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Maccabi have been tanking the national league, and getting criticisms every step of the way. Blatt's been trying to calm things down saying it's not important to win in October, but what's important is what will happen in April and May. There's some truth to that, but being defeated in the league can serve as an extra motive if nothing else, because Blatt's not been playing league games with the complete team. He rotated the players a lot, leaving important players on the stands. Maccabi are miserable in the defense without Devin Smith. Today, of course, they'll be complete again, even though Blatt's been mentioning some minor injuries that trouble him. I'm convinced we'll see them in their real state today, in the defense first of all, where they have to work a lot harder. They scored 15 three-pointers against Zvezda, and there was no need to play the defense. They scored a lot of points in the first part against Vitoria, and then played a lot better in the defense later on. Kuban won two games, but they're far from making anyone feel awe. They scored two points from the game in the second quarter against Zvezda, and turned the game over with three pointers by Jasaitis and Williams. Blatt's players won't allow something like that. Kuban scored 68 against Rytas, and 71 against Maccabi in the pre-season game. Since today a match with a lower number of points is expected, I don't think Kuban will get to 80...