Maccabi’s coach after the 77:74 win over Hapoel Jerusalem: “I told the players in the locker rooms at halftime that we don’t have enough energy”. Cole: “”As the team’s leader I had to find ways to help the team”
“We fought and we didn’t give up” said coach Spahija, “finally in the fourth quarter we found the five guys that can defend. I told the players in the locker rooms at halftime that we don’t have enough energy. Pierre Jackson played sick today. We need to rest because we are really tired. We don’t have energies, we played 50 games so far and the other teams in the league played 20 and that’s all the difference”.
“As the team’s leader I had to find ways to help the team and it was with shooting” said Norris Cole who finished the game with MVP honors, “we played good on defense in the fourth quarter. We need to keep playing defense and to make shots on offense, when we make shots we can win any team”.
