enough. I feel our second game is in Iguoka, in the second half we found the energies and chemistry we need. There was a drop in tension when we returned to the country, I am responsible for that and need to find out. Who are willing to live with certain shots, and I think that some Maccabi threes, hard threes, maybe we undermined our confidence a bit.We lost the defensive game, in the first half we reached only 5 offensive rebounds, compared to 5 by Zizic alone, and when there Given that, you absorb 55 points in half. “
Wilson, who as mentioned suffered a bad shooting west, did not run away from responsibility: “I hurried with the shots I took, and it’s not something I’m supposed to do, I take responsibility for it. As a team we had a hard time finding a pace and when it happens the opponent takes advantage of it. On Monday, we will learn lessons and learn from what happened. “
On the fringes of the Clásico, it was nice to see how in one moment all the sporting rivalry between the clubs is pushed aside in the moment of Tamir Blatt’s injury. The Maccabi Tel Aviv bench looked worried as if it were his player, Sapropoulos approached Blatt and asked to see what was happening to him, and the Yellows’ medical team also came to help. When Blatt was taken off the floor, everyone present in the stands, most of them Maccabi employees, applauded. Reinforcement messages and best wishes for a speedy recovery.
