Euro League
Maccabi was on the air with OAKA and can visit SEF
Maccabi prevailed against Panathinaikos and Giannis Fileris writes about the Israeli counterattack that can bring them to SEF, against Olympiakos. Lefteris Mantzoukas an occasion for the “Greens” to laugh a little.
The semi-defunct Maccabi passed “air” from OAKA a month ago full of instability and with Giannis Sfeiropoulos paying for the marble and visiting SEF in the playoffs is not out of the question! With 7 wins in their last 10 games, the Tel Aviv side sit level on points with Efes in 5th place, so the results of the remaining three games determine the final standings.
With a record of 14-11 Maccabi hasn’t even mathematically secured the playoffs yet (still wants a win), it sees a place between 5th and 6th place so is potentially a possible opponent of Olympiacos and of course dependent on the final placement of the “Red-Whites”. Particularly interesting is the fight he will put up with Efes for the two positions that complete the six. Both teams have two games inside and one outside by the end of the regular season.
Maccabi welcomes Villeurbanne and Fener and plays away with Bayern, while Efes has Alba and Bayern inside and outside the Red Star. The draw favors Efes, who have twice beaten the Israelis. So, to lose the fight, the Turkish team has to win one less.
The release of energy
Maccabi doesn’t suddenly play quality basketball. It didn’t change overnight either, as Avi Even, successor to coach Sfairopoulos and with 4 wins in 5 games, made a small revolution. Just the enormous energy of the American squad of the Israel team was unleashed and is its great weapon in this EuroLeague final straight.
Maccabi has returned to his own principles. She plays like we’ve been taught to for so many years, relies on the pressure she puts on the ball, she wants to win rebounds to run on the open field, she relies a lot on one-on-ones, on three-pointers . She often plays basketball…without passing and if she pulls you into her rhythm, you’re out of luck.
This also happened in OAKA. From the moment Panathinaikos lifted the glove and went into the game with a lot of attacks, with the ball bouncing up and down, he was the next to dominate the best team on the field.
Maccabi is easier to manage when her opponent controls the rhythm, takes her rebounds and moves the ball properly. Of all these, Panathinaikos did only the third. The guests were the ones who wanted to play the game in many attacks without being afraid of their mistakes, knowing that they would not lose anything in the rhythm they chose and the course of the game.
That doesn’t mean they didn’t have a plan for the game. They wanted to put the ball in the racket right from the start, and they did so consistently for almost the entire duration of the game. Panathinaikos managed to defend mainly against Zizic in the first half, but from the moment Reynolds came in, the problems in the game started.
The 12/15 two-pointers that Maccabi’s stats record in the second half are partly due to the better performance of Maccabi’s taller players, and partly to their play on the open field, which resulted in a 12-0 goal in the last three minutes of the game. Essentially, the fight was judged at that point as it was the time Maccabi got the difference, which for the most part they never lost after that.
Also, when Panathinaikos tried to turn the match into a two-pointer from Derrick Williams, it cut off the legs of the “Greens” and finally tipped the scales in favor of the guests. Maccabi has not lost such phases. Think of two more three-pointers. One at the end of the first period by Ziv (behind center field) and another by Nanali, unbalanced, with attack time up.
Better to play (Mantzoukas)
The defeat leaves Panathinaikos in last place (along with Zalgiris), the weaknesses were visible tonight although there were good moments. Especially for Lefteris Mantzoukas, who caused a smile on the podium in his best performance so far with the “Greens”. Speaking of which, since Panathinaikos doesn’t want anything, it’s better for Mantzoukas (and the team’s other youngsters) to play. The only gain will be the 18-year-old striker with physical qualifications… a much older man and the prospect of further development over time.
One can easily understand the position of Dimitris Priftis. He analyzed it in the match with PAOK a few days ago: “It was probably my fault that the youngsters didn’t play anymore, because the difference wasn’t big, it could be reduced at any timeThe Panathinaikos coach has to calculate everything, especially in the league where his team is in the ‘well’ and so far has actually had an advantage by winning the SEF.
In the Euroleague, on the other hand, where everything has already been judged anyway, why the… Mantzoukes don’t play.
We will of course note that the return of Ioannis Papapetrou, absent for two months (and from important games), will play an important role, obviously not in the EuroLeague games his team has to give, but in the league games with the first and best upcoming derby on April 11 against Olympiakos.
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Mustafa Fal has delivered a monstrous performance in international matches and Vassilis Skoundis is tackling the problem, inevitably involving the first teacher of the art, Panagiotis Fassoulas.
“The gypsy saw his generation and his heart rejoiced,” says a proverb whose meaning fits the occasion… I mean, the occasion of Fal seeing the other Fal opposite him and enjoying him normally and in accordance with the law!
Let the necessary recommendations be made…
One of them is Mustafa Fal, who was born in Paris on February 23, 1992, he is French, he plays in his country’s national team, his hat comes from Senegal, he has been looking since he was 2.18. He is in his third season at Olympiacos…
Yusufa and Taco
The other person who competed against him yesterday is Youssoufa Fal, who was born in Dakar on January 12, 1995, is a Senegalese with French nationality, has a height of 2.21 m and is competing in Villerban for the third consecutive time…
There is of course the much wilder Taco Fal, who was also born in Dakar on December 10, 1995, spent three seasons in the NBA, is now sizzling in China and has had his head tickling the feet of God since he was 229 cm tall!
Mustafa, Yusufa and Tako have no relationship or kinship between them: they are synonymous, apart from the coincidence that ensures that they are all three kilometers long!
The triple-double figure in Pylaia
He had attacked the Olympiacos central defender again on the 11th of last month, on the occasion of the triple-double he scored in the game against PAOK in Pylaia, rare in our area, but he wanted to make us laugh for a while as his only goal!
At first he missed Yannis Fileris who treated him properly, but I also have some stitches for his fur!
To say my sin, I laughed and liked Fileris’ pun on… Wrong!
Fasoulas and… Lumidis
In any case, “Pani” was like…Lumidis in the field of coffee roasting, plus he made heads turn with soft nails with his unique and unparalleled skills.
To paraphrase Lumidis’ advertising slogan: in our case it was “Everyone in their own way and Fasoulas in their caps“!
Since the conversation broke out, the experienced PAOK and Olympiacos international center has recorded five triple-doubles with points, rebounds and blocks, which are of course rarer than those that include assists.
He scored the first of these goals on October 15, 1988 (PAOK-Panionios) with 18 points, 18 rebounds and 13 blocks.
Two weeks later he “wrote” the second with 20-18-11 against Apollon Patras, on November 19 he followed the third against Sporting (29-19-15), while in the 1990/91 season he added two more: 18 – 14-10 with Peristeri and 19-12-11 with Iraklis.
Vrankovic’s record and the “wow” with Green
Similar triple feats with plugs have also been achieved by Stojan Vrankovic (who is already the record holder in EuroLeague history with 10 in a Fortitudo Bologna-Cibona Zagreb game) with Panathinaikos, Anthony Cook with PAOK, Mike Smrek with Dafni, PJ Brown with Panionios, Efthymis Renzias with the National Youth Team and Antonis Fotsis with the Greens youth team.
On Friday night in Lyon, Fall broke the bank when he nearly followed in Draymond Green’s footsteps and posted a rare triple-double without scoring in double figures.
He reached the final horn with two points, seven rebounds, seven assists and eight blocks, while the Warriors’ cocky forward did so on February 10, 2017 against the Grizzlies with 11 rebounds, 10 assists, 10 steals and just two points.
From 0.8 to 8
Fal had grabbed 14 rebounds in the game against Red Star while he dished out seven assists in the game against Baskonia, so there is no news here…
The wave was caused by the eight caps, because on the one hand there are a lot of them and on the other hand the so-called do not have a big problem with davtes.
Before the game with Villerban, he had taken 12 shots in 14 games, and suddenly he flashed and thundered from a 0.8 average to eight!
What is the key quality a good blocker should have?
The cap for Moretti, the timing and the caps
Instead of answering, I’ll give the floor to a specialist and expert, none other than Panagiotis Fasoulas, who, among other things, scored the most decisive international match in the history of Olympiacos!
I am referring to the match against Paolo Moretti in the third game of the European Champions Cup playoff series in the 10993/94 season, thanks to which Piraeus qualified for the Final 4 in Tel Aviv.
“Everything is a question of timing“he explained to me when I asked him how he cultivated and developed his art.
“You need to know and understand where, when and how to jump to block the opponent’s shot. In addition to this sense of space and time, speed of movement and long arms also play a role. I did the caps and even covered the ball so we could go straight to attack” explains Fasoulas, who is already drawing the moral lesson of the story…
“Attack requires talent, but defense depends on will.”
The spider web
Last but not least, this desire flowed from the… gums of Fasoula, who went out and trapped his opponents in the spider’s web from which no one could escape.
From his appearance in the early 80s until his retirement in 1999, he reduced defense not only to a science, but to a spectacular spectacle!
Source: sport 24
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Matias Lessor received hundreds of interesting messages from friends of Panathinaikos AKTOR about his injury and quickly explained what the situation is.
Matias Lessor’s injury was the only black mark in the game against Armani Milano. For this very reason, the people of Panathinaikos AKTOR didn’t enjoy it as much as they would have liked. At least until they received the results of the sports high school exams.
The day after the game, it became clear that the problem was not serious. However, Matias Lessor explained in detail how he feels after his injury and thanked everyone for their interest.
Matias Lesor’s message in detail:
“Thank you everyone for your lovely messages and your interest. I’m feeling much better. It just hurts, but I’m fine“.
Source: sport 24
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End of alert for Matias Lesor at Panathinaikos AKTOR. The French center has a bad back due to the injury and will miss tomorrow’s (December 24th) game against Prometheus in Patras (20:15, ERT3 and LIVE on Sportish), but his tests were clear.
Matias Lesor will play in tomorrow’s (December 24th) away game of Panathinaikos AKTOR against Prometheus (8:15 p.m., 3 a.m. and LIVE from Sportish) on matchday 11 of the Stoiximan Basket League due to the lower back injury he sustained in this game , do not compete Armani Milano. But he escaped the worst.
The French center was tested immediately after the return of the “Greens” from Milan, who were “clean”. In other words, they didn’t show that the bone was broken in the middle – which everyone feared when they saw the Frenchman slaughtered on the ground. But Lesor is still in pain, ruling him out of the game against Prometheus and considered doubtful for next week’s EuroLeague game against Red Star.
With Lesor out, Oleg Balcherovski, Kostas Antetokounmpo and Dinos Mitoglou will fill the center position in the game against Prometheus.
Source: sport 24
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