Hapoel Jerusalem continues its recovery campaign from relegation from the Champions League, and after defeating Maccabi Haifa last Friday, yesterday (Monday) it was the turn of Hapoel B’Shlosha – a team that usually manages to cope well with Jerusalem and was the first to win it this season in the Balkans – to kidnap A painful defeat, with a resounding 94:66.
Dainius Adumatis can be pleased with two main things he saw yesterday: Jerusalem’s outstanding shooting ability, which shot 58% last night (15/26), and the defense, which absorbed just 66 points, of which only 9 in the third quarter.
“We played aggressive defense mostly in the second half,” he said Edomitis At the end, “I want to see a much better team, we still have too many ups and downs. The numbers do not lie but if you analyze the game you will find that we did not play 40 minutes of tough defense, but maybe only 30-32 minutes. When we reach 40 minutes I I will be satisfied. ”
On the exchange with Idan Zalmanson, who went down to a nervous bench in the second quarter, he said: “It’s emotions and I like it. Basketball is a game of emotions, I want the players to see it. In the locker room Idan explained to everyone that he was carried away by the moment and apologized. Bullshit and that’s behind us. ”
Adam Ariel, Who from the beginning of the season is almost 50% monstrous to 3 and yesterday again passionate with 4 of 5 across the arc, concluded: “It is important for us to continue to improve, now everything is new to us with the new coach and we are trying to apply the method on the field. “New in the middle of the season. The relegation from Europe gave us a slap, it woke us up so that we would understand that there is more to fight for this season.”
