February 07, 2012
Maccabi loses another big man, Fizer
Marcus Fizer - Maccabi Elite Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv suffered a blow over the weekend as it learned that the injury big man Marcus Fizer suffered in Thursday’s road win at Olympiacos Piraeus has likely ended his season. During the first quarter of the game, Fizer was fouled on his way to the basket and landed badly on his right leg. He did not return to the game. After returning to Tel Aviv, an MRI revealed that Fizer sustained an internal and external tear of the meniscus in his right knee. Fizer will go under surgery this week and will miss the rest of the Top 16. His return to the courts depends on the results of the operation, but it's likely that Fizer won't be able to play again this season at all. Fizer's injury comes on the heels of All-Euroleague center Nikola Vujcic getting hurt the day before that game, though he is expected to return only in 10 days. Maccabi may not add a player to its Euroleague roster in Fizer's place because the deadline for new registrations passed last Tuesday.

"Obviously, this isn't good news for us," head coach Zvika Sherf said after hearing the updates regarding Fizer's injury. "We'll be smarter on Tuesday when we'll know more accurately for how long he'll be sidelined. Anyhow we'll have to play well without him in the upcoming month at least. On Thursday night we proved we can win in tough gyms against big teams without Fizer and Vujcic, but obviously everybody will have to give more of themselves."
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Yarone Arbel, Tel Aviv
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