The 18th round of the Winner Basket League tonight (Thursday) provided a fascinating bottom game in which Urbani Nahariya defeated Maccabi Haifa 75:88 in Romema Hall, in front of the 300 fans of the team from Carmel as part of the outline of returning the audience to the sporting events.
Shai Saglovitch’s purple team, which is in a bad season when it closes the table, managed to achieve a third victory this season along with 14 losses and broke a streak of 4 such. Whoever was passionate about the winner was Jaron Blossomgim who provided an impressive double-double of 24 points and 11 rebounds that helped the team get out of last place.
On the other hand, the team from Carmel of Daniel Savannah, which like its rival, is in a bad season, despite a push of 300 spectators from the stands at Romema Hall, failed to achieve a first home win of the season with its overall balance standing at two single wins alongside 12 losses. Michael Cobbins’ double double (19 points and 13 rebounds) was not enough for the team that dropped to last place in the table.
They scored for Nahariya: Jaron Blosomgimi 24 points and 11 rebounds, Michael Young 18 points and 12 rebounds, Malik Newman 14 points, Mackenzie Moore 12 points and 8 rebounds, Gal Gilansky 11 points and 5 rebounds, Or Leumi 6 pts.
They scored for Maccabi Haifa: Michael Cobins 19 points and 13 rebounds, Chris Dow 17 points and 7 rebounds, Roman Sorkin 8 points, Tyler Baron 8 points, Kaylene Lucas 7 points, Michael Brisker 7 points, Alex Chubarevich 5 Points, Roman Rubinstein 4 points, Naor Sharon 2 points.
First quarter: 16:22 to Nahariya
Maccabi Haifa quintet: Kaylin Lucas, Roman Sorkin, Naor Sharon, Michael Cobins, Taylor Brown.
Nahariya Urban Quintet: Michael Young, Jaron Blosomgaim, Ziv Ben Zvi, Or Leumi, Malik Newman.
A completely green opening with a quick 0-7 run. A great personal move in the color of Roman Sorkin ended in the basket, Kaylin Lucas also warmed up the handle and sewed a first three-pointer of the evening and Michael Cobins added a big dunk. The one who stopped the run was Blossomgim who finished a light layup. Later on, the purple guest managed to recover, mainly thanks to the good ability of Blossomgim and Michael Young. In the last attack of the quarter, national light was accurate outside the arc with 3 seconds left and on the other hand, Chris Dow responded when he stitched a three with the buzzer from half a yard.
Second quarter: 39:40 to Nahariya
The quarter opened with a Baron three. After that, Gilinsky in a great defensive action blocked Naor Sharon. Next, the visitors managed to widen the gap to a record 12-point lead at the end of a pair of successful Newman threes. On the other hand, Cobins and Brisker managed to get the host back on track a bit and reduce the gap to 9 points. Later, Dow scored a basket out of the point and squeezed an offense and in the last attack before going down to the half, Baron stitched a big three.
Third quarter: 55:55
After a series of misses by both teams, Bolosmaggie managed to score first points in the quarter when accurate out of the point. The group from Carmel often lost balls and were punished immediately. Chris Dow then managed to get the Greens back on track when Dyke was out of the arc and squeezed a foul, which he translated into another point and immediately afterwards, stitched another three and managed at Camek Eder to regain the lead for the hosts. On the other hand, Blossomgim again responded great.
Fourth quarter: 77:85 to Nahariya
At the start of the final quarter, Brisker arranged Halle Hop for the Cubins. The two teams punished each other and the fight continued to be close. Afterwards, Cubins continued his aerial performance with two mighty dunks in a row. On the other hand, Kaylin Lucas responded with an accurate outside of the arc and returned the advantage to the purple guest. Next, Newman and Young widened the gap to 9 points as they stitched two straight threes.