{"id":501174,"date":"2017-12-28T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/spahija-our-starters-didnt-show-up-the-responsibility-is-on-us\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T09:50:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T06:50:59","slug":"spahija-our-starters-didnt-show-up-the-responsibility-is-on-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/spahija-our-starters-didnt-show-up-the-responsibility-is-on-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Spahija: &#8220;Our starters didn&#8217;t show up, the responsibility is on us&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"responsive-video-container\" style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iokhqbjWWk0\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"direction: ltr;\"> \t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The yellows finished the first round in the EuroLeague with an 89:78 loss to Unicaja Malaga and will now try to improve their position in the standings on Friday at Madrid, but before back to back derbies on Sunday (Israeli Cup &#8211; away game) and Tuesday (league home game).<\/p>\n<p> \tCoach Spahija: &#8220;Malaga was better. They were focused for 40 minutes and they knew exactly what they needed to do, our preparation didn&#8217;t work at all, they had 16 offensive rebounds. We couldn&#8217;t score in the third quarter it was difficult to watch. Our starting five finished the game with a big minus rating, which means that the rest of the players did a better job. We need our starters, our best players on the team and they didn&#8217;t show up. It happens and it\u2019s a long season there are a lot of games left to play, home and away. Our biggest problem is continuity and mentality&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p> \tCoach added: &#8220;honestly our second unit\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">were<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"> much better, the responsibility is on us, I will analyze what I did wrong. In this <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">level<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"> you need to be tough from the beginning <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">in<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"> every game. Even when we were leading I was not happy with the situations, we realized something was wrong. With all of our talent, I understand that after a big win you don&#8217;t play <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">in<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"> the same level. <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Eventually<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"> we have more wins than loses. It&#8217;s not easy to solve all the problems within half a season, but if someone would have told us at the beginning of the season we would take it, with that being said I think we could have finished the round with one or two more wins&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p> \tNorris Cole: &#8220;We started slow the second half and gave up a lot of rebounds on defense. We couldn&#8217;t execute on offense and on defense, I don&#8217;t think we were too relaxed, they played better than us and we did some mistakes that we shouldn&#8217;t have done. Some of the blame is on me, but it&#8217;s a part of the season. They ran in the third quarter and we were unable to stop them&#8221;.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv head coach summarized the game versus Malaga: &#8220;There are still a lot of games left to be played, home and away. 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