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Lorenzo Brown (Itzik Blanitsky)
Maccabi Tel Aviv continues its journey in Europe when it hosts Bayern Munich in Germany, as part of the 11th round of the Euroleague. The Yellows are looking to recover from the loss to Hapoel Jerusalem in the Winner Basket League and record their first away win of the season in the European arena.
Oded Ketch’s team, which suspended Darren Hilliard from the game due to a disciplinary offense and is also missing Wade Baldwin, is trying to get back on the winning track against the Bavarians and record their first victory in the EuroLeague in an away game, after four such losses, and with an overall record of five wins and five losses.
The Yellows came to the meeting in ninth place in the table, a place that, as I recall, does not lead to promotion to the top 8. On the other hand, Trinchieri’s team with three wins and seven losses is placed in 15th place.
first quarter
Maccabi Tel Aviv Quintet: Jaylen Adams, Lorenzo Brown, Bonzie Coulson, Alex Poythers and Roman Sorkin
Five Bayern Munich: Isaac Bonga, Freddie Gillespie, Eugene Yarms, Andreas Obst and Augustin Robitt
The first ball fell into the hands of Lorenzo Brown who also found an assist to Jaylen Adams for the first points, but Robitt started well with points of his own. Maccabi with good ability in offensive rebounding when Coulson also added his own points after a return ball and leveled the score, but Robitt is Bayern’s hot man as he didn’t let the yellows get close. The quarter continued at a fast pace with neither team managing to escape for a second, Lorenzo Brown grabbed the ball and found Adams who hit a great 3-pointer to give Ketch’s team the first lead of the game.
