{"id":507209,"date":"2021-04-28T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/sometimes-it-doesnt-go-our-way\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T12:03:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T09:03:40","slug":"sometimes-it-doesnt-go-our-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/sometimes-it-doesnt-go-our-way\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Sometimes it doesn&#8217;t go our way&#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\/zqrDXR4U7Ak\" 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 concluded the second round of the Israeli Winner League on a sour taste after a 79:93 road defeat to Hapoel Be&#8217;er Sheva. Despite the loss, the Israeli champions finished the second round in first place with a 19:5 record as they know that the crucial part of the season is ahead of them. The Yellow &amp; Blue were missing their usual firepower after resting Scottie Wilbekin, Ante Zizic, Othello Hunter before the next stage of the domestic season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \t<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Chris Jones led the Maccabi scorers with 19 points, Angelo Caloiaro contributed 17 points and 7 rebounds, while Dragan Bender finished the evening with 14 points. Giannis Sfairopoulos&#8217;s squad will begin the preparations for the top division, which will start on Tuesday against Hapoel Haifa at Menora Mivtachim Arena.<\/p>\n<p> \t<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \t<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">&#8220;I want to congratulate Be&#8217;er Sheva, they were the better team tonight, wanting the game more as we couldn&#8217;t stop Agada, who had 43 points&#8221;, Said head coach&nbsp;<strong>Giannis Sfairopoulos&nbsp;<\/strong>after the loss. &#8220;We finished the second round in first place, and from here, we need to continue and be ready for the next series of games&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \t<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">About the approach coming into games in the domestic league: &#8220;We don&#8217;t come in to lose games, we try to win all of them by preparing the team the best we can. Sometimes it doesn&#8217;t go our way, the Israeli Winner League is very competitive&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \t<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">&#8220;It was difficult as a team to play against a tough squad like Be&#8217;er Sheva and a guy scoring 43 points on us. We have to get better&#8221;, Added&nbsp;<strong>Chris Jones<\/strong>, who finished as Maccabi&#8217;s top scorer with 19 points. &#8220;The closer you get to the playoffs, the better basketball you want to play. We got to go back and reevaluate to get it better&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Israeli champions summarized the defeat in the southern capital, which closed out the second round of games. 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