Tomorrow (21:00, live broadcast on the sports channel) the Basketball Premier League will convene for the first Clasico between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Jerusalem. This will be the 126th time in history that the two teams will meet, with the Yellows having one hundred victories and Jerusalem 25.
Yannis Sapropoulos Commented on the intriguing encounter: “We are facing a very good team in the Israeli league, a team that always has good games against it.” The one who will be absent from Maccabi Tel Aviv is Othello Hunter, who was injured in the eye in front of Zenit and needed stitches. Today the Yellows announced that their chin will be absent for a period of between two and three weeks.
Aside from the injured Hunter, Tyler Dorsey and Chris Jones will also not be dressing for the game. But Hapoel Jerusalem will also have a shortage of important players, with Jacoben Brown out of Oded Katash’s squad.
Beyond the desire to beat the arch-rival, the Yellows are also looking to get back in the groove after the home loss against Zenit on Tuesday. “For us it is very important to forget about the last game,” said the Greek coach, who stressed the need for a quick change of perception: “It is 48 hours after the previous game, we will change our thinking and concentrate on the game and what we need to do. our”.
On the red side, too, they will hope to get back on track, after in the last round Oded Katash’s players recorded their first league loss in 99:83 to Nes Ziona. At this point, Hapoel Jerusalem is in second place in the table with a balance of 1: 7.
