Maccabi Tel Aviv will play Cibona Zagreb tomorrow. Maccabi has bought Brown from Zalgiris, where he was an excellent teamleader. A very good purchase and I predict a win in Croatia tomorrow

 

I met Tal Burstein, Jason Williams, Do'r Fischer and Estban Batista last month at nightclub in Tel Aviv .

Is there live streaming for Cibona vs Maccabi Tel Aviv?

 

nice makkaki u brought ur back luck here...Maccabi lost to the croatian team..!!! :frustrat:

 

81-79 for Cibona in Zagreb. It seems we will have a very hard season. Even though we brought in new players and Efi Birnbaum as coach, the pressure continues high as for the first time Maccabi hasn't won at least one title in a season. Now we already lost a game which in the past we would win. Maccabi will qualify for the next stage, but i don't believe it will go so far, hope i'm wrong just like many were last season when we reached the final.

 

Tomorrow Maccabi plays newcomers Air Avellino.

They "should" win as this is Air Avellino's first season the Euroleague and Maccabi's experience should be too much for them to handle.

Something is wrong with Maccabi though, the talent is there, but they just dont seem to "have it"

They really need Pini back.

 

Maccabi won this game BTW. Maccabi led by 27 points, but the last quarter they made too many mistakes. Arroyo was the MOTM, his ability is unbelievable.

 

MOTM?

 

Man of the match

 

Honestly, last season surprised me the team reaching the Final 4 and facing CSKA Moscow in the final. We lost the to Holon after 15 years of consecutive local league titles, but managed to reach far in the Euroleague.

Maccabi apparently lost a bit of its shine and the foreigners that come don't know what really represents to play in the club of such tradition. Plus quality is not the same as we had not so long ago with Huffman, Jasikevicius, Parker, Baston and Vujcic's departure from the club maybe closed that era. The Israelis that are in the club aren't given the needed support and Yotam halperin for example prefered to play in Olympiakos. Lior eliyahu almost left and Guy Pnini ended up staying with Hapoel Jerusalem instead of coming.

 

Maccabi lost to Olympiakos today in Greece 84-65. Maccabi won´t go far this season.:moan:

 

Today an intresting and always hot game in Malha between Hapoel Jerusalem and Maccabi Tel Aviv. Honestly i think Jerusalem will take it.

 

and they did....we are Maccabi "shame" Tel Aviv now..!

vs

 

Maccabi Tel Aviv vs Hapoel Jerusalem is always a tough game, especially when we play at Malha. It is a small court and the fans pressure a lot and with the rivalry between the clubs i don't even need to go further on the explanation.

Maccabi is now searching for a new coach. The fans want Pini Guershon back, Edelstein and even Tzvika Sherf are candidates.

The truth is the team lacks good players compared to what we were used to see and the Israelis aren't given too much credit. The team is playing with no soul.

 

Pini Guershon is back.

Maccabi Tel Aviv has signed a 3 year deal with coach Pini Guershon, who a few seasons ago drove Maccabi to historical Euroleague titles.

He comes to replace Efi Birnbaum, who has been very much contested by fans, media and especially the board.

IMO, Guershon will put some order in Maccabi and we will have good results again, but the way everything was made wasn't nice, they didn't treat Efi with respect while he was always very professional and polite. Good luck for Pini in his "new" job and for Efi in his future one.

 

Yessss!!!! PINIS BACK!!!!

 

wtf makkaki ur a beitar, haifa, tel aviv fan?? have some man pride and pick just 1 team....for the love of jesus...

 

Maccabi beat Real Madrid yesterday in Madrid to reach the quarter finals of the Euroleague. They finished 1st in the group and will play Partizan in the next round in a best of five series, with the winner going to the Final Four in Paris.

Maccabi has been playing well this year. They have a very different team from the past few years. The names are gone (Jaskevicius, Vucic, Parker) but they have a good core and Gershon is leading the charge!!!

 

I watched the game, real dominated first 3 quarters, but maccabi was fantastic in the 4th, and I think they won't have that much trouble against partizan except for the away games in pionir, but maccabi has 3 home games, and I very much doubt partizan can beat them in tel aviv.

 

It was a fantastic win indeed. And no one believed in Maccabi Tel Aviv. Mr. Pini Guershon once again guiding Maccabi to a Final 4 apparently, but it won´t be easy against Partizan.

 

Close game indeed...

Is CSKA still in the trail for final 4?

 

Yes.

Here are the quarterfinals:

Barcelona vs Real Madrid
Maccabi Tel Aviv vs Partizan Belgrade
CSKA Moscow vs Caja Laboral
Olympiakos vs Asseco Prokom

The games are in best of five series.

 

Hapoel Jerusalem is also in the Eurocup Quarterfinals.

Lior Eliyahu plays for Caja Laboral and Yotam Halperin plays for Olympiakos

 

Halperin says he expects to face Maccabi, seems he is still a bit unhappy on how Maccabi didn´t make some strength to keep him and wants to show service.

And also great results to Hapoel Jerusalem, hope they advance. Some years ago they won the Uleb Cup.

 

Just a question:

Why isnt Pini Gershon a coach for Israeli national basketball team?
He will bring Israel a medal for next Europe or even World Cup for sure.

 

Yes, he would be a very good option indeed. Maybe for his strong temperament he doesn`t have too much friends at IBA

 

Maccabi lost today to Partizan at Nokia 85-77. The team was leading in the first quarter by 21 points and a great comeback from the Serbs managed to shock Maccabi.

On Tuesday another game in Tel Aviv, a must win game if Maccabi wishes to advance to the Final 4. Because after this, game on next week two games in Belgrade, it means that in order to qualify Maccabi will have to win in Serbia at least one game.

Well, after the "miracle of Zalgiris" I believe that everything is possible.

 

I cant believe it.
Maccabi Tel Aviv should've won this game.

What happened in Zalgiris? What miracle? I cant remember... Or do you mean from Derrick Sharp's 3 point in last seconds?


Maccabi Tel Aviv MUST win 3 games, on Thursday, and next week Tuesday/Thursday.
They can do it.

P.s I find Pnini Guy really annoying, he is a shit player... Dont you guys agree?

 

Yes, exactly. The Derek Sharp three pointer in the last second, from an impossible shooting accuracy jump and he made it. That was fantastic, not only the play, but those seconds where Nokia was in silence and looking for that ball to get in and later that explosion of roar that could be heard in all Israel.

The gym was fantastic and only to remember that scene gives me emotions.

Well, Maccabi must win 2 of the next 3 games in order to take the series to a last game in Tel Aviv.

I still believe in Maccabi. We will make it to the Final 4.

Regarding Pnini, well he is not a bad player, but certainly he is not in the level of playing with Europe´s best. He is a good three pointer, has good passing and for the Israeli league he is an important player, but he will need more.

At Hapoel Jerusalem he was in better form than in Maccabi.

 

I think Anderson was the worst player for Maccabi, he just had a very bad game, Probably why Maccabi lost.

 

Maybe one reason, but not the only one. When the team led Partizan by more than 20 points, Maccabi thought the game was over and played complacent for the rest of the game. Plus, merits for Partizan who gave a fight and never gave up.

Maybe this shaking at Tel Aviv, will do us good. We lost when we could lose, bring the players back to earth (after the great win against Real Madrid).