The Winner Basket League provided two excellent games tonight (Saturday) when Hapoel Jerusalem defeated Maccabi Rishon Lezion 84:97 in the Lottery Arena in front of 300 spectators as part of a final game from the 12th round of the Winner Basket League. In addition, Hapoel Holon defeated Gilboa / Galil 80:82 at the end of a thriller in Gan Ner Hall.
Hapoel Jerusalem – Rishon LeZion 84:97
The Reds of Dainius Adumaitis managed to leverage the 80:87 over Nahariya and put together a second win in a row that improved their balance to 11 wins along with 4 losses. 300 spectators in the Lottery Arena came to support and encourage the group.
On the other hand, Guy Goodes’ orange team hoped to restore the achievement from the previous round in which they defeated the Jerusalemites, but failed to stop the negative snowball and recorded a fourth consecutive loss with a balance of 5 wins alongside 9 losses.
Those who were passionate about the game were Suleiman Braimo who starred with 19 points and Stanton Kidd who shelled out 16 points. On the other hand, 16 points from Jamil Wilson were not enough for the orange guest returning home disappointed.
Before the game opened, Hapoel Jerusalem held a ceremony in honor of the two exes, Jeremy Fargo and Jamil Wilson, with team manager David Bassan giving the two Hapoel Jerusalem jerseys.
They scored for Hapoel Jerusalem: Suleiman Braimo 19 points, Stanton Kidd 16 points and 5 rebounds, Tyson Thomas 15, Tamir Blatt 12 points and 6 assists, Jacoben Brown 12 points and 9 assists, Idan Zalmanson 11 points, Adam Ariel 5 points ‘, Malcolm Hill 4 points and 6 rebounds, Adi Cohen Saban 3 points.
They scored for Maccabi Rishon Lezion: Noam speaks 17 points, Daryl Monroe 17 points and 7 rebounds, Jamil Wilson 16 points and 9 rebounds, Jeremy Fargo 12 points, Golan Gut 9 points, Achilles Mitchell 9 points and -10 rebounds, Nimrod Tishman 2 points, Ido Fleischer 2 points.
First half: 41:56 to Hapoel Jerusalem
Hapoel Jerusalem Quintet: Tamir Blatt, Adam Ariel, Suleiman Braimo, Tyson Thomas, Jacoben Brown.
Maccabi Rishon Lezion quintet: Jeremy Fargo Golan Gutt, Achilles Mitchell, Daryl Monroe, Jamil Wilson.
Total control of the Jerusalemites in the eyes of the 300 spectators who came to support and encourage. Already at the opening the group of Dainius Adumaitis was more dominant and scored in high percentages. Tamir Blatt led his teammates with 12 points in the first half.
Second half: 84:97 to Hapoel Jerusalem
The positive Jerusalem trend continued into the second half as well, the orange guest made comeback votes in the third quarter as they managed to narrow the gap to 12 points, but the team from the capital did not let it come back, mainly thanks to an excellent play by Suleiman Braimo passionately with 19 points.
Gilboa / Galil – Hapoel Holon 82:80
The team of Stefanos Dadas came after the 85:87 victory over the Italian Brindisi in the opening of the top 16 of the FIBA Champions League and showed a lot of character in the victory over the host in the local league. Holonia improved its balance sheet to 9 wins alongside 6 losses.
On the other hand, the northern ones of Avishai Gordon who are at the top hoped to recover from the 83:60 defeat to Hapoel Beer Sheva, but recorded a second consecutive loss with their balance standing at 10 wins alongside 5 losses.
Leading his team to the dramatic victory was Tyros Maggie Shalat with 19 points, also CJ Harris recorded a good game with 15 points. On the other hand, Avishai Gordon’s only bright spots were Kerry Blackshire who scored a double double (16 points and 10 rebounds) and Joe Thomasson who provided 17 points that were not enough.
They scored for Hapoel Holon: 19 points, CJ Harris 15 points, Maxim de Zhao 14 points and 7 rebounds, Frederic Bourdieu 13 points, Guy Pnini 7 points, Chris Johnson 7 points, Oded Brandwin 4 points, Willie Workman 3 points.
Scored to Gilboa / Galil: Joe Thomason 17 points, Kerry Blackshire 16 points and 10 rebounds, Jahiba Floyd 12 points and 11 rebounds, Yiftach Ziv 11 points and 6 assists, Isaiah Cousins 6 points, age 6 points ‘, Netanel Artzi 6 points, Chen Kalfon 3 points, Yotam Hanochi 2 points, Bnei Srur one point.
First half 36:43 to Hapoel Holon
Gilboa / Galil Quintet: Kerry Belkshire, Jahiba Floyd, Joe Thomasson, Amit Gershon, Yiftach Ziv.
Hapoel Holon quintet: Willie Workman, Chris Johnson, Oded Brandwin, Maxim de Zhao, Tyros Maggie.
The host took the lead almost throughout the first half, but slowed down and allowed Stefanos Dadas’ side to close the gap and even take the lead ahead of the drop to the locker room. Tyros Maggie stood out favorably in the first half.
Second half: 80:82 to Hapoel Holon
The game was close throughout the second half. The team of Stefanos Dadas showed a lot of character towards the end of the game when they managed under heavy pressure to maintain the advantage led by Tyros Maggie, CJ Harris and Frederic Bourdieu who was excellent in the final minutes.
