The Yellow & Blue summarized the win over Nahariya, as they start their preparations towards the home game against Bayern Munich on Thursday evening. Cohen: “Thursday is a big game, our home crowd will give us a lot of energy, so it should be a lot of fun”
Eight games into the 2019-2020 Israel Basketball Premier League, Maccabi Fox Tel Aviv, looks sharper than ever before. Giannis Sfairopoulos’s squad protected their 100% win rate with an 89:62 away victory over Ironi Nahariya, as the visitors from Tel Aviv got Omri Casspi and Tarik Black back from injuries.
“From the beginning, we played really good, very concentrated on defense that helped us open a double-digit lead as we were able to keep that advantage to the end”, Stated Maccabi’s coach Giannis Sfairopoulos after the win. “We didn’t want to push and force them (Omri Casspi and Tarik Black) in their first appearance back from injuries, so we subbed them in and out throughout the game to help them find their rhythm and slowly get back into full strength”.
“I think we came out really well, the starters did a great job setting the tone from the jump, they were really focused, as opposed to the game on Saturday”, Said Jake Cohen, who finished the night with a double-double. “Against Haifa, we didn’t come out as well as we wanted, so tonight showed a good improvement from our end”.
“It’s really nice to have Omri (Casspi) and Tarik (Black) back”, Added Cohen about his teammates return. “They are big weapons for us, and we are a more dangerous team with them. Thursday is a big game, our home crowd will give us a lot of energy, so it should be a lot of fun”.
