{"id":71007,"date":"2022-10-27T09:12:32","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T09:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=71007"},"modified":"2022-10-27T09:12:32","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T09:12:32","slug":"throw-the-first-punch-poythress-maccabi-look-to-get-off-to-fast-start-vs-panathinaikos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/throw-the-first-punch-poythress-maccabi-look-to-get-off-to-fast-start-vs-panathinaikos\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Throw the first punch&#8221; Poythress &#038; Maccabi look to get off to fast start vs Panathinaikos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After an 88-84 overtime win against Hapoel Tel Aviv in the Winner Cup final in Hadera on Sunday night, Maccabi Tel Aviv return to Yad Eliyahu tonight for its round five EuroLeague clash against coach Oded Katash\u2019s former team, Panathinaikos. Maccabi comes into the game with a 3-1 record in Europe, and the visitors come in with the inverse record of 1-3.<\/p>\n<p>Since the beginning of the season, Katash has been consistently telling the media that it\u2019ll take the team a while to get comfortable with each other. While things are starting to come together, his team still has things work out \u2013 especially the inconsistent performances during games, \u201cIt\u2019s difficult to put a finger on it, it\u2019s being spoken about. We\u2019re trying, there are objective reasons \u2013 fatigue, we need to manage the minutes a little better, but there are also things like focus, and we aren\u2019t the only team that has ups and downs in the middle of games, and it happens.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_70467\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70467\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/16B51404-160E-451E-8D4D-A2CEE2361B03.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-70467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/16B51404-160E-451E-8D4D-A2CEE2361B03.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/16B51404-160E-451E-8D4D-A2CEE2361B03-610x407.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-70467\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oded Katash &#8211; Photo Credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nOn managing minutes, Katash has relied the most on Lorenzo Brown, who played 40 minutes in the derby, and other than resting on the bench for the whole fourth quarter against Villeurbanne, has played a large majority of minutes in the EuroLeague so far this season, \u201cIt\u2019s something that we need to pay attention to, and we need to increase the rotations and get more significant minutes for more players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derby MVP, Alex Poythress, also had a heavy load on Sunday night, logging 38 minutes, \u201cIt was tough, it a tough game, it was a hard-fought game. You kind of feel the effects of heavy minutes afterwards, but the coaching staff and Reggie [head strength and conditioning coach, Regev Fanan] and everybody does a good job of managing us, and we\u2019ll be fine. We got a lot of good rest, you know the game was on Sunday, Sunday to Thursday we had  plenty of time to rest, so that won\u2019t be an excuse looking forward. As a player, you always want to play heavy minutes, and then you feel the effect afterwards, but you always want to be on the court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Maccabi has generally struggled at the beginning of games in the EuroLeague (needing to come back from double-digit second quarter deficits in both of last week\u2019s games), the yellow and blue came out strongly in the derby, and they will hope to again be able to do that against PAO. \u201cI feel like we&#8217;ve got to come out how we played the last couple of games,\u201d Jarrell Martin said. \u201cCome out playing hard, throwing the first punch and maintaining it throughout the whole course of the game. I feel like if we come out being aggressive, the sky\u2019s the limit for us. We\u2019ve got to keep the momentum rolling from previous games.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_70650\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70650\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ED258725-77E9-4F1E-B46F-79D96ED087F6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-70650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ED258725-77E9-4F1E-B46F-79D96ED087F6.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ED258725-77E9-4F1E-B46F-79D96ED087F6-610x407.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-70650\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Poythress &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nTheir opponents tonight come into the game following a disappointing round four 80-83 loss to AS Monaco at home, however former Maccabi player, Derrick Williams, will come into the game with confidence after scoring 28 points in that game, including a record 24 consecutive points in a period spanning the second and third quarters. He will be one of the players who will need to be on his game if they are to stop Maccabi\u2019s big trio of Poythress, Josh Nebo and Roman Sorkin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a tough matchup,\u201d Poythress spoke of the clash. \u201cThey\u2019ve got some good bigs \u2013 [Georgios] Papagiannis, he\u2019s playing well there. They\u2019ve got Gudaitis \u2013 he was one of my teammates for a couple of years, I know him, he\u2019s a big physical big, we\u2019ll have our hands full with him. They got D Will too, who is playing very well at the four. So it\u2019s going to be a tough match, but I feel like we\u2019re ready, and we\u2019re looking forward to that matchup.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another player who joined PAO in the offseason who will keep Maccabi busy tonight is veteran Mateusz Ponitka, who spoke with The Sports Rabbi in the lead up to the game: \u201cThey have a lot of good players and they are playing better every game. You can see that they are a new team that has started to click step by step. It will be a very physical game for sure with a very good atmosphere in the Arena. The Israeli fans are really loud and cheer for their team very strongly so I am sure there will be a good atmosphere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The advantage of playing at home is something that the Maccabi players recognize. \u201cMost definitely,\u201d Martin said when asked whether playing at home gives them an edge. \u201cPlaying in this atmosphere here, it definitely gives us that extra drive and energy to fight.\u201d If Maccabi does get the win, and can go 4-1 after five rounds, it will give them a huge boost heading into November.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_68990\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68990\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/8744CF5C-3395-435A-8143-7C937E071FC5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-68990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/8744CF5C-3395-435A-8143-7C937E071FC5.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/8744CF5C-3395-435A-8143-7C937E071FC5-610x407.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-68990\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jarell Martin &#8211; Photo Credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After an 88-84 overtime win against Hapoel Tel Aviv in the Winner Cup final in Hadera on Sunday night, Maccabi Tel Aviv return to Yad Eliyahu tonight for its round five EuroLeague clash against coach Oded Katash\u2019s former team, Panathinaikos. 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