{"id":44858,"date":"2021-11-11T22:28:18","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T22:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=44858"},"modified":"2021-11-12T07:47:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T07:47:19","slug":"maccabi-look-a-gift-horse-in-the-mouth-and-need-to-move-on-asap-after-loss-to-cska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/maccabi-look-a-gift-horse-in-the-mouth-and-need-to-move-on-asap-after-loss-to-cska\/","title":{"rendered":"Maccabi look a gift horse in the mouth and need to move on ASAP after loss to CSKA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CSKA tried hard to give Maccabi the game on a silver platter. The referees also kept giving the Yellow &#038; Blue call after call after call all game long. Everyone wanted to hand the victory to Ioannis Sfairopoulos\u2019s team, but they just couldn\u2019t figure out how to take it as they fell 74-73 in a tightly contested battle. <\/p>\n<p><strong>LISTEN: Instant reaction to Maccabi\u2019s defeat in Russia<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.podomatic.com\/embed\/html5\/episode\/10162187?style=normal&amp;autoplay=false\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" style=\"width: 504px; height: 208px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>All game long Maccabi was there, right there. Up by a point or two, down by a point or two, but when they were literacy gifted the game whether it was a free throw missed by Derrick Williams or a poorly drawn up and or executed final play the Yellow &#038; Blue just couldn\u2019t snatch the win from the eventual jaws of defeat.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_44809\" style=\"width: 1510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44809\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/alexey-shved-cska-moscow-eb21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1093\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/alexey-shved-cska-moscow-eb21.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/alexey-shved-cska-moscow-eb21-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/alexey-shved-cska-moscow-eb21-1024x746.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/alexey-shved-cska-moscow-eb21-768x560.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/alexey-shved-cska-moscow-eb21-610x444.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/alexey-shved-cska-moscow-eb21-1080x787.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-44809\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alexey Sheved &#8211; Photo Credit: Euroleague<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nIt\u2019s never easy to win in Russia no matter what team Maccabi is facing and they\u2019ve only beaten CSKA in Moscow twice in 20+ years. It doesn\u2019t matter who is playing for the \u201cRed Army\u201d team when Maccabi sees red they always seem to have an issue close to the Kremlin and against a sub-par CSKA team that was the case once again. <\/p>\n<p>Maccabi came close but as they say, no cigar. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI congratulated the players how they played tonight and ti was a close game like a Derby, We are unhappy because we had the last shot and could have won the game. This still doesn\u2019t cancel the big fight our team made to try to win the game,\u201d Sfairopoulos said. <\/p>\n<p>CSKA coach and fellow Greek bench boss Dimitris Itoudis echoed Sfairopoulos\u2019s thoughts, \u201cWe witnessed a very close game with many lead changes and both teams showed a tremendous desire.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_30491\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30491\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BA13E4EA-BB8F-4DFD-B2D8-04C8AE076A67.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"830\" height=\"1024\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BA13E4EA-BB8F-4DFD-B2D8-04C8AE076A67.jpeg 830w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BA13E4EA-BB8F-4DFD-B2D8-04C8AE076A67-243x300.jpeg 243w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BA13E4EA-BB8F-4DFD-B2D8-04C8AE076A67-768x948.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-30491\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dimitrios Itoudis &#8211; Photo Credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nAll true, but of course there can only be one winner and that wasn\u2019t Maccabi who also couldn\u2019t shut down the game\u2019s MVP Iffe Lundberg in the fourth quarter who was able to put his team ahead by what was a huge 5-point lead in a close game. The other player who just returned to action after being out injured was a very able Marius Grigonis who Itoudis described as his X-Factor with 10 points while going 2\/4 from downtown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCSKA scored a lot of tough shots on the buzzer in the last quarter and this is how they were up. We tried to come back but I think that the luckiest team would win the game as either team could have won. I think our defense was very good and CSKA has the best offense in the league and they score 84 points while we kept them to only 74,\u201d Sfairopoulos explained.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, Maccabi was able to hold CSKA who has the best offense in the league to just 74 points which was roughly 10 points off of their season average but on the other hand Maccabi couldn\u2019t top the hosts points allowed average as CSKA give up over 80 points a game as well.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_44813\" style=\"width: 1510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44813\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/iffe-lundberg-cska-moscow-eb21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1091\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/iffe-lundberg-cska-moscow-eb21.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/iffe-lundberg-cska-moscow-eb21-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/iffe-lundberg-cska-moscow-eb21-1024x745.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/iffe-lundberg-cska-moscow-eb21-768x559.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/iffe-lundberg-cska-moscow-eb21-610x444.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/iffe-lundberg-cska-moscow-eb21-1080x786.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-44813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iffe Lungberg &#8211; Photo Credit: Euroleague<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nLundberg was a player who grabbed the opportunity with both hands ever since he arrived at CSKA last season and he has yet to let go as he always seems to make the right play and score the important points when they count the most.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe came in prepared to fight for 40 minutes,\u201d Lundberg said. \u201cThat\u2019s exactly what we did tonight. And I\u2019m just really really proud of the way that we stuck together throughout the game. Coach told us to keep fighting and trust each other, especially on defense. Ultimately we came out with the win and we&#8217;re really happy with the result.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roman Sorkin is one of Sfairopoulos\u2019s young players who is also taking advantage of the Euroleague minutes that he is getting and once again the Oregon product didn\u2019t look out of place one bit at this level of play.<br \/>\n\u201cThis was a very close game that went to the end and we had a chance to win on the last possession. They hit some very hard shots and it could have gone either way. We fight hard and we have to take that from the game.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_44819\" style=\"width: 1510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44819\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ante-zizic-maccabi-playtika-tel-aviv-eb21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"967\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ante-zizic-maccabi-playtika-tel-aviv-eb21.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ante-zizic-maccabi-playtika-tel-aviv-eb21-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ante-zizic-maccabi-playtika-tel-aviv-eb21-1024x660.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ante-zizic-maccabi-playtika-tel-aviv-eb21-768x495.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ante-zizic-maccabi-playtika-tel-aviv-eb21-610x393.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ante-zizic-maccabi-playtika-tel-aviv-eb21-1080x696.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-44819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ante Zizic &#8211; Photo Credit: Euroleague<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nWhile CSKA was able to make some hard contested shots, Maccabi had an issue from long distance hitting their shots and went only 2\/13 from deep in what was a startling number. The Yellow &#038; Blue must do better from downtown in order to win and they are aware of that. What was odd was to see Scottie Wilbekin really not attempt one shot from deep which most probably means his ankle injury is an issue for him and he can;t jump the way he normally would do when shooting from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n<p>Derrick Williams who scored 20 points on the game but went 1\/2 from the line when he could have tied up the contest as time wound down feels that Maccabi wasn\u2019t missing anything from their game play, \u201cI felt that we didn\u2019t lack anything at all today. It was a 1-point game against a very very good team on the road. I think we have a lot to look at positively and negatively we had a few things that happened in the game leading into the 4th quarter. I thought we played great. We didn\u2019t come here to lose so that is tough but we learn a lot about our team and the character that we have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s all nice, fine and dandy but to respectively disagree, Maccabi was missing something; its long distance shooting which was something they had trouble with in Israeli League play earlier in the week at Hapoel Holon.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_44815\" style=\"width: 1510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44815\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/derrick-williams-maccabi-playtika-tel-aviv-eb21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1017\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/derrick-williams-maccabi-playtika-tel-aviv-eb21.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/derrick-williams-maccabi-playtika-tel-aviv-eb21-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/derrick-williams-maccabi-playtika-tel-aviv-eb21-1024x694.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/derrick-williams-maccabi-playtika-tel-aviv-eb21-768x521.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/derrick-williams-maccabi-playtika-tel-aviv-eb21-610x414.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/derrick-williams-maccabi-playtika-tel-aviv-eb21-1080x732.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-44815\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Derrick Williams &#8211; Photo Credit: Euroleague<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nIn the Euroleague you\u2019ve got to forget about a loss and move on quickly because the season is so long and no team wants to see a losing streak that could potentially have a snowball effect. So were there any lessons learnt from the defeat? According to Williams there as definitely something that the team took from the loss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe learnt that we can compete with anybody and everybody knows that we can compete with Barca, CSKA, any of the top names and win. Tonight is didn\u2019t happen and at the same time we are a good team and as long as we know that I think that is the confidence that shows.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_44487\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44487\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/B5345F91-80DD-4B5F-B508-693FA1468A98.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/B5345F91-80DD-4B5F-B508-693FA1468A98.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/B5345F91-80DD-4B5F-B508-693FA1468A98-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/B5345F91-80DD-4B5F-B508-693FA1468A98-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/B5345F91-80DD-4B5F-B508-693FA1468A98-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/B5345F91-80DD-4B5F-B508-693FA1468A98-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/B5345F91-80DD-4B5F-B508-693FA1468A98-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-44487\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Derrick Williams &#038; Roman Sorkin &#8211; Photo Credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nAs for Sorkin, he want the team to take the fight he saw the Yellow &#038; Blue showed, \u201cThe battle that we showed on the road in Russia is something we can also take. We were very close and we fought very hard. We were right there and if we would have scored at the end we would be celebrating. We have to keep our heads up and we have a league game coming up on Sunday which we have to win and get back our momentum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maccabi needs to keep collecting wins and they will look to do so at home next week against Monaco and then on the road in Greece at Olympiacos. Once a winning streak ends, it\u2019s super important to get right back on one very quickly. <\/p>\n<p>So the Yellow &#038; Blue could sit and delve into that gift horses mouth, ultimately it would be best if they took a peak and moved on very, very quickly. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CSKA tried hard to give Maccabi the game on a silver platter. The referees also kept giving the Yellow &#038; Blue call after call after call all game long. 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