Head coach Efy Birenboim said, “We demonstrated a lot of character in this game. We won this game twice, both times at the buzzer. That shows that our players have character.” Marcus Brown added, “We will be a better team.”
By Amy Samin
Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv defeated
“We demonstrated a lot of character in this game.
We won this game twice, both times at the buzzer.
That shows that our players have character,” said Efy Birenboim.
“Everyone was hoping we’d continue the third quarter from our last game, but every game is different.
We had a lot of players who were good on offense, but we didn’t stop David (Bluthenthal) on defense.”
“I’m pleased with the victory, because it provides consistency.
Like in every game, we have a lot of things to improve.
Today we showed our strong spirit,” concluded Efy.
When asked for his thoughts about next week’s away game against Olympiacos, the coach replied, “First of all, I’m not thinking about
We have a Premier League game on Monday, and the players need to prepare for that.
The whole thing about three point shots, those kinds of averages, that’s not our thing.
Sometimes an opponent will come to Yad Eliyahu and not feel a lot of stress, and they start making the long shots, and everybody starts talking about that.
We’ll be dealing with that in the future.”
Carlos Arroyo, who scored the winning basket, said, “We tried to drive for the basket and score as quickly as possible at the end.
That’s basketball; it doesn’t always go the way you want it to.
I think we’re doing a great job, and that we’re improving and moving forward to where we want to be.
Everyone contributed to this victory.”
D’or Fischer said, “I knew we needed to win; it’s just another day at work.
I’m not surprised by Marcus Brown and Arroyo, they’re not afraid to step up and take the shots at clutch time.
Their coach made a mistake by not having them foul us, but that was good for us.”
Marcus Brown, who made the crucial three-pointer that took the game into overtime, said, “I had the opportunity to shoot, and I made the basket.
We still need to improve.
They’re a very athletic team.
As the game went on, we felt more confident.
I’ve made shots like that before; we had an opportunity and we took advantage of it.
We’re going to keep getting better.
When we start taking more rebounds, we’ll be a better team.”
Tal Burstein said, “
They really make the game tough for you, and force you to take difficult shots, but we knew how to take advantage of the opportunities we were given.”
Omri Casspi: “Not a good game for us; we didn’t have much energy, but in the end we won.
I was happy I could help the team.
I was a little surprised by the substitution.
We’ll work hard and we’ll move forward.”
I don’t know what happened, they panicked I guess, but that is definitely the instruction I gave them.”
