Maccabi Tel Aviv - Buducnost    (lost)

I guess a bit too low line for such match up. Especially for current Buducnost games. After making some noticeable changes in their club, Buducnost is much more offensive minded team now with way more offensive weapons, but none of them making team play better defense. Bitadze maybe could, but as much as he is gifted guy offensively, can do it all there, he still has a lot to learn in defense. Norris Cole is a pure shoot-first PG, experienced player and didn't need lot of time to adapt in club. He already is having major role there, scoring/assisting, a guy in offense team really needed since start of the season, but as I wrote, he doesn't help at defense much. Bell is just rotation player, maybe he could be useful in defense, but team simply doesn't need much of these skills nowadays, as it simply is build to run'n'gun. Overall, offensively they looks really solid now. Can score big time and I think against team like Maccabi they will, but in defense they won't be able to resist what so ever. Maccabi's coach Sfairopoulos tries to implement more defensive style to his team, more physical game, but the problem is that team itself isn't built this way, its legacy from previous coach, so you can't do much. Go and try to make some Wilbekin play smart basketball. None could. He would still shoot his threes and won't care. Team lacks a pure PG to run the game, so as long as they won't have it, they will look like a bunch individuals showing off their skills. I can't see how Maccabi can stay calm and not be involved in that run'n'gun Buducnost game. It's too seductive for Maccabi players too. They easily looses their heads in local league against such teams, they've lost it vs such Milano in EL too recently. I bet they will lose it again.