{"id":507134,"date":"2021-04-06T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/we-tried-to-give-our-best-to-our-fans\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T12:02:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T09:02:35","slug":"we-tried-to-give-our-best-to-our-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/we-tried-to-give-our-best-to-our-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;We tried to give our best to our fans&#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\/6aSjIWFFB0k\" 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<p dir=\"ltr\"> \t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv EuroLeague season is coming to an end, but in their last home EuroLeague game of the European season, they gave the Yellow &amp; Blue fans a show crushing Khimki Moscow 92:62 on Tuesday evening. On Friday, Maccabi finally closes its Euroleague season when they&#8217;ll head out to St. Petersburg to face Zenit. On Monday, the Israeli champion will return to the Israeli Winner League as they&#8217;ll host Hapoel Jerusalem.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \t<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Scottie Wilbekin (5 rebounds in 13 minutes) and Ante ?i?i? (7 rebounds) led 6 double-digit scorers with 13 points each, Dragan Bender contributed 12 points and 7 boards, Oz Blayzer added a EuroLeague high 11 points and 3 steals as John DiBartolomeo and Tyler Dorsey (6 assists) each scored 10 points.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \t<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">&#8220;We are all happy we had a good game, we wanted to react after Sunday&#8217;s loss and play well for our fans because this was our last EuroLeague home game&#8221;, Related head coach&nbsp;<strong>Giannis Sfairopoulos<\/strong>&nbsp;about his teams&#8217; performance. &#8220;Each player that was on the court helped the team. We were serious, focused, and we controlled the game throughout the whole time&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \t<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong>Ante Zizic<\/strong>, who scored 13 points and grabbed 7 rebounds, spoke on the feelings after the win: &#8220;That was our last EuroLeague home game, so we tried to give our best to our fans and for our feeling. It was a tough season, but I am really happy that we got this win like this&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \t<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">&#8220;I&#8217;m just really, really happy that we won our last game here, and it&#8217;s important to go out on a good note on our home floor&#8221;, Said&nbsp;<strong>Scottie Wilbekin<\/strong>&nbsp;after scoring 13 points in 13 minutes. &#8220;I know we have one more game, but I am really happy we got the win&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \t<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong>Oz Blayzer<\/strong>, who delivered a EuroLeague high 11 points, addressed the importance of winning the last home EuroLeague contest: &#8220;This game was really important for us, we wanted to make our fans happy in our last home EuroLeague game. I&#8217;m happy we played a good game and personally help the team win&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"980\" height=\"420\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/gelo-1.jpg\" style=\"font-size: 14px; width: 980px; height: 420px;\" class=\"wp-image-507132 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/gelo-1.jpg 980w, https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/gelo-1-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/gelo-1-768x329.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Yellow &#038; Blue summarized the strong team showing in their home EuroLeague farewell. Sfairopoulos: &#8220;We are all happy we had a good game. 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