{"id":22356,"date":"2020-11-05T09:10:01","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T09:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=22356"},"modified":"2020-11-26T13:04:12","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T13:04:12","slug":"preview-efes-has-players-that-can-kill-you-ioannis-sfairopoulos-looks-ahead-to-maccabis-euroleague-game-at-anadolu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/preview-efes-has-players-that-can-kill-you-ioannis-sfairopoulos-looks-ahead-to-maccabis-euroleague-game-at-anadolu\/","title":{"rendered":"PREVIEW: “EFES has players that can kill you” Ioannis Sfairopoulos looks ahead to Maccabi’s Euroleague game at Anadolu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maccabi Tel Aviv heads to Istanbul to take on Anadolu EFES on Euroleague Gameday 7 action on Thursday at 19:30 Israel time. The Yellow & Blue come into the contest with a 2-4 record while the Turkish squad sits at 2-3 but will be without star guard Shane Larkin who just made his season debut last week while Bryant Dunston also won\u2019t be available for the continental clash. <\/p>\n

There\u2019s no question that Ioannis Sfairopoulos\u2019s team has had trouble so far this season losing a number of games by very close margins while falling last week to Fenerbahce at home in Tel Aviv. EFES has also struggled mightily and are not the same team without Shane Larkin who once again won\u2019t be playing for Ergin Ataman\u2019s side.
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\nNot having Larkin totally changes the complexion of the game, but don\u2019t think that Maccabi will now have a cakewalk victory just because the star guard won\u2019t be in the lineup, EFES have plenty of other weapons at their disposal.<\/p>\n

EFES still has a number of players who can shoot the 3-pointer which has been an achilles heel for Maccabi to defend after having given up 4 or more in each game to the following players so far this young season: Markus Ericksson, Mike James, Vladimir Lucic, Sasha Vezenkov, Alexey Shved and Bobby Dixon. Plus you can add Jarell Eddie who went 3\/3 last week.
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\nAtaman still has Krunoslav Simon who is 12\/22, Rodrigue Beaubois at 11\/23 and Vasilje Micic who is having a brutal season from beyond the arc going 5\/30 which is way off his 35.5% career 3-pt average. <\/p>\n

Those players all shot lights out against Maccabi last season in the two games between the teams as Simon was 5\/8, Beaubois checked in with 5\/11 while Micic went 8\/13, the Yellow & Blue better be ready to defend the perimeter or else they will add anther name to the hit list above.
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\nHow will Maccabi defend against a trigger happy EFES? Coach Sfairopoulos knows that the key will be keeping to the game plan as the hosts have lethal shooters, \u201cWe must follow the tactics, commit and follow the plan both offensively and defensively. The tactics must be followed at the maximum percentage and that is how we will win the game.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThey have players that can kill you and we have to follow our plan while staying concentrated for 40 minutes. If you lose it for 1 or 2 minutes this will be enough for EFES to kill you.\u201d
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\nEvery player on Maccabi will need to be tuned in on the defensive side of they game in order to keep EFES at bay and the fact that Ataman along with the vast majority of the roster remains from last season is obviously a big advantage whereas Maccabi has made numerous changes with 6 new players while having three injured in Omri Casspi, John DiBartolomeo and Yovel Zoosman.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re facing a team that last year ha a great season who kept their roster and coach. Although they haven\u2019t started well, they have showed that they can come back and play their style.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI spoke with all they players about being more effective defensively and I expect that the entire team will play better defense. We are still mixing the new and old players and we need to still know how to play defense as a unit.\u201d
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\nOne of Maccabi\u2019s new players is Oz Blayzer who has featured for a number of teams in Israel, most recently for Maccabi Rishon Le\u2019Zion who played in the EuroCup last year. The 27-year old has continued to climb through the ranks of Israeli hoops and is now taking his first steps into the deep water that is the Euroleague and so far he has not looked out of place. Sure he\u2019s had better games than others but Coach Sfairopoulos knows that he can rely on his new forward. <\/p>\n

Blayzer spoke about his experiences so far in the continent\u2019s best league, \u201cThis is my first season at this level and I am getting used to it while also learning a lot as well. There is a great staff here which has been very helpful and I know that there will be ups and downs along the way but my goal is to keep moving upwards. I want to continue improving game by game and it\u2019s a process. I want to show that I can be a legitimate Euroleague player.\u201d So far so good. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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