{"id":504766,"date":"2019-12-24T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/the-players-big-hearts-never-gave-up\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T11:14:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T08:14:16","slug":"the-players-big-hearts-never-gave-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/the-players-big-hearts-never-gave-up\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The players big hearts never gave up&#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\/ki8c5v8ttEw\" 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;\">\n<p style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(28, 30, 41); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"> \t\t<span style=\"background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">6 Maccabi Fox Tel Aviv players, with the help of Dori Sahar, fought for 50 minutes (Double overtime) on its way to a 112:100 road victory over Galil\/Gilboa. Jake Cohen played over 47 minutes, Scottie Wilbekin 45, Quincy Acy, and Yovel Zoosman beyond 43 minutes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(28, 30, 41); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">\n<p style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(28, 30, 41); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"> \t\t<span style=\"background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">&#8220;With the heart of the players, that&#8217;s how we won tonight&#8221;, Said coach\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">Giannis Sfairopoulos\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">after the effort his players showed tonight. &#8220;The players win the game, they fought on the court, and that wasn&#8217;t easy. I&#8217;m proud of the way they played, and for that, I want to congratulate them.<\/span><strong style=\"background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">Their big hearts didn&#8217;t give up, and I think we played good today&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(28, 30, 41); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">\n<p style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(28, 30, 41); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"> \t\t<span style=\"background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">Othello Hunter and Tyler Dorsey, who felt ill, stayed home and didn&#8217;t make the travel to Gan Ner. They joined the injured Omri Casspi, Tarik Black, John DiBartolomeo, and Nate Wolters as well as Angelo Caloiaro and Sandy Cohen, who aren&#8217;t registered to Israeli league games. &#8220;To play a game like this with such a short roster, the six players fatigue just grows for these six players&#8221;, mentioned Sfairopoulos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(28, 30, 41); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">\n<p style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(28, 30, 41); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"> \t\t<span style=\"background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">Maccabi Fox Tel Aviv will depart on Wednesday to face Anadolu Efes, one of the top-ranked EuroLeague teams. 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