dissolution. Hapoel Tel Aviv arrived at the Arena this evening (Saturday) after the painful elimination from the Eurocup against Besiktas, and mercilessly defeated the shocked Hapoel Jerusalem 64:91, for which this is their seventh loss in the last nine games in all formats, with one of their worst games of the season. Watch the summary in the video player above>>>
Scored in Hapoel Tel Aviv: Dusty Hannas 23, Bar Timur 21, John Holland 14, Kyle Alexander 11 (9 rebounds), Brian Angola 8, Tomer Ginat 7, Jaylen Hurd 3, Will Cummings and Gal Sternberg 2 each.
They scored in Hapoel Jerusalem: Zach Hankins 14 (9 rebounds), Brinton Lamar 10, Levi Randolph, Oz Blazer and Kadin Carrington 8 each, Jacory Williams 6, Nimrod Levy and Or Cornelius 4 each, Yuval Sussman 2.
After a bad period, the host hoped to get out of the crisis after a disappointing loss to Prestri in the FIBA Champions League, but recorded a ninth league loss of the season, the worst figure since the 2020/21 season and the current season is still ongoing. At the moment, Ilias Kanzouris’ team is outside the top house .
The start was stuttering, both teams struggled to make an escape and the pace of the game was slow, until Dusty Hanas came off the bench. The player acquired by the Reds from Tel Aviv was hot in the first half with 6/6 from all ranges and 13 points in his first 9 minutes and led the away team’s escape, but at the end of 20 minutes the game was still tight.
In the second half, Hapoel Tel Aviv came up in a frenzy, against the Jerusalem loose. Bar Timur danced on the floor in one of his best games of the season, with an impressive accumulation of points and a great distribution of assists, Jerusalem was unable to find the solutions for the run of Dani Franco’s team.
The Jerusalemites scored only 4/27 from beyond the arc, against Hapoel Tel Aviv’s 11/23, which defeated its opponent with the efficiency index 62:109, the visiting Israelis scored 53 points against only 18 for the host.
Hapoel Jerusalem is in a deep crisis, with a record of 9:9 and outside the upper house as of this moment in the Premier League, and in danger of possible expulsion from the FIBA Champions League for the last round. Speedy Smith, the team’s sole center, did not play for reasons of rest, and neither did Chris Johnson Not dressed for the game, the Jerusalemites will have to pick up the pieces and recover before their season slips through their fingers.
Hapoel Tel Aviv came to the Arena after a huge disappointment in the quarterfinals of the Eurocup, came to their senses and came out with a big away victory in a difficult hall, knowing that they will have to give everything in the local arena in order to leave this season with hopes of success.
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