{"id":157623,"date":"2025-10-04T17:07:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T17:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=157623"},"modified":"2025-10-04T19:12:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T19:12:45","slug":"maccabi-tel-aviv-fall-to-paris-101-94-drop-to-0-2-in-euroleague-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/maccabi-tel-aviv-fall-to-paris-101-94-drop-to-0-2-in-euroleague-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Maccabi Tel Aviv fall to Paris 101-94, drop to 0-2 in Euroleague action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maccabi Tel Aviv came up short against Paris 101-94 as their Euroleague record dropped to 0-2. The French side jumped out to an early lead as Nadir Hifi did as pleased while the yellow-and-blue just couldn\u2019t keep up with Paris despite having five played that scored in double digits.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Paris Breaks Through with Hifi\u2019s Big Night | Maccabi \u2013 Paris | R2 BASKETBALL HIGHLIGHTS 2025-26\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OMBRj6RMWQs?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 \/>\nLonnie Walker and Jeff Dowtin Jr. each scored 16 points while Jaylen Hoard added 15 points in  the loss. Hifi scored 21 points, Justin Robinson added 15 points and Yakuba Ouattara scored 12 points in the win.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_157578\" style=\"width: 1610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-157578\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_8718.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\" class=\"size-full wp-image-157578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_8718.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_8718-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_8718-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_8718-1536x1023.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_8718-610x406.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_8718-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-157578\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lonnie Walker &#8211; Photo Credit: Djordje Kostic<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nMaccabi Tel Aviv Head Coach Oded Katash spoke about the game that was, \u201cVery disappointing, we expected more. We knew that Paris was a strong team and they exposed our weaknesses, which mainly stem from time and understanding and the ability to play together. That will come with time. When they had their runs, we didn&#8217;t show enough character in terms of commitment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>TJ Leaf also spoke at the end of the contest, \u201cIt was a weird game and they played pretty crazy basketball. We started out well and then they opened up a gap. We&#8217;re going to go back to work and we will focus on that. We have a very important game coming up and we&#8217;re going to have to put these two losses behind us and come back stronger to win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Dowtin Jr. said, \u201cI think we need to look at how we played and how we defended and get better. We&#8217;re going to have ups and downs throughout the season, it&#8217;s not going to be easy. We need to get better as a team and focus on the next game to make the season better.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maccabi Tel Aviv came up short against Paris 101-94 as their Euroleague record dropped to 0-2. The French side jumped out to an early lead as Nadir Hifi did as pleased while the yellow-and-blue just couldn\u2019t keep up with Paris despite having five played that scored in double digits. 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