#	Team	W/L
8.	Barcelona	4-8
9.	Anadolu Efes	5-6
10.	Real Madrid	6-5
11.	Red Star	6-5
12.	Olimpia Milano	6-5
13.	Baskonia Vitoria	7-4
14.	Partizan Belgrade	8-3
15.	Maccabi Playtika TA	10-4
16.	ASVEL	8-3
17.	Virtus Bologna	9-2
18.	Alba Berlin	10-2

Edelstein: "We didn't hesitate for a second to come here"

Maccabi Fox Tel Aviv will face Panathinaikos in a special tournament honoring Dimitris Diamantidis. Guy Pnini: "There's so much to say about him, but for now we'll focus on basketball"

15/09/2016

HOME · News Archive · Edelstein: "We didn't hesitate for a second to come here"

Maccabi Fox Tel Aviv will continue its preseason schedule tomorrow (21:00), with a special exhibition match against Panathinaikos. The game is part of a tournament honoring Dimitris Diamantidis, who retired at the end of last season after an illustrious career.

"When the invitation came, we didn't hesitate for a second", said Coach Erez Edelstein, "We're proud to be here. Every time Dimitris came to play in Tel Aviv, he was shown tremendous respect. I believe that he's considered a true legend, not just by Maccabi fans, but by all fans of Israeli basketball". At one point, Edelstein even turned to Diamantidis himself, asking: "Are you sure you're done?"

Maccabi captain, Guy Pnini, added: "There's so much to say about him as a player. We've has so many great matches against him. One memory that stayed with me came when I was a new player. Derrick Sharp came to me during one game and said: "Don't try to pass when Diamantidis is around cause he'll pick you right off. He was just a tremendous defensive player".

Maccabi suffers first preseason loss - 68:78 against Panathinaikos

Without Goudelock and Landsberg, Maccabi fell behind early and had trouble fighting back. Zirbes showed a lot of promise with 15 points, Pnini added 13. This evening: Barcelona

15/09/2016

HOME · News Archive · Maccabi suffers first preseason loss - 68:78 against Panathinaikos

Maccabi Fox Tel Aviv suffered its first loss for the season: 68:78 to Panathinaikos as part of the special tournament honoring Dimitris Diamantidis. Today Maccabi will face Barcelona (18:30) before returning to Israel on Sunday.

Zirbes led Maccabi with 15 points, Rudd scored 14, Pnini added 13 and was perfect from the field. Also scored: Ohayon 7, Seeley 6, Mekel and Iverson 4 each, Weems 3, Segev 2.

Maccabi started the game without Andrew Goudelock and Sylven Landsberg who were not cleared to play. Despite some nice moves by Zirbes inside, Maccabi fell behind, mainly due to a less than perfect effort on defense and some turnovers.

Panathinaikos kept pressing as the lead grew up to 21 points in the third quarter. A valiant effort by Pnini and Rudd towards the end managed to get Maccabi back within 10, but that was as close as it got.

"We have a lot of talent", Said Guy Pnini, "It's just a matter of getting to that point where it shows during games. That takes time, we're still getting to know each other. We definitely have a lot of work ahead of us but I'm optimistic".

Maik Zirbes added: "We weren't dominant enough and it cost us the game. Now we know what's waiting for us this year in the Euroleague .We were lacking some important players today and we didn't look bad for the entire game. I'm sure we'll get better".

Panathinaikos

#

Player

Min

Pts
2 Pts
M/A  %
3 Pts
M/A  %
1 Pts
M/A  %
Rebounds
DR    OR    TR
Fouls
FF    FA

ST    TO    AS
Blocks
BKF    BKA

VAL
-

                                Team
                            
0
0
0/0
0%
0/0
0%
0/0
0%
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-

                                Total
                            
0
0
0/0
0%
0/0
0%
0/0
0%
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv

#

Player

Min

Pts
2 Pts
M/A  %
3 Pts
M/A  %
1 Pts
M/A  %
Rebounds
DR    OR    TR
Fouls
FF    FA

ST    TO    AS
Blocks
BKF    BKA

VAL
-

                                Team
                            
0
0
0/0
0%
0/0
0%
0/0
0%
3
2
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
3

                                Victor Rudd
                            
23
14
5/6
83.3%
1/2
50%
1/1
100%
5
0
5
3
2
0
1
3
0
0
18
4

                                D.J. Seeley
                            
18
6
1/1
100%
1/1
100%
1/2
50%
0
0
0
0
4
0
3
0
0
0
6
6

                                Devin Smith
                            
18
0
0/0
0%
0/4
0%
0/0
0%
4
0
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
-1
108

                                Dagan Yivzori
                            
1
0
0/0
0%
0/0
0%
0/0
0%
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9

                                Gal Mekel
                            
23
4
2/8
25%
0/1
0%
0/0
0%
1
0
1
1
1
0
4
3
0
0
-3
10

                                Guy Pnini
                            
22
13
2/2
100%
3/3
100%
0/1
0%
3
0
3
3
1
0
0
4
0
0
17
11

                                Itay Segev
                            
9
2
1/3
33.3%
0/0
0%
0/0
0%
1
0
1
4
0
0
0
1
0
0
-2
12

                                Yogev Ohayon
                            
26
7
2/6
33.3%
1/3
33.3%
0/0
0%
0
2
2
4
1
2
2
2
0
0
2
113

                                Sonny Weems
                            
21
3
1/7
14.3%
0/1
0%
1/2
50%
8
0
8
0
3
0
6
2
0
0
2
24

                                Colton Iverson
                            
15
4
2/6
33.3%
0/0
0%
0/0
0%
6
4
10
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
8
133

                                Maik Zirbes
                            
24
15
7/12
58.3%
0/0
0%
1/3
33.3%
4
1
5
2
4
0
1
0
2
0
16
-

                                Total
                            
200
68
23/51
45.1%
6/15
40%
4/9
44.4%
35
9
44
21
17
2
17
15
2
0
68