Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv hosts Olympiacos on Thursday in Belgrade, in the second leg of a EuroLeague double week against both Greek teams. Oded Kattash and his squad will look to continue their good performance in the tough loss to Panathinaikos, hopefully completing the job this time around.
The yellows will still be without injured big-man Jasiel Rivero, but point guard Tamir Blatt made his return to the EuroLeague versus Pao with 8 assists. The two teams faced each other in pre-season, with the reds winning a close one.
While Maccabi are 3-6 to start the season, Olympiacos hold a 6-3 record, showcasing great defense and an offense that leads the competition in assists per game. The team from Piraeus brought back former EuroLeague MVP Sasha Vezenkov after one season in the NBA, along with 12-year NBA veteran Evan Fournier.
"Olympiacos is a very different opponent, both offensively and defensively", said head coach Oded Kattash. "They have a lot of size and have a lot of flow in their game. They have guards that defend well. We will try to make adjustments" .
The yellows will still be without injured big-man Jasiel Rivero, but point guard Tamir Blatt made his return to the EuroLeague versus Pao with 8 assists. The two teams faced each other in pre-season, with the reds winning a close one.
While Maccabi are 3-6 to start the season, Olympiacos hold a 6-3 record, showcasing great defense and an offense that leads the competition in assists per game. The team from Piraeus brought back former EuroLeague MVP Sasha Vezenkov after one season in the NBA, along with 12-year NBA veteran Evan Fournier.
"Olympiacos is a very different opponent, both offensively and defensively", said head coach Oded Kattash. "They have a lot of size and have a lot of flow in their game. They have guards that defend well. We will try to make adjustments" .