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Nov 10, 2011, 9:48 pm
A great victory for Maccabi, made up for the lost opportunity in the first game in Milan where we could also get the win but made too many mistakes..
Maccabi with a great team game, many smart assists finding the right players in the right places. Maccabi had a great contribution from the bench led by Burstein and Blu, James showed more confidence and did some good things on the court, Farmar was once again good but not as great as last week, he did too many mistakes today but I can't complain too much. Eliyahu had a nice game too, doing his job on offense and giving a solid defense and Sofo did his thing as usual, too bad he sucked from the line, he had some misses when the points were much needed.
As for Efes, in the 2nd Half it was Maccabi vs. Vujacic, at first it worked and got them back in game a few times with crucial threes but then his shots weren't falling and he didn't understand that and gave up on the ball but insisted on forcing himself on the game and that cost Efes the chance to get back in the last moments.
One decision of Blatt that I really liked was subbing Blu in with a few minutes left (2 or 3) after Efes tied the game thanks to offensive rebounds and bad execution on Maccabi offense, Blu took 2 important rebounds, was cold blooded on the line and with 14 seconds to go knocked the ball loose off Vujacic's hands. Just one of many great decisions by Blatt, another one was giving Burstein credit in the 2nd half, Burstein is far after his peak and looks bad most of the time but Blatt felt he's in this game and Burstein did his job with 7 rebounds in a game where rebounds were anything but easy to get, good job on defense and some smart decisions on offense.
This victory makes our situation much better but shows yet again how hard it would be to replace Farmar once he leaves.
Maccabi with a great team game, many smart assists finding the right players in the right places. Maccabi had a great contribution from the bench led by Burstein and Blu, James showed more confidence and did some good things on the court, Farmar was once again good but not as great as last week, he did too many mistakes today but I can't complain too much. Eliyahu had a nice game too, doing his job on offense and giving a solid defense and Sofo did his thing as usual, too bad he sucked from the line, he had some misses when the points were much needed.
As for Efes, in the 2nd Half it was Maccabi vs. Vujacic, at first it worked and got them back in game a few times with crucial threes but then his shots weren't falling and he didn't understand that and gave up on the ball but insisted on forcing himself on the game and that cost Efes the chance to get back in the last moments.
One decision of Blatt that I really liked was subbing Blu in with a few minutes left (2 or 3) after Efes tied the game thanks to offensive rebounds and bad execution on Maccabi offense, Blu took 2 important rebounds, was cold blooded on the line and with 14 seconds to go knocked the ball loose off Vujacic's hands. Just one of many great decisions by Blatt, another one was giving Burstein credit in the 2nd half, Burstein is far after his peak and looks bad most of the time but Blatt felt he's in this game and Burstein did his job with 7 rebounds in a game where rebounds were anything but easy to get, good job on defense and some smart decisions on offense.
This victory makes our situation much better but shows yet again how hard it would be to replace Farmar once he leaves.