{"id":120440,"date":"2024-10-05T18:03:25","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T18:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=120440"},"modified":"2024-10-05T18:03:25","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T18:03:25","slug":"tamir-blatt-stars-as-maccabi-tel-aviv-notches-win-in-euroleague-opener-over-asvel-villeurbanne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/tamir-blatt-stars-as-maccabi-tel-aviv-notches-win-in-euroleague-opener-over-asvel-villeurbanne\/","title":{"rendered":"Tamir Blatt stars as Maccabi Tel Aviv notches win in Euroleague opener over ASVEL Villeurbanne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated ASVEL Villeurbanne 89-82 as Tamir Blatt had a career day to lead the yellow-and-blue to the victory in their Euroleague season home opener in Belgrade due to the security situation in Israel. With the game all knotted up at 71-71 thanks to tremendous play by Blatt after thirty minutes, John Dibartolomeo hit a pair of critical 3-pointers to put Maccabi ahead 83-82 with two minutes left and Blatt fed Jaylen Hoard for back-to-back alley-oops to seal the victory for Head Coach Oded Katash\u2019s squad.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Maccabi - ASVEL | A TIGHT Contest | R1 HIGHLIGHTS 24-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CUoopg1PWmo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nTamir Blatt, Jasiel Rivero, Levi Randolph and Jordan Loyd paced Maccabi early on but Paris Lee, Neal Sako, Theo Malden and Joffrey Lauvergne handed the French side a 31-24 lead after ten minutes of action. Blatt and Loyd continued to keep the hosts close while Jaylen Hoard began to find the basket but Tarik Black dominated the inside while Lee and Lauvergne continued to score to keep ASVEL in front 52-51 at halftime.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_120445\" style=\"width: 1610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120445\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-03-at-22.16.16-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-03-at-22.16.16-2.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-03-at-22.16.16-2-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-03-at-22.16.16-2-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-03-at-22.16.16-2-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-03-at-22.16.16-2-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-03-at-22.16.16-2-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-120445\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jasiel Rivero &#8211; Photo credit: Djordje Kostic<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nRivero and Blatt kept scoring for Maccabi as Black and Lee did the same but the yellow-and-blue tied the game up at 71-71 by the end of the third quarter. Villeurbanne continued to lead but a Dibartolomeo corner 3-pointer with 2:08 gave Maccabi a 83-82 lead as Blatt teamed up with Hoard for a pair of alley-oops to finish off the game and hand Katash\u2019s crew the win.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_120457\" style=\"width: 1610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120457\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-03-at-23.51.02.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-03-at-23.51.02.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-03-at-23.51.02-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-03-at-23.51.02-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-03-at-23.51.02-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-03-at-23.51.02-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-03-at-23.51.02-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-120457\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tamir Blatt &#8211; Photo credit: Djordje Kostic<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nBlatt who was named the MVP of Gameday 1 scored 21 points and dished out 12 assists, while Hoard and Loyd each scored 15 points and Jasiel Rivero put in 11 points in the win. Lauvergne scored 17 points, Lee chipped in with 12 points and Black scored 11 points in the loss.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_120464\" style=\"width: 1360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120464\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/22fae53e-6d30-461b-a5e4-b7ca7e8aa62a.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1350\" height=\"760\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/22fae53e-6d30-461b-a5e4-b7ca7e8aa62a.webp 1350w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/22fae53e-6d30-461b-a5e4-b7ca7e8aa62a-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/22fae53e-6d30-461b-a5e4-b7ca7e8aa62a-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/22fae53e-6d30-461b-a5e4-b7ca7e8aa62a-610x343.webp 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/22fae53e-6d30-461b-a5e4-b7ca7e8aa62a-1080x608.webp 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-120464\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maccabi Tel Aviv &#8211; Photo credit: Euroleague.net<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n\u201cWe did a great job defensively at the end and that is what won the game for us,\u201d Katash said. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t pretty for a lot of minutes but that is normal for this time of the season. We are building something and there is a process and we have to win some games. I liked the character, we stayed there and fought hard. I took a risk to play with 4 guards in the fourth quarter but it worked well for us.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_120443\" style=\"width: 1610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120443\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-03-at-22.16.16-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-03-at-22.16.16-3.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-03-at-22.16.16-3-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-03-at-22.16.16-3-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-03-at-22.16.16-3-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-03-at-22.16.16-3-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-03-at-22.16.16-3-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-120443\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tamir Blatt &#8211; Photo credit: Djordje Kostic<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nThe MVP of the game and the round Tamir Blatt added, \u201cI feel great. I am really happy for the guys and for the team. It was a great team effort and I\u2019m happy we got the first win. It\u2019s great to play well and I\u2019m happy and the guys really helped me to get to my spots. The most important thing is that we got the win and we move forward.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_120466\" style=\"width: 1124px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120466\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-05-at-21.02.43.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1114\" height=\"743\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-05-at-21.02.43.jpeg 1114w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-05-at-21.02.43-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-05-at-21.02.43-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-05-at-21.02.43-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-05-at-21.02.43-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1114px) 100vw, 1114px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-120466\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jaylen Hoard &#8211; Photo credit: Djordje Kostic<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nJaylen Hoard added, \u201cIt was very important to start the season well, first Euroleague game and first Euroleague win so that was big time. The whole team contributed and everyone chipped in so it was a really good win. Tamir was telling me be ready, be open and I\u2019m going to look for you for lobs, short passes and stuff like that. So those two lobs at the end shows we have that connection and we have been practicing it a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated ASVEL Villeurbanne 89-82 as Tamir Blatt had a career day to lead the yellow-and-blue to the victory in their Euroleague season home opener in Belgrade due to the security situation in Israel. With the game all knotted up at 71-71 thanks to tremendous play by Blatt after thirty minutes, John Dibartolomeo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":120462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[4],"class_list":["post-120440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-holy-land-hoops","tag-maccabi-tel-aviv","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tamir Blatt stars as Maccabi Tel Aviv notches win in Euroleague opener over ASVEL Villeurbanne - Sports Rabbi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/tamir-blatt-stars-as-maccabi-tel-aviv-notches-win-in-euroleague-opener-over-asvel-villeurbanne\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tamir Blatt stars as Maccabi Tel Aviv notches win in Euroleague opener over ASVEL Villeurbanne - Sports Rabbi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated ASVEL Villeurbanne 89-82 as Tamir Blatt had a career day to lead the yellow-and-blue to the victory in their Euroleague season home opener in Belgrade due to the security situation in Israel. 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