In-form Maccabi (16-13) will aim to strengthen its playoff push by overcoming ASVEL (7-12), which showed its capabilities by downing Efes last week.
Oded Kattash, Maccabi: 'They are dangerous'
Seasons
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Regular Season
Round 30 of 34
Regular Season
Maccabi Playtika Tel AvivMTA
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Maccabi has won three straight to push closer to the top six, most recently showing great character to battle from behind against Zvezda behind 18 points and 13 rebounds from weekly MVP Josh Nebo plus the help of 23 points from Bonzie Colson. A huge night from Joffrey Lauvergne, with 23 points and 9 rebounds, was not enough for ASVEL when the teams met in December, as Wade Baldwin paired 21 points with 8 assists to secure a thrilling 91-94 road victory.
Oded Kattash, Maccabi head coach
"Many teams struggled against ASVEL, they are better than what their record says. They are in good shape, won a couple games recently. It would be bad for us to think that this is going to be an easy game. They are dangerous, play with big lineups and have many weapons. We have to be very focused because a very important week is on our hands."
Josh Nebo, Maccabi player
"We were able to turn around and win our last games, but obviously that's not how we want to start them. We don't want to have to get comebacks to win games. I just try to be the best version of myself, and take it game by game. When I do that, I feel that I am that best version of myself."