Maccabi Tel Aviv returns with a feeling of being missed. The yellows lost tonight (Friday) 78:73 to Bologna and the balance dropped to 7:7. Oded Ketch’s team safely led during the last quarter, but lost their heads in the last 5 minutes and allowed the Italians to run to 0:13 and decide the match.
Oded Ketch after the loss: “We fought, we played with a lot of players with foul problems, we were in our unusual formations. We gave a tremendous fight to get to this situation. They switched to a box and one defense that the last time we saw it, it was in the youth league, but we were ready for it some It’s possible. They prevented the ball from Lorenzo, confidence dropped and the momentum turned on us. It’s a situation we’re not used to until now.”
More from the words of the Maccabi Tel Aviv coach: “You can see that the players are fighting, we are without dominant players and we can leave encouraged. Obviously it would have been better to get out of here with a win, Lorenzo also has a crazy load and doesn’t have the help of Baldwin that he usually has. But I think we guard better and take the defensive rebound better, we have to look further.”
The yellow coach also said: “When you come to play against two teams with two good coaches, and it’s not easy to end it like that. I think we’re improving, we’re playing better in defense and controlling the rebounds. We deserved to win this game, I’m disappointed for the players but We will learn from this in future times.”