{"id":164424,"date":"2025-12-12T12:05:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T12:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=164424"},"modified":"2025-12-12T12:05:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T12:05:40","slug":"the-boys-are-back-in-town-maccabi-tel-aviv-comes-away-with-a-real-home-w","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/the-boys-are-back-in-town-maccabi-tel-aviv-comes-away-with-a-real-home-w\/","title":{"rendered":"The boys are back in town &#8211; Maccabi Tel Aviv comes away with a real home W"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few minutes before the end of the game, when Glynn Watson hit a 3-pointer over Marcio Santos\u2019s curly head and cut the lead to just three, there was a feeling that the homecoming party was about to be ruined by yet another random American guard (Kendrick Nunn, Kamar Baldwin, Mike James, Carsen Edwards and that\u2019s just a partial list). Maccabi Tel Aviv once again showed us its familiar defensive issues this year which includes a lack of coordination, confusion and apathy except this time Maccabi managed to rise to the occasion against the weak opponent, beating ASVEL Villeurbanne 84\u201392. And it\u2019s a good thing, because we deserve a bit of joy in this country, for heaven\u2019s sake.<\/p>\n<p>After two years and two months, the Yad Eliyahu arena was once again painted yellow-and-blue with an impressive display of support, an emotional speech by hostage survivor Omri Miran and a rendition of the anthem by Singolda that filled everyone with excitement ahead of the tip-off. In the end and unlike last week against the \u017dalgiris Maccabi opened up the paint freely for the French, who ran right through it with little resistance.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_164319\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-164319\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3440.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-164319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3440.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3440-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3440-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3440-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3440-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-164319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Omri Miran &#8211; Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nShimon Mizrahi accurately described the paralysis of his players, claiming that \u201cthey\u2019re emotional,\u201d but the yellow-and-blue snapped out of the shock (or the emotion) only after Nando de Colo went to the bench for the first time, when Villeurbanne was up seven after a three and a foul. I\u2019m debating when exactly to place the paragraph I\u2019m dedicating to vintage de Colo, but I\u2019ll keep you waiting a bit longer, because in the meantime Lonnie Walker made his grand arrival.<\/p>\n<p>Maccabi\u2019s hot hand delivered a tremendous game, in a very un\u2013\u201cLonnie Walker-ish\u201d way compared to what we\u2019re used to seeing from him. These weren\u2019t one of those stretches when he explodes and shoots and forces things and then disappears again until the next outburst, sometimes it comes, sometimes it doesn\u2019t. Last night at the arena, Walker was there throughout the entire game for the yellow-and-blue.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_164323\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-164323\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3426.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-164323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3426.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3426-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3426-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3426-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3426-610x610.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3426-1080x1080.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3426-440x440.jpeg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-164323\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lonnie Walker &#8211; Photo credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nHis points were nicely spread across the quarters (9, 9, 5 and 6), most coming from strong drives into the paint (10\/11 on two-pointers) rather than wild three-point attempts (2\/8). Beyond his 29 points, the American guard also grabbed 9 rebounds and committed only one turnover, in a performance showing that he can and understands that he sometimes needs to be the adult in the room (especially in lineups with Jimmy Clark, Oshae Brissett and Santos).<\/p>\n<p>Maccabi opened the second quarter with good minutes from Tamir Blatt and Iffe Lundberg alongside John Dibartolomeo, Roman Sorkin and Jaylen Hoard, again taking advantage of de Colo\u2019s rest. Maccabi finished possessions with good shots and repeatedly found Sorkin matched up against one of the guards. It certainly doesn\u2019t hurt when your opponent can\u2019t make a basket. Villeurbanne missed wherever they could miss, Walker scored wherever he could score and the lead grew to 14. But then Maccabi again returned to its old defensive habits.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_164343\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-164343\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3402.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-164343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3402.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3402-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3402-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3402-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3402-610x610.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3402-1080x1080.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3402-440x440.jpeg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-164343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nando de Colo &#8211; Photo credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nThey allowed the French far too many easy buckets, like the one that came three seconds before halftime and tied the game at 47. Sideline out-of-bounds play, off-ball pick-and-roll, Horad thinks they\u2019re switching but John D doesn\u2019t. Both stay on de Colo and the play ends with a simple dunk by Bodian Massa. Bummer.<\/p>\n<p>Pierric Poupet\u2019s team has nothing to really give in the EuroLeague besides de Colo and we also saw that against Hapoel Tel Aviv when he went to the bench, Villeurbanne\u2019s lead evaporated instantly. In that one he had a plus-minus of +19 while Villeurbanne lost by seven. This time they lost by eight while de Colo finished +14. In the second quarter he entered the game down nine and ended the half tied. It\u2019s not just his dynamic drives at the big men, the threes, the assists, or the perfect shooting from the line it\u2019s the fact that for 20 years he has been drawing all the defensive focus toward him and forcing these mistakes from the yellow defense, exactly like on that Massa bucket. Class.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_164397\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-164397\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1184.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-164397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1184.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1184-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1184-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1184-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1184-610x610.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1184-1080x1080.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1184-440x440.jpeg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-164397\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roman Sorkin &#8211; Photo credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nThe second half was tight, with Maccabi not playing great, but taking advantage of their edge in the paint with a good quarter from Sorkin and Hoard, who attacked inside on offense and got blocks, steals and various deflections on defense, giving Maccabi the lead heading into the final quarter. Head Coach Oded Katash and I must have watched the same game, because his instructions heading into the fourth were clear: on defense guard de Colo; on offense target and tire de Colo. Walker, Hoard and Sorkin continued to lead the yellows, finishing with a combined 70 points (!) while the French had no answer for their drives into the paint. <\/p>\n<p>The trio scored 18 of Maccabi\u2019s 23 points in the fourth quarter, with the other five coming from the free-throw line. Katash tried constantly to keep two of them on the floor, which preserved Maccabi\u2019s lead, small but stable. De Colo eventually tired and handed the keys to Glynn Watson, who entered the zone and brought the French closer, but was stopped by several misses, thanks to the rims of Yad Eliyahu that kept the lead yellow-and-blue. In the final 90 seconds the ball was in Lundberg\u2019s hands and he showed he can be trusted with steady ball-handling, clutch free throws and even a great steal and assist to Hoard that sealed the game and sent the arena into a frenzy.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_164359\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-164359\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3588.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-164359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3588.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3588-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3588-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3588-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3588-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-164359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nThere are still plenty of questions that need to be asked about Maccabi Tel Aviv\u2019s performance. For example: how does it allow its opponents so many chances to get back into games? How will Maccabi, on a bad 3-point shooting day (25%), cope against teams with a real interior presence? Where has T.J. Leaf gone (offensively at least) and what on earth is Santos doing on the court in the closing minutes of a tight game? <\/p>\n<p>But still, Maccabi Tel Aviv came away with the W last night, 92-84 over Villeurbanne. They return to the arena, they win two straight for the first time this season and climb to 17th place which may even improve depending on the Bayern Munich vs Partizan Belgrade result. With career highs from Lonnie Walker and Roman Sorkin, with Iffe\u2019s winner mentality, with Katash\u2019s smile you could say it was a good day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few minutes before the end of the game, when Glynn Watson hit a 3-pointer over Marcio Santos\u2019s curly head and cut the lead to just three, there was a feeling that the homecoming party was about to be ruined by yet another random American guard (Kendrick Nunn, Kamar Baldwin, Mike James, Carsen Edwards and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":164418,"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-164424","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 v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The boys are back in town - Maccabi Tel Aviv comes away with a real home W - 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\/the-boys-are-back-in-town-maccabi-tel-aviv-comes-away-with-a-real-home-w\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The boys are back in town - Maccabi Tel Aviv comes away with a real home W - Sports Rabbi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A few minutes before the end of the game, when Glynn Watson hit a 3-pointer over Marcio Santos\u2019s curly head and cut the lead to just three, there was a feeling that the homecoming party was about to be ruined by yet another random American guard (Kendrick Nunn, Kamar Baldwin, Mike James, Carsen Edwards and [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/the-boys-are-back-in-town-maccabi-tel-aviv-comes-away-with-a-real-home-w\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sports Rabbi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-12T12:05:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1190.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"565\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Yoav Cohen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Yoav Cohen\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/the-boys-are-back-in-town-maccabi-tel-aviv-comes-away-with-a-real-home-w\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/the-boys-are-back-in-town-maccabi-tel-aviv-comes-away-with-a-real-home-w\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Yoav Cohen\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2fc2c5e4edbe81ad216495cad20a0c30\"},\"headline\":\"The boys are back in town &#8211; 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