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May 21, 2013

Regular Season Game 8 - December 18, 2008 CET: 20:30 Local time: 20:30 - ANTARES

Le Mans 73 - 87 Maccabi Electra

REGULAR SEASON, GAME 8

GROUP A

GROUP B

GROUP C

GROUP D

Records

Ave.		Ave.
0-0	Final Four	0-0
0-0	Playoffs	0-0
0-0	Top 16	0-0
0-7	Regular Season	4-3
0-7	Overall	4-3

Referees

Crew Chief

ZAVLANOS, NIKOLAOS, Greece

Referee

ZIEMBLICKI, GRZEGORZ, Poland

Umpire

CHIARI, ROBERTO, Italy

Team Stats

Ave.		Ave.
72.0	Points	80.4
27.9	Rebounds	35.3
10.9	O. Rebounds	9.4
17.0	D. Rebounds	25.9
12.6	Assists	13.6
9.9	Steals	8.1
2.1	Blocks	1.9
14.1	Turnovers	14.7
46.6 %	2PT	55.1 %
33.8 %	3PT	35.9 %
74.7 %	FT	73.9 %
62.9	Index	86.1

Team Stats - Le Mans

Team Stats - Maccabi Electra

Player Stats

Ave.		Ave.
13.7 / BLU, DAVID	Points	15.0 / Fischer
6.4 / Koffi	Rebounds	7.0 / Fischer
2.7 / Koffi	OR	1.7 / Fischer
3.7 / Koffi	DR	5.3 / Fischer
3.0 / CHASE, BRIAN	Assists	4.0 / ARROYO, CARLOS
1.9 / CHASE, BRIAN	Steals	1.0 / BURSTEIN, TAL
1.3 / Koffi	Blocks	0.7 / Fischer
2.6 / CHASE, BRIAN	Turnovers	2.6 / BURSTEIN, TAL
58.1 % / Batista	2PT	71.9 % / Fischer
48.6 % / BLU, DAVID	3PT	50.0 % / CASSPI, OMRI
90.0 % / CHASE, BRIAN	FT	100.0 % / HAGAG, DROR
12.9 / BLU, DAVID	Index	21.1 / Fischer

Team Roster - Le Mans

Team Roster - Maccabi Electra

THE TAKE

Le Mans will look to end its losing slide when it hosts a resurgent Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv in a Group A encounter on Thursday. Le Mans is winless this season and has already been mathematically eliminated from advancing to the Top 16. Meanwhile Maccabi is coming off its first road win of the season and enters the game in fourth place, but just one win behind the three teams tied for first. Le Mans has played better than its record would indicate – its first five losses all came by 5 points or less. However, in their last two games, head coach J.D. Jackson’s men have fallen apart and lost by more than 50 points combined. They will look to put that aside them against a Maccabi team that they almost beat in Tel Aviv before falling 82-80 in overtime. Maccabi will be shorthanded this time as center D’or Fischer, who led he team with 20 points in that win, is sidelined with a broken finger. But more important for Maccabi is that the team’s hottest player, Lior Eliyahu, continues his recent form. The forward has averaged 21 points and 13.5 rebounds in his last two games to lead Tel Aviv. He will not have an easy time scoring this week against Le Mans’s big and athletic frontline featuring Alain Koffi, Pape Badiane and Maleye Ndoye as well as J.P. Batista. Maccabi will look to Yaniv Green and newcomer Elton Brown to help make up for the loss of Fischer. An intriguing matchup will take place at small forward, where Le Mans’ David Bluthenthal will duel a player he knows well from his days at Maccabi, Omri Casspi. Meanwhile Maccabi head coach Pini Gershon can divvy up the minutes in his backcourt between Carlos Arroyo, Marcus Brown, Tal Burstein and Derrick Sharp as he looks to limit the damage that the trio of the high-scoring Dee Spencer, savvy playmaker Brian Chase and teenage defensive whiz Antoine Diot looks to inflict. Under Gershon, Maccabi is back to its high-scoring and running game style, while Le Mans has averaged 62.5 points in its last two games. If Maccabi controls the pace, it will be the clear favorite, however Le Mans has scorers too and a big night from Bluthenthal against his former teammates – he had 23 in Tel Aviv – or Spencer could turn this game into a thriller as Le Mans continues to seek that elusive first win. GAME QUOTES Le Mans Forward David Bluthenthal spent three seasons and won the 2004 Euroleague title with Maccabi. He played for Maccabi last season, helping the club reach the Euroleague title game. Bluthenthal scored 385 points in 56 career Euroleague games with Maccabi, which ranks him 37th all-time on the club’s European scoring charts. The first double-figure rebounding effort of Alain Koffi’s career came against Maccabi. Koffi had 8 points, 11 rebounds and 2 blocked shots for Le Mans in a 74-71 loss last October. Big man J.P. Batista made his Euroleague debut against Maccabi Tel Aviv with Lietuvos Rytas last November. He came off the bench for 2 points and 4 rebounds in 10 minutes of an 18-point L. Rytas win. Maccabi Electra Guard Tal Burstein is closing in on 1,000 points for his Euroleague Basketball career. He enters this week’s game in Le Mans with 979 points in 131 career games. He also needs just 2 more three-pointers to reach 100 for his Euroleague career. Guard Marcus Brown is a two-time French League champion. He won the 1998 crown with Pau-Orthez and in 2000 with Limoges. Not a single player on the current Le Mans roster was a professional when Brown played in France. Wednesday, December 17, 2008 Euroleague.net

Le Mans will look to end its losing slide when it hosts a resurgent Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv in a Group A encounter on Thursday. Le Mans is winless this season and has already been mathematically eliminated from advancing to the Top 16. Meanwhile Maccabi is coming off its first road win of the season and enters the game in fourth place, but just one win behind the three teams tied for first. Le Mans has played better than its record would indicate – its first five losses all came by 5 points or less. However, in their last two games, head coach J.D. Jackson’s men have fallen apart and lost by more than 50 points combined. They will look to put that aside them against a Maccabi team that they almost beat in Tel Aviv before falling 82-80 in overtime. Maccabi will be shorthanded this time as center D’or Fischer, who led he team with 20 points in that win, is sidelined with a broken finger. But more important for Maccabi is that the team’s hottest player, Lior Eliyahu, continues his recent form. The forward has averaged 21 points and 13.5 rebounds in his last two games to lead Tel Aviv. He will not have an easy time scoring this week against Le Mans’s big and athletic frontline featuring Alain Koffi, Pape Badiane and Maleye Ndoye as well as J.P. Batista. Maccabi will look to Yaniv Green and newcomer Elton Brown to help make up for the loss of Fischer. An intriguing matchup will take place at small forward, where Le Mans’ David Bluthenthal will duel a player he knows well from his days at Maccabi, Omri Casspi. Meanwhile Maccabi head coach Pini Gershon can divvy up the minutes in his backcourt between Carlos Arroyo, Marcus Brown, Tal Burstein and Derrick Sharp as he looks to limit the damage that the trio of the high-scoring Dee Spencer, savvy playmaker Brian Chase and teenage defensive whiz Antoine Diot looks to inflict. Under Gershon, Maccabi is back to its high-scoring and running game style, while Le Mans has averaged 62.5 points in its last two games. If Maccabi controls the pace, it will be the clear favorite, however Le Mans has scorers too and a big night from Bluthenthal against his former teammates – he had 23 in Tel Aviv – or Spencer could turn this game into a thriller as Le Mans continues to seek that elusive first win.

GAME QUOTES

Le Mans

Forward David Bluthenthal spent three seasons and won the 2004 Euroleague title with Maccabi. He played for Maccabi last season, helping the club reach the Euroleague title game. Bluthenthal scored 385 points in 56 career Euroleague games with Maccabi, which ranks him 37th all-time on the club’s European scoring charts.
The first double-figure rebounding effort of Alain Koffi’s career came against Maccabi. Koffi had 8 points, 11 rebounds and 2 blocked shots for Le Mans in a 74-71 loss last October.
Big man J.P. Batista made his Euroleague debut against Maccabi Tel Aviv with Lietuvos Rytas last November. He came off the bench for 2 points and 4 rebounds in 10 minutes of an 18-point L. Rytas win.

Maccabi Electra

Guard Tal Burstein is closing in on 1,000 points for his Euroleague Basketball career. He enters this week’s game in Le Mans with 979 points in 131 career games. He also needs just 2 more three-pointers to reach 100 for his Euroleague career.
Guard Marcus Brown is a two-time French League champion. He won the 1998 crown with Pau-Orthez and in 2000 with Limoges. Not a single player on the current Le Mans roster was a professional when Brown played in France.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Euroleague.net

Quotes Head Coaches

JACKSON, JOHN-DAVID Le Mans "The motivation for this game is pride. Even if we no longer have a chance to qualify for the Top 16, we want to win some games before the end to show that we are a good Euroleague team. The last two games have been demoralising for my players and we are practicing very hard with hopes of getting back to our highest level soon. It will obviously be very difficult against a Maccabi team that is fighting for the top spot of the group and has found inspiration with the arrival of Pini Gershon."

JACKSON, JOHN-DAVID

Le Mans

"The motivation for this game is pride. Even if we no longer have a chance to qualify for the Top 16, we want to win some games before the end to show that we are a good Euroleague team. The last two games have been demoralising for my players and we are practicing very hard with hopes of getting back to our highest level soon. It will obviously be very difficult against a Maccabi team that is fighting for the top spot of the group and has found inspiration with the arrival of Pini Gershon."

GERSHON, PINI Maccabi Electra "Although we're already theoretically in the Top 16 we want to make it official and from there try to move up the standings to finish as high as possible at the end of the regular season. If we wish to achieve that a win this week is a must. Le Mans lost all games so far, but the vast majority of them were close losses. Even Olympiacos needed an overtime to win there. We need to focus on ourselves. The loss in the domestic league has no influence on this game. We first need to fix the mistakes we do, and concentrate only on our game."

GERSHON, PINI

Maccabi Electra

"Although we're already theoretically in the Top 16 we want to make it official and from there try to move up the standings to finish as high as possible at the end of the regular season. If we wish to achieve that a win this week is a must. Le Mans lost all games so far, but the vast majority of them were close losses. Even Olympiacos needed an overtime to win there. We need to focus on ourselves. The loss in the domestic league has no influence on this game. We first need to fix the mistakes we do, and concentrate only on our game."

Players

DIOT, ANTOINE Le Mans "Maccabi is a big team, with an incredible history, and just for this reason it's always an important game to play. For them they want to be qualified for good and they will play tough. For us, it's a big event, a big game at home and we have to win. For our crowd and our team, we have to do much better than the two last games especially against Unicaja at home which was awful. Our first victory would really be a good gift for Christmas!"

DIOT, ANTOINE

Le Mans

"Maccabi is a big team, with an incredible history, and just for this reason it's always an important game to play. For them they want to be qualified for good and they will play tough. For us, it's a big event, a big game at home and we have to win. For our crowd and our team, we have to do much better than the two last games especially against Unicaja at home which was awful. Our first victory would really be a good gift for Christmas!"

BROWN, ELTON Maccabi Electra "It might be a big chance for me since D'or and Esteban won't play, but I don't look at it like that. Maccabi is a team with a very deep roster and players always need to fill in for another. It's my very first Euroleague game and I'm very excited. I hope to bring to the court whatever coach will ask me to. I hope to contribute to my team as much as possible and hopefully make a difference."

BROWN, ELTON

Maccabi Electra

"It might be a big chance for me since D'or and Esteban won't play, but I don't look at it like that. Maccabi is a team with a very deep roster and players always need to fill in for another. It's my very first Euroleague game and I'm very excited. I hope to bring to the court whatever coach will ask me to. I hope to contribute to my team as much as possible and hopefully make a difference."

Maccabi Electra clinched a berth to the Top 16 and remained a contender for first place in Group A after downing Le Mans 73-87 on Thursday night. Maccabi was in control throughout the game as it seemingly scored at will on the break and in transition. The visitors led by 9 by the end of the opening period and expanded it to 15 in the second period before settling for a 36-49 halftime advantage. Maccabi upped it to 18 in the third quarter and Le Mans never got closer than a dozen the rest of the way. The trio of Carlso Arroyo, Lior Eliyahi and Omri Casspi paced the winners with 19 points apiece. Arroyo added 7 assist, while Eliyahu grabbed 10 rebounds for his third consecutive double-double. Marcus Brown added 14 for Maccabi, which improved to 5-3 and is tied for third place in the group with Cibona. Brian Chase led Le Mans with 17 points, Dewarick Spencer added 14 and Alain Koffi and Maleye Ndoye posted 12 each. Koffi also had 11 rebounds as Le Mans became the only remaining winless team in the competition. Marcus Brown drew a foul down low and sank a pair of free throws to start the scoring before Spencer buried a three-pointer for Le Mans. Maccabi continued to attack the basket while Le Mans chose to fire away from downtown, but neither team was overly successful in the opening minutes. Casspi drew fouls on the break twice and sank all 4 free throws to help Maccabi take a slim lead, but Koffi’s second long jumper kept it close. Marcus Brown scored Maccabi’s first three, but the team’s starting center, Yaniv Green, committed his second foul and took a seat leading to Elton Brown’s Maccabi debut. Koffi shook the rim with a powerful two-handed jam, but Macacbi’s quick forwards continued to create opportunities in transition and baskets by Eliyahu and Casspi followed by a Tal Burstein layup made it 13-21 and led to a Le Mans timeout. Ndoye came off the bench to drill a three only for Eliyahu and Casspi to each score and make it 16-25 after 10 minutes. Ndoye got Le Mans going with another three to start the second period, only for Casspi to match him in style. Casspi was then knocked to the floor by Antoine Diot while leading a fast break and the referee whistled an unsportsmanlike foul. Casspi knocked down his free throws to give Maccabi its first double-digit lead. Spencer drained a jumper for Le Mans after which Arroyo sped to the hoop for a Maccabi score. Chase stepped up for the home team with back-to-back three-pointers to cut the deficit to 5 only to see Marcus Brown, Arroyo and Eliyahu to make it 27-40 in no time. J.P. Batista scored down low and David Bluthenthal hit from mid-range as Le Mans looked to come back but Burstein scored twice to keep the Maccabi advantage at 12. Casspi would push the lead to 15 before Ndoye and Spencer made it 36-49 by halftime. Maccabi set the tone early in the third period as Arroyo scored and Elton Brown added his first Euroleague basket to make it 37-53. Bluthenthal fired in a triple, but before Le Mans could build on that, Arroyo’s crosscourt pass set up a two-handed Eliyahu slam. And shortly after Marcus Brown scored in transition as the lead reached 17. Koffi scored inside and then on the trip downcourt added a free throw. After Marcus Brown made a mid-range jumper, Chase and Arroyo traded triples. Koffi cut the gap to 13 only to see Arroyo hit from downtown and keep Maccabi ahead 49066 at the end of the third period. Spencer converted a three-point play and Bluthenthal scored on the offensive glass as Le Mans attempted to ignite a late comeback. But Maccabi – with four starters still on the floor – would have none of it. Le Mans managed only to get within 12 on a Chase three-pointer, since the Arroyo-to-Eliyahu passageway remained open for Maccabi. The lead would reach 64-81 before Maccabi eased up. Chase and Spencer narrowed the gap to 73-85 with just under two minutes to play and the last minute saw both teams empty the benches before the final buzzer. Thursday, December 18, 2008 Euroleague.net

Maccabi Electra clinched a berth to the Top 16 and remained a contender for first place in Group A after downing Le Mans 73-87 on Thursday night. Maccabi was in control throughout the game as it seemingly scored at will on the break and in transition. The visitors led by 9 by the end of the opening period and expanded it to 15 in the second period before settling for a 36-49 halftime advantage. Maccabi upped it to 18 in the third quarter and Le Mans never got closer than a dozen the rest of the way. The trio of Carlso Arroyo, Lior Eliyahi and Omri Casspi paced the winners with 19 points apiece. Arroyo added 7 assist, while Eliyahu grabbed 10 rebounds for his third consecutive double-double. Marcus Brown added 14 for Maccabi, which improved to 5-3 and is tied for third place in the group with Cibona. Brian Chase led Le Mans with 17 points, Dewarick Spencer added 14 and Alain Koffi and Maleye Ndoye posted 12 each. Koffi also had 11 rebounds as Le Mans became the only remaining winless team in the competition.

Dewarick Spencer - Le Mans

Marcus Brown drew a foul down low and sank a pair of free throws to start the scoring before Spencer buried a three-pointer for Le Mans. Maccabi continued to attack the basket while Le Mans chose to fire away from downtown, but neither team was overly successful in the opening minutes. Casspi drew fouls on the break twice and sank all 4 free throws to help Maccabi take a slim lead, but Koffi’s second long jumper kept it close. Marcus Brown scored Maccabi’s first three, but the team’s starting center, Yaniv Green, committed his second foul and took a seat leading to Elton Brown’s Maccabi debut. Koffi shook the rim with a powerful two-handed jam, but Macacbi’s quick forwards continued to create opportunities in transition and baskets by Eliyahu and Casspi followed by a Tal Burstein layup made it 13-21 and led to a Le Mans timeout. Ndoye came off the bench to drill a three only for Eliyahu and Casspi to each score and make it 16-25 after 10 minutes.

Ndoye got Le Mans going with another three to start the second period, only for Casspi to match him in style. Casspi was then knocked to the floor by Antoine Diot while leading a fast break and the referee whistled an unsportsmanlike foul. Casspi knocked down his free throws to give Maccabi its first double-digit lead. Spencer drained a jumper for Le Mans after which Arroyo sped to the hoop for a Maccabi score. Chase stepped up for the home team with back-to-back three-pointers to cut the deficit to 5 only to see Marcus Brown, Arroyo and Eliyahu to make it 27-40 in no time. J.P. Batista scored down low and David Bluthenthal hit from mid-range as Le Mans looked to come back but Burstein scored twice to keep the Maccabi advantage at 12. Casspi would push the lead to 15 before Ndoye and Spencer made it 36-49 by halftime.

Lior Eliyahu - Maccabi Electra

Maccabi set the tone early in the third period as Arroyo scored and Elton Brown added his first Euroleague basket to make it 37-53. Bluthenthal fired in a triple, but before Le Mans could build on that, Arroyo’s crosscourt pass set up a two-handed Eliyahu slam. And shortly after Marcus Brown scored in transition as the lead reached 17. Koffi scored inside and then on the trip downcourt added a free throw. After Marcus Brown made a mid-range jumper, Chase and Arroyo traded triples. Koffi cut the gap to 13 only to see Arroyo hit from downtown and keep Maccabi ahead 49066 at the end of the third period.

Spencer converted a three-point play and Bluthenthal scored on the offensive glass as Le Mans attempted to ignite a late comeback. But Maccabi – with four starters still on the floor – would have none of it. Le Mans managed only to get within 12 on a Chase three-pointer, since the Arroyo-to-Eliyahu passageway remained open for Maccabi. The lead would reach 64-81 before Maccabi eased up. Chase and Spencer narrowed the gap to 73-85 with just under two minutes to play and the last minute saw both teams empty the benches before the final buzzer.

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Euroleague.net

Referees: ZAVLANOS, NIKOLAOS (GRE), ZIEMBLICKI, GRZEGORZ (POL), CHIARI, ROBERTO (ITA)

Attendance: 4650

By Quarter	1	2	3	4
Le Mans	16	20	13	24
Maccabi Electra	25	24	17	21

End of Quarter	1	2	3	4
Le Mans	16	36	49	73
Maccabi Electra	25	49	66	87

Head coach: JACKSON, JOHN-DAVID

Le Mans
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG M-A	3FG M-A	FT M-A	Rebounds			As	St	To	Bl		Fouls		PIR
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG M-A	3FG M-A	FT M-A	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
4	GOMIS, ANTOINE	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	CHASE, BRIAN	29:53	17	0/2	5/12	2/2		4	4	1	1				3	3	14
6	SPENCER, DEWARICK	26:51	14	3/6	1/4	5/5		3	3	4		3			3	4	13
7	KOFFI, ALAIN	31:09	12	4/9		4/10	7	4	11	4	1	1	1		2	5	20
8	DIOT, ANTOINE	19:53		0/4				2	2	2					3		-3
9	NDOYE, MALEYE	23:55	12	3/3	2/5		1	2	3			1			3	1	9
10	LELOUP, JEREMY	5:38			0/2					1					2		-3
11	BATISTA, JOAO PAULO	26:34	7	3/7		1/2	1	4	5		1	1	1	1	3	5	9
12	BADIANE, PAPE	11:21	2	1/3			2		2			1				2	3
13	BLU, DAVID	24:46	9	2/6	1/6	2/2	2	1	3	1		3			2	2	1
18	DROUAULT, PIERRE-ETIENNE	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
19	TSONGA, ENZO	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Team						3	2	5								5
	Totals	200:00	73	16/40	9/29	14/21	16	22	38	13	3	10	2	1	21	22	68
				40%	31%	66.7%

Min: Minutes played; Pts: Points; 2FG M-A: 2-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); 3FG M-A: 3-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); FT M-A: Free Throws (Made-Attempted); Rebounds: O (Offensive), D (Defensive), T (Total); As: Assists; St: Steals; To: Turnovers; Bl: Blocks (Fv: In Favor / Ag: Against); Fouls: Cm (Commited), Rv (Received); PIR: Performance Index Rating

Head coach: GERSHON, PINI

Maccabi Electra
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG M-A	3FG M-A	FT M-A	Rebounds			As	St	To	Bl		Fouls		PIR
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG M-A	3FG M-A	FT M-A	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
4	BROWN, ELTON	17:00	2	1/3				2	2	2		2			4	2
5	BROWN, MARCUS	31:03	14	2/3	2/3	4/5	1	4	5	2				1	1	4	20
6	SHARP, DERRICK	15:07	1	0/1	0/1	1/2		1	1		1				3	1	-2
7	ARROYO, CARLOS	32:05	19	5/8	2/4	3/4		2	2	7	2				2	2	24
8	ELIYAHU, LIOR	31:57	19	9/15	0/1	1/2	3	7	10	3		5		1	3	4	19
9	GREEN, YANIV	21:06	5	1/5		3/4		6	6			1	1		4	2	4
10	BURSTEIN, TAL	19:24	6	3/3	0/1			4	4	1	1				2		9
11	SIMMONS, TRE	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12	WILLIAMS, JASON	6:53						1	1			1				1	1
13	CASSPI, OMRI	22:46	19	3/4	1/2	10/10		3	3	2	1	1			2	4	24
14	HAGAG, DROR	2:39	2			2/2									1	1	2
21	FISCHER, D'OR	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Team						1	1	2								2
	Totals	200:00	87	24/42	5/12	24/29	5	31	36	17	5	10	1	2	22	21	103
				57.1%	41.7%	82.8%

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Head Coaches

JACKSON, JOHN-DAVID Le Mans "Obviously we have lost a lot of our confidence and motivation with such a long series of defeats. We are now on the holiday break and hopefully if will be a chance to find some energy and inspiration to get ourselves back to the positive and fighting team we were not so long ago. As for Maccabi, they have found a new team with the fantastic play of their young players backed up by the toughness and intelligence of their veterans."

JACKSON, JOHN-DAVID

Le Mans

"Obviously we have lost a lot of our confidence and motivation with such a long series of defeats. We are now on the holiday break and hopefully if will be a chance to find some energy and inspiration to get ourselves back to the positive and fighting team we were not so long ago. As for Maccabi, they have found a new team with the fantastic play of their young players backed up by the toughness and intelligence of their veterans."

GERSHON, PINI Maccabi Electra "When the points are divided, you see a team game. We simply did things differently than in the past games and we won. We have not settled in yet. I see our weaknesses and not out strengths. We may have met our first goal of reaching the Top 16, but we still need to strengthen the team and make it better."

GERSHON, PINI

Maccabi Electra

"When the points are divided, you see a team game. We simply did things differently than in the past games and we won. We have not settled in yet. I see our weaknesses and not out strengths. We may have met our first goal of reaching the Top 16, but we still need to strengthen the team and make it better."

Players

BLU, DAVID Le Mans "I am disappointed. It just wasn’t my night. I wanted to win badly. We willl try to do better now in the French League."

BLU, DAVID

Le Mans

"I am disappointed. It just wasn’t my night. I wanted to win badly. We willl try to do better now in the French League."

ELIYAHU, LIOR Maccabi Electra "We achieved a great win and all the players with no exceptions played great. Arroyo and Marcus Brown stood out and so did Green with great minutes on defense and Casspi gave an excellent game. It’s fun t play with Carlos. The more we learn to play in Pini’s system, the partnership will grow not just between the two of us but for the whole team. Pini trusts me and lets me play and I’m glad that I could help the team as much as I have."

ELIYAHU, LIOR

Maccabi Electra

"We achieved a great win and all the players with no exceptions played great. Arroyo and Marcus Brown stood out and so did Green with great minutes on defense and Casspi gave an excellent game. It’s fun t play with Carlos. The more we learn to play in Pini’s system, the partnership will grow not just between the two of us but for the whole team. Pini trusts me and lets me play and I’m glad that I could help the team as much as I have."

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