{"id":131895,"date":"2025-01-30T21:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T21:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=131895"},"modified":"2025-01-31T14:27:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T14:27:03","slug":"maccabi-tel-aviv-comes-up-short-to-alba-berlin-93-87-in-disappointing-defeat-for-the-yellow-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/maccabi-tel-aviv-comes-up-short-to-alba-berlin-93-87-in-disappointing-defeat-for-the-yellow-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"Maccabi Tel Aviv comes up short to ALBA Berlin 93-87 in disappointing defeat for the Yellow &#038; Blue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maccabi Tel Aviv fell to ALBA Berlin 93-87 as the yellow-and-blue succumbed to possibly their most concerning loss of the season to the last place club. Oded Katash\u2019s squad controlled the game from the outset with baskets from Rokas Jokubatis, Roman Sorkin, Tamir Blatt and Jasiel Rivero but Israel Gonzalez\u2019s team kept it close with strong play from Yanni Wetzell, Martin Hermannsson and Matt Delow. However, in the second half, Matteo Spagnolo and Louis Olinde helped the visitors take the lead as Marial Shayok tried to close the gap Wetzell was just too strong for Maccabi as ALBA took the win.<\/p>\n<p>Blatt scored 16 points, Sorkin added 14 points and Rivero put in 12 points in the loss. Wetzell scored 22 points, Delow put in 14 points as Spagnolo, Hermannsson and Olinde all scored 11 points in the win.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_128969\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128969\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20250106_223307_641.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20250106_223307_641.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20250106_223307_641-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20250106_223307_641-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20250106_223307_641-610x407.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20250106_223307_641-1080x720.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-128969\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oded Katash &#8211; Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n\u201cBad result for us and we can\u2019t hide from that,\u201d Maccabi Tel Aviv Head Coach Oded Katash began. \u201cWe have to give credit to ALBA. Watching their last few games we knew it wasn\u2019t going to be easy. It was a physical and a high tempo game and we were not always there with our intensity. We missed Jaylen Hoard which was a key factor on defense and offense, but we expected to be more concentrated defensively.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe expected to play better and it wasn\u2019t our best game and we turned over the ball a lot. Bad result and we have a very tough schedule ahead of us with an important double week and the Final Four of the Israel State Cup. We have to learn from this, to be ready every minute and every possession and get better.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_77342\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77342\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/0D1A17F2-0BDF-4E06-8E69-884CB8D50FE2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-77342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/0D1A17F2-0BDF-4E06-8E69-884CB8D50FE2.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/0D1A17F2-0BDF-4E06-8E69-884CB8D50FE2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/0D1A17F2-0BDF-4E06-8E69-884CB8D50FE2-610x610.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/0D1A17F2-0BDF-4E06-8E69-884CB8D50FE2-440x440.jpeg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-77342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israel Gonzalez &#8211; Photo Credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n\u201cI want to congratulate the players for the effort,\u201d ALBA Head Coach Israel Gonzalez said. \u201cWe made a step forward in our mentality as we had some problems this week but we put them aside and had a goal. We improved our transition and our one-on-one and defensive rebounds in the game which were the keys and three things that we wanted to improve.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_131879\" style=\"width: 1076px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-131879\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250130-WA0441.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1066\" height=\"1600\" class=\"size-full wp-image-131879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250130-WA0441.jpg 1066w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250130-WA0441-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250130-WA0441-768x1153.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250130-WA0441-1023x1536.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250130-WA0441-610x916.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1066px) 100vw, 1066px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-131879\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jasiel Rivero &#8211; Photo credit: Djordje Kostic<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nJasiel Rivero spoke about the loss, &#8220;At the beginning of the game, we were in control, but later on we didn&#8217;t manage to do things properly, we didn&#8217;t play defense the way we planned. In the second half, we had a mental breakdown and we didn&#8217;t play defense as we should have. In the fourth quarter, we had a chance to get back into the game. We need to fight more and not be calm when we lose a few points. We have to continue with the same mentality, don&#8217;t relax and push ahead to get the victory as we begin preparations for the next game.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_131869\" style=\"width: 1610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-131869\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250130-WA0440.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\" class=\"size-full wp-image-131869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250130-WA0440.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250130-WA0440-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250130-WA0440-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250130-WA0440-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250130-WA0440-610x406.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250130-WA0440-1080x720.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-131869\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rokas Jokubaitis &#8211; Photo credit: Djordje Kostic<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nRokas Jokubaitis, Jasiel Rivero and Roman Sorkin scored for Maccabi Tel Aviv to begin the game, while Yanni Wetzell and Tim Schneider responded for ALBA Berlin as the yellow-and-blue led 22-19 after the opening quarter. Tamir Blatt was busy from the outside and inside for Oded Katash\u2019s squad, Martin Hermannsson and Elias Rapieque came back with points for Israel Gonzalez\u2019s team but Maccabi headed into halftime with a 48-46 advantage.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_131881\" style=\"width: 1610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-131881\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250130-WA0444.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\" class=\"size-full wp-image-131881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250130-WA0444.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250130-WA0444-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250130-WA0444-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250130-WA0444-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250130-WA0444-610x406.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250130-WA0444-1080x720.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-131881\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tamir Blatt &#8211; Photo credit: Djordje Kostic<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nMalte Delow and Wetzell found points for ALBA, Blatt and Rafi Menco responded but baskets from Matteo Spagnolo and Louis Olinde gave the visitors a 70-63 lead after thirty minutes of action. Wetzell, Delow and Hermannsson bumped the lead up to double digits, Marial Shayok went for a trio of triples, but a Wetzell dunk wrapped up the win for ALBA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maccabi Tel Aviv fell to ALBA Berlin 93-87 as the yellow-and-blue succumbed to possibly their most concerning loss of the season to the last place club. 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