{"id":276416,"date":"2026-02-06T01:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T01:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/276416\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T01:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T01:40:12","slug":"itoudis-a-lot-of-credit-to-valencia-they-didnt-crack-and-kept-believing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/276416\/","title":{"rendered":"Itoudis: “A lot of credit to Valencia, they didn’t crack and kept believing”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Stefan Acevski<\/p>\n

05\/Feb\/26 23:27<\/p>\n

Eurohoops.net<\/p>\n


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After fourth consecutive loss, Dimitris Itoudis was not dissatisfied with his team\u2019s performance and instead congratulated the opponent<\/p>\n

By Stefan Acevski\/\u00a0info@eurohoops.net<\/a><\/p>\n

Valencia<\/a> ended their EuroLeague losing streak by defeating Hapoel 104-99 on the road in overtime in Round 27.<\/p>\n

A great game was played in Israel, with Hapoel leading for most of the time but allowing Pedro Martinez\u2019s team to get back in the game and secure a victory after an additional five minutes.<\/p>\n

Following the match, Dimitris Itoudis addressed the media, emphasizing that his team is going through a tough period but they will find a solution.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t point the finger. It\u2019s not that we forgot playing basketball, it\u2019s a period we are going through and I like the reaction, I like the unity, what they are talking in the locker room. We\u2019re going to find a solution for sure. These moments are for the big boys, for those who can sustain what they\u2019re here for. And we will stay together.\u201d<\/p>\n

He particularly congratulated Valencia<\/a>, who had suffered a heavy defeat to Anadolu Efes<\/a> in the first game of the double-week and faced a significant deficit in this game, yet did not give up until the end.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of credit to Valencia. They came over here with a loss from Efes<\/a> down 20. They were losing almost 20 from us. They did never crack. They played together, kept believing. We gave them a lot of things, but that\u2019s basketball. Today we did play basketball.\u201d
\nValencia now stands at 17-10,\u00a0 and will play against ASVEL in next round. Hapoel, with a 16-10 record, will attempt to break their losing streak against\u00a0Zalgiris<\/a>\u00a0in Kaunas next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-02-05T23:27:41+00:00 2026-02-05T23:27:41+00:00 2026-02-05T23:30:02+00:00. Stefan Acevski 05\/Feb\/26 23:27 Eurohoops.net Stefan Acevski After fourth consecutive loss, Dimitris Itoudis was not…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276417,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-276416","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}