Spahija: “Playing bad and still win is the only good news we can take from the game”

The “Yellows” head coach marked a first “W” on the opening game day of the domestic league and already has his sights locked on the first EuroLeague game against Bamberg on Tuesday: “We will prepper the best way possible, Roll & Kane will return to the team’s rotation”

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Despite winning the first domestic game of the 2017/18 season against Hapoel Eilat, Maccabi’s head coach knows that there’s still a lot of work that needs to be done in order to be ready for the EuroLeague season opener: “I think that playing bad and still win is the only good news we can take from tonight’s game. It’s been challenging to bring back the injured players and tonight they’ve had nine turnovers and it made things difficult. We knew that Eilat would be in great shape and also will be ready and waiting for us, but the most important thing is that we won. Turning the ball over so many times means killing basketball, but it was mainly the two new players that have yet to complete three practices with the team.”

Towards Thursday’s night game, coach Spahija added: “First we’re getting Roll & Kane back to the rotation, we’ll prepper the best way possible. The EuroLeague is an important competition, but the question is how important as no one wins or loses the title in October.”

The game MVP DeShaun Thomas: “It was a hard game. We started slow but we stuck together as a team and we won, it was good for us to get the away win.” Regarding Bamberg: “We’re ready and excited to open our EuroLeague season, we’ve been waiting for it and we will try to get a first win on the road.” Yovel Zoosman concluded: “It’s important to win the first game. Naturally there are a lot of things to improve. I’m happy that we managed to control the boards tonight, it’s important to us, and now we’re looking forward to facing Bamberg.”

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