{"id":504647,"date":"2019-12-08T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-08T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/this-roster-is-strong-enough-to-compete-in-the-euroleague\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T11:11:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T08:11:38","slug":"this-roster-is-strong-enough-to-compete-in-the-euroleague","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/this-roster-is-strong-enough-to-compete-in-the-euroleague\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;This roster is strong enough to compete in the EuroLeague&#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\/E167Fgq9_Sc\" 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;\">Maccabi Fox Tel Aviv stays undefeated through 9 Israeli Basketball Premier League fixtures, after routing passed Hapoel Holon 94:76. Once again, Scottie WIlbekin had a masterful performance, hitting 8 of 14 shots from outside for 30 points. Deni Avdija performed well, scoring 14 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. On Thursday: CSKA Moscow comes into town.<\/p>\n<p> \t&#8220;We didn&#8217;t start aggressive enough on the defensive end, and they scored 30 points on us, but after that, we responded aggressively, opened a double-digit lead and won the game&#8221;, Summarized coach Giannis Sfairopoulos after the contest. &#8220;I believe this roster is strong enough also to compete in the EuroLeague&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p> \t&#8220;We need to find a quality player that can play point guard, to organize the squad and give efficient minutes on the court&#8221;, Explained Sfairopoulos about finding another guard. &#8220;The youth department players don&#8217;t practice with us routinely. It&#8217;s hard to adjust to the intensity of the game, and if you don&#8217;t get used to it, you don&#8217;t know all the plays and the defensive responsibilities&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p> \t&#8220;We tried to get the win in a short-handed roster after losing two of our point guards to injury&#8221;, Said Scottie Wilbekin, who led all scorers with 30 points. &#8220;Zoosman stepped up, he gives us a lot and has been playing well the past couple of games. It&#8217;s crucial for us with the injuries of John (DiBartolomeo) and Nate (Wolters)&#8221;.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Yellow &#038; Blue summarized the home win over Holon. Sfairopoulos: &#8220;We didn&#8217;t start aggressive enough on the defensive end, and they scored 30 points on us, but after that, we responded aggressively, opened a double-digit lead and won the game&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":504644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"custom_author":[],"class_list":["post-504647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-54"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504647"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":504650,"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504647\/revisions\/504650"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504647"},{"taxonomy":"custom_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/custom_author?post=504647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}