Moshe Barda
Oded Ketch (Itzik Blanitsky)
Maccabi Tel Aviv continued its great start in the Euroleague when it achieved a fourth home victory in a row this season with 74:85 against Panathinaikos and rose to an impressive balance of 1:4. After the game, Lorenzo Brown, John DiBartolomeu and the team’s coach, Oded Ketch, took the time to share their feelings.
decorate He opened his words: “I think that in Bioleague being at 1:4 is good in any situation and I buy it for the next five games. The trend of improvement is not enough in my opinion. I think the game was more important than good and beautiful.”
The coach continued: “We still don’t find the flow and we have things to work on and it’s difficult in such a busy schedule. We try to work in many ways and there is no substitute for training. In defense, there were good minutes that helped us run and minutes that need to be improved.”
Lorenzo Brown, who was chosen as the best player of the game, said: “The players helped me and gave me free throws, we played good basketball. We needed what Nivo did today. He just lived and did his thing, I wish I could jump like him.”
John DiBartholomew: “We always want to go out and run. In the second half we defended better and that was the key for us. We need to do a better job throughout the 40 minutes, but as long as we continue to progress and improve from game to game, we will move in the right direction.”
