After opening the home stage of the FIBA Champions League perfectly, Hapoel Holon will try to register tonight (Tuesday, 19:00, live broadcast on 5 STARS) A second away win when you host Topash Bourse. “It’s another game, difficult and important for us, and every win has great significance,” he said Stefanos Dadas.
The Greek coach will get back Isaiah Miles, who stuck with Corona and missed the previous game at Brindisi, but joined the trip after two previous Corona tests came out negative. Together with him, Holon will try to take another big step towards advancing to the quarterfinals. “We will try to represent the club and Israeli basketball again successfully in European competitions, and once again cause pride and joy to our fans,” Dadas continued. “Topash is a big club with a long tradition, it is a top team in the Turkish league, which is one of the best in Europe.”
Dadas, who coached in Turkey before coming to Israel, is well acquainted with the Topash Stock Exchange, where a number of very interesting names can be found. First and foremost, captain DJ White, who was on the verge of signing for Hapoel Holon this summer, but remained in Turkey in light of Topash’s refusal to release him. Tariq Phillip, who started the season at Hapoel Jerusalem, will also meet Holon tonight, alongside Devon Akon-Purcell, who completely failed at Hapoel Tel Aviv two years ago, but excels this season in the Champions League with an average of 17 points per game – the leading scorer in the team.
Tomorrow’s game will be the culmination of a particularly busy week that will pass Holon. The four-day journey, which began yesterday with a flight to the stock exchange, will continue on Wednesday, when the team will fly the team to Skopje in northern Macedonia, for a game against Komanovo in the Balkan League on Wednesday. On Thursday, Holon will fly from northern Macedonia to Athens and from there return to Israel with Maccabi Tel Aviv, after meeting Panathinaikos.
