Maccabi Tel Aviv will play Baskonia in a play-in match in Belgrade tomorrow (Tuesday) The winner will qualify for the Euroleague playoff quarter-final series against Panathinaikos. The Spanish team trained this morning in Vitoria, and flew to Belgrade directly, when they will train there only tomorrow morning.
Danny Diaz is the only player of the team who is in doubt for the match after he did not play in the game against Braugan due to injury. Marcus Howard came to "prove Baldwin" after the confrontation between them in the previous game against Mechi Tel Aviv. The guard came out "hot" after exchanging words with Wade Baldwin, and since then "he takes the Baldwin issue personally and comes to prove it to him." Howard excelled in the second game between the teams, which Esconia won smoothly. Last night, the American scorer again proved how explosive he is, when he brought his team back from a 74:67 deficit against Braugen.