Hapoel Eilat defeated Maccabi Rishon Lezion 90:95 away (Monday) tonight (Monday), as part of the 18th round of the Winner Basket League.
Eilat actually continues their tremendous momentum and recorded a third consecutive victory, and one that came after the big victory over Maccabi Tel Aviv in the previous round, and they did it thanks to Josh Nibo with a tremendous double double of 21 points and 17 rebounds, and Casey Prater with 26 points and -10 rebounds, which were just great on the host.
On the other hand, Guy Goodes’ team is already counting a third loss in a row, despite an impressive debut by veteran Jeremy Fargo, who even at 34 proved that in our league he is definitely a significant force, with 27 points and 5 assists, and he will try to help the Oranges get out of their bad time. In the upcoming games.
First quarter: 27:28 to Hapoel Eilat
The Maccabi Rishon Lezion quintet: Jeremy Fargo, Golan Gut, Jamil Wilson, Achilles Mitchell and Daryl Monroe.
Hapoel Eilat’s quintet: Joe Ragland, Markle Brown, Casey Prather, Ben Carter and Josh Nibu.
Ragland came to a hot game, Wilson scored the first basket in orange and together with the hot Gutt gave the host a 13:16 advantage. Two consecutive threes by Ragland sent Guy Goodes to a timeout, from which Fargo returned hot with three threes in just over a minute and this time it was Ariel Beit Halachmi’s turn to approach the secretariat table, 21:25. Brown and Jonathan Schuldbrand continued the flood across the arc (9 joint threes in the first 10 minutes) and at the end of the quarter 27:28 To guests.
Second quarter: 49:50 to Maccabi Rishon Lezion
Nimrod Tishman and Nimrod Dovrat came up well from the bench, but Ragland and Brown kept Eilat close, 36:34. Fargo scored another beautiful basket, Monroe snatched and got an easy basket and threes from the hot Gut and a spokeswoman set a record lead, 34:48. Prather’s free throws stopped 12 unanswered points and Nivo dropped to a single-digit basket and foul, Monroe corrected his own foul but Frather from the line and Schuldbrand with a three and Paul shrank to 50:45. Nibo continued to control the offensive rebound and collected another point from a second chance, Ragland also scored 1 of 2 from the line and Frater with the board shrank to50:49 Only at break.
Third quarter: 62:68 to Hapoel Eilat
The Eilat swing from the end of the first half continued into the beginning of the second, Gut buried another three before he was injured and went down for treatment, Nibo continued to celebrate under the baskets and Carter with a beautiful dunk and a hard shot in the fall increased to 53:59. Fargo brought the Oranges closer to the basket, but a three by Ragland started another run, Nibo was unstoppable in color and Schuldbrand set up a double-digit gap, 57:68. Mitchell’s basket stopped the drift and a three by Tishman shrank to68:62 At the end of the third quarter.
Fourth quarter: 90:95 to Hapoel Eilat
Nibo and Regland still maintained the advantage but Fargo equalized with an outside shot, 72:72. Fratter broke the tie, Gutt equaled a career high with a sixth three, Monroe scored 1 of 2 from the line and Fratter turned again, 76:79. Gut Dyke twice from the line, Nibo lowered rebound No. 17 and translated it to 2 points and Brown in the basket after a simply amazing hover on the baseline sent Goodes to a timeout 83:78 behind. Fargo buried a three-pointer from the NBA range, Ragland left Prather to the basket and Schuldbrand sniped from outside, but Fargo immediately answered him, 88-84 at the last minute. Eilat went to the isolation of Frather who provided the goods with a big hook plus a Gutt offense, Brown snatched and provided the icing on the cake with a mighty 180 dunk, Gutt still scored from the outside once more but Nibu dunked with his back to the permanent basket 87:95. Fargo’s three set up the final score, 90:95 To Eilat.