{"id":12622,"date":"2019-01-10T11:17:29","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T11:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sportsrabbi.agpwebdesign.com\/?p=12622"},"modified":"2019-01-10T11:17:29","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T11:17:29","slug":"not-king-cole-maccabi-overcomes-norris-cole-in-81-76-win-over-buducnost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/not-king-cole-maccabi-overcomes-norris-cole-in-81-76-win-over-buducnost\/","title":{"rendered":"Not King Cole &#8211; Maccabi overcomes Norris Cole in 81-76 win over Buducnost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Buducnost 81-76 to move their Euroleague record to 6-11. The yellow-and-blue\u2019s former point guard Norris Cole was the star of the show and scored his team\u2019s first ten points, however, Maccabi\u2019s clutch shooting and tight 4th quarter defense helped Coach Ioannis Sfairopoulos\u2019s squad come out on top. Scottie Wilbekin led Maccabi with 16 points, Tarik Black added 12 points while DeAndre Kane dropped 11 points in the win. John Dibartolomeo scored a pair of 3-pointers late in the 3rd quarter to move the momentum in Maccabi\u2019s direction. Cole drained 25 points on 10\/14 from the field.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/embed\/video\/x70cyco\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nCole was welcomed back to Yad Eliyahu with a special presentation as the fans gave him a standing ovation for helping Maccabi win the Israel league title last season. The accolades certainly helped him set the tone early as his ten points propelled Buducnost to a 18-12 lead after the first quarter as Kane tried to keep Maccabi close with 6 points. Alex Tyus and Black pulled the host\u2019s to within three points, 37-34 after twenty minutes but Cole continued his scoring outburst to raise his game high total to 18 points.<\/p>\n<p>Maccabi cut the Buducnost lead to just one point, 60-59 thanks to a pair of John Dibartolomeo triples after three quarters. Wilbekin and Kane scored buckets as Buducnost\u2019s NBA big man prospect Goga Bitadze and James Bell fouled out for the visitor\u2019s. Yovel Zoosman, Johnny O\u2019Bryant and Wilbekin\u2019s 3-pointers soon gave Maccabi a 75-68 advantage as they wrapped up a 81-76 victory as they head to Moscow for a date with CSKA on Friday night.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_11948\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/c75960f6-b6ee-473a-901d-f061a0e1b003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11948\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/c75960f6-b6ee-473a-901d-f061a0e1b003-1024x859.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"859\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11948\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11948\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dov Halickman Photography<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nMaccabi will play their second EuroLeague game of the week when they visit CSKA Moscow tonight in Russia. The yellow-and-blue will look to win both games in a double week for the first time since the competition moved to the current 30 game format. However, that won\u2019t be an easy task as the star laden squad which includes Nando de Colo, Sergio Rodriguez and Will Clyburn hold a 13-4 record and are 6-0 at home. In fact, Maccabi hasn\u2019t won at CSKA since February 12, 2004 when current Zalgiris coach \u0160ar\u016bnas Jasikevi\u010dius scored 25 points and Maccabi\u2019s General Manager Nikola Vujcic recorded a double-double. But the game will always be remembered for Anthony Parker\u2019s fade-away 3-point jumper at the buzzer to steal the victory for the yellow-and-blue.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_12624\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/593b8c49-3daa-4237-a697-5420b0288519.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12624\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/593b8c49-3daa-4237-a697-5420b0288519-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12624\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12624\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dov Halickman Photography<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<strong>3-Pointers<\/strong><br \/>\n1) <strong>Maccabi Captain John Dibartolomeo<\/strong> may have only played 5:44 but it was a huge 5:44. JohnD came off the bench with 3:20 left in the game with the score 51-48 for Buducnost and dished out an asset on Kendrick Ray\u2019s triple and then hit a pair of 3-pointers to give the Yellow &#038; Blue a 59-55 lead which changed the complexion of the game. The Sports Rabbi name him the MVP &#8211; Most Valuable Player for the contest but perhaps the award should have been really the MVGC &#8211; Most Valuable Game Changer. <strong>Coach Sfairopoulos<\/strong> spoke about the captain\u2019s contribution, \u201cJohn is a player that always gives a lot to the team and can change the game like he did tonight. I support him and he was helpful for the team.\u201d <strong>Scottie Wilbekin<\/strong> also praised Dibartolomeo, \u201cHuge for us. He came in and hit some huge shots when we needed them.\u201d <strong>Michael Roll<\/strong> also gave his compliments, \u201cHe gave us the spark that we needed.\u201d Finally the <strong>Captain<\/strong> himself gave kudos to the team and as always deflected the spotlight from himself in his usual modest fashion, \u201cEvery win is important especially when we are able to do it in front of our home crowd. I was proud of the team for continuing to fight from start to finish despite some lapses on the offense end. Our defense is what separated us tonight and is key for us moving forward in the right direction.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_12625\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/04574cfb-f8cf-43c9-9633-333e4fd825c3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12625\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/04574cfb-f8cf-43c9-9633-333e4fd825c3-1024x850.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"850\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12625\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12625\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dov Halickman Photography<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n2) The home crowd was a bit vocal when <strong>John Dibartolomeo<\/strong> was subbed out and <strong>Scottie Wilbekin<\/strong> was subbed in. The fans weren\u2019t happy about that and after Wilbekin hit a big 3-pointer to give Maccabi a 75-68 lead he put his finger to his mouth to silence them. Not the look that the Yellow &#038; Blue wants, but one could understand if the guard was upset, he\u2019s human and it\u2019s only natural. Wilbekin was really the MVP of the game as he took the bull by they horns in the final frame and scored 7 huge points in the victory. The fans have to understand that it\u2019s a team where everyone contributes in various different ways and should be very careful how they treat a player that is a winner and can excel in crunch time just as he did also against Eilat. <strong>Wilbekin was asked<\/strong> about it after the game and said that he was in no way silencing the fans, \u201cNo, we got the win and that\u2019s all that matters. We got to get another win at CSKA and it was great to get a win at home.\u201d However, <strong>Coach Sfairopolous<\/strong> definitely wanted to make sure the fans weren\u2019t upset with what had happened on the court, \u201cI want to say we want our fans to be with us. We are trying to do our best. We lost to Fenerbahce which was after I was with the team for just 2 days, and we lost on the last ball to Baskonia. We have won 4 from 5 home games since I have arrived to the team. I know Maccabi has fans everywhere and they come and support us. We want them to believe in us. We will fight and spit blood for Maccabi to succeed.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_12631\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/961d11e3-386e-417f-aecd-84b4815552a2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12631\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/961d11e3-386e-417f-aecd-84b4815552a2-1024x750.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12631\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12631\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dov Halickman Photography<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n3) <strong>Alex Tyus<\/strong> has undoubtedly been one of the Yellow &#038; Blue\u2019s best players recently as the center again scored 8 points and was perfect from the field. It\u2019s great to see Alex playing well and the big man got the start ahead of Tarik Black who is still nursing a hamstring injury, scored 12 points giving the centers 20 combined points on the night. Tyus talked about the win, \u201cWe needed the win especially at home. I\u2019m getting into the rhythm and me and Tarik need to to help the team win and bring energy everyday. Most importantly we got the win and we want to get on a winning streak which would be good for us.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_12626\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/e3987903-5d14-4846-bfb6-59f319ea93f2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12626\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/e3987903-5d14-4846-bfb6-59f319ea93f2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12626\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12626\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dov Halickman Photography<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<strong>Overtime<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Norris Cole<\/strong> made his return to Tel Aviv and couldn\u2019t have played a better game as he sliced up the Maccabi defense for 25 points, 18 of which came in the first half. The guard was very excited to be back in Israel and I asked him about that following the game, \u201cI was excited to be back here in Tel Aviv. I was able to see all the familiar faces and to be back in this arena where I played a lot of games was great where I had a lot of points, a lot of stops, a lot of steals and a lot of fun including a championship. It was fun to be back.\u201d He also spoke about signing Israel\u2019s National Anthem Hatikva which he did throughout last season, \u201cI joined in a little bit. They didn\u2019t play it over the loudspeakers so I was trying to follow along with the Gate as they have their own rhythm to it. I said a couple words. I didn\u2019t forget.\u201d <strong>Michael Roll<\/strong> spoke about Cole\u2019s impact on the game, \u201cNorris is a very good player especially for this team. He hit the ultra green light and that\u2019s what they need from him nearly the whole game. We knew he was going to score, he\u2019s a good player and he\u2019d do that with any team.\u201d <strong>Wilbekin<\/strong> also talked about the former Maccabi guard, \u201cHe came out really hot making everything, tough shots and we tried to limit him in the second half and we were able to do that.\u201d <strong>Tyus<\/strong> also complimented his firm teammate, \u201cHe\u2019s a great player and playing with him last year we obviously knew what he could do.\u201d It was great to see you once again Norris Cole, you will never be forgotten.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_12635\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20f8feb7-899d-48d4-adfb-db201b454353.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12635\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20f8feb7-899d-48d4-adfb-db201b454353-1024x991.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"991\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12635\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12635\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dov Halickman Photography<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<strong>And-1 and Some<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Michael Roll<\/strong>, who although didn\u2019t put up the numbers he did in the last couple of games as the ball just didn\u2019t fall for his quality shots also discussed the victory \u201cIt\u2019s a win that we needed and we all gave something, everyone that played and everyone on the bench that didn\u2019t play. It felt very nice.\u201d Roll also spoke about how everybody chipped in, \u201cWe tired them out all game and that\u2019s everybody chipping in. We\u2019re deeper than them and it showed at the end.\u201d About his shots not making it through the bottom of the basket, \u201cAll of them felt great and I felt that they were all going in. Some went down and then spun out, but that\u2019s how the game goes. I\u2019m not going to stop shooting as they were very good shots for the team. It\u2019s ok, next time they will go in.\u201d The key to winning in Moscow? \u201cEverybody has to play all 40 minutes; it\u2019s going to be a team effort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Yovel Zoosman<\/strong> had a terrific game with 8 points in 22 minutes. He finished with a +13 on the night and was solid defensively especially during money time.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_12632\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/932ad3c1-5a9d-4e42-b837-32a4c44e76b9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12632\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/932ad3c1-5a9d-4e42-b837-32a4c44e76b9-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12632\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dov Halickman Photography<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>Goga Bitadze<\/strong> fouled out after playing 23 minutes and scoring 8 points for Buducnost.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_12627\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/e4561697-bef6-4c99-a40e-243287900eab.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12627\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/e4561697-bef6-4c99-a40e-243287900eab-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12627\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12627\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dov Halickman Photography<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n&#8211; The <strong>Cleveland Cavaliers Director of Scouting Brandon Weems<\/strong> was in attendance as he was watching Deni Avdja who although dressed didn\u2019t get into the game Zoosman and Bitadze. Weems is very good friends with LeBron James and it was good to see him in the house.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; There was a big scuffle during the game around <strong>Shmuel Frenkel<\/strong> the Israel Winner Basketball League Chairman when fans demanded that the league change its Final 4 format to series. Maccabi Chairman Shimon Mizrahi had to race over there from his seat to calm the storm.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Frenkel<\/strong> then went on to attack Maccabi and general manager <strong>Nikola Vujcic<\/strong> that the team is an Israeli team that plays in Europe and not a European team that plays in a country in the middle east. He also called him out as being a foreigner and that he couldn\u2019t care less that it\u2019s an Israeli league. Personally as someone who made Aliyah and moved to Israel, I&#8217;m appalled at the Chairman&#8217;s comments; it&#8217;s disgusting and a disgrace. Vujcic in response rightfully hit back at Frenkel in the tweets below. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Maybe you should focus on what you do best &#8211; help other teams pass rules that no other league in the WORLD has and that have one purpose only (like you told me YOURSELF) &#8211; to weaken Maccabi. This you do very well!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nikola Vujcic (@NikolaVujcic7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NikolaVujcic7\/status\/1083146025840328704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s sad to see that the chairman of the league is attacking a manager in the biggest club of his league only because he is foreigner. It\u2019s a disgrace for Israeli sports and Israeli basketball and you should be ashamed.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nikola Vujcic (@NikolaVujcic7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NikolaVujcic7\/status\/1083145922832486400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Buducnost 81-76 to move their Euroleague record to 6-11. The yellow-and-blue\u2019s former point guard Norris Cole was the star of the show and scored his team\u2019s first ten points, however, Maccabi\u2019s clutch shooting and tight 4th quarter defense helped Coach Ioannis Sfairopoulos\u2019s squad come out on top. 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