Live report – 04:42 to end: Hapoel Eilat

The 19th round of the Winner Basket League continues at this time when Hapoel Eilat hosts Gilboa / Galil for a geographical battle and in the early game of the day it was Maccabi Rishon Lezion, which continued the recovery journey with a victory in Herzliya.

Bnei Herzliya – Maccabi Rishon Lezion 87:84

Guy Goodes’ team already led by 19 points and almost saw the Sharonians close a comeback from the movies, but the character and quality were finally on the side of the Oranges, who after the W over Hapoel Tel Aviv put together a second consecutive victory and went up to 9: 7, with the playoffs already within reach Compared to the dangerous area and the place from which they are relegated to the sub-league. Noam Dovrat, the visitors’ young star, excelled with 23 points and 6 assists, Achilles Mitchell added a double-double with 18 points along with 10 rebounds and Jamil Wilson provided 15 points and 9 rebounds. On the local side, who failed to take another step to the top eight, it was Elijah Thomas who stood out with 19 points and 4 rebounds. By the way, the orange victory came despite a very bad game by Jeremy Fargo, who scored only 5 points in 37 minutes on the floor.

Sharon Drucker (Radad Jabara)

The first quarter was on one side for the Oranges, who started the game in a storm and after 10 minutes of basketball in Sharon the scoreboard showed 10:27 Resounding to Guy Goodes’ guests. The second quarter was already much more balanced, with on the orange side it was the undefeated Achilles Mitchell and Daryl Monroe who led the team from Wine City to a promising lead and on the other hand, Elijah Thomas and Max Heidegger (both already scoring double counts) tried to keep Drucker’s hosts close. 31:42 Orange in half.

Guy Goodes and Daryl Monroe (Itzik Blanitzky)

The Sharonim’s tremendous third quarter with 20:28 erased the difference almost completely, and into the last ten minutes the Oranges, who already led in double digits with 19 difference, entered with a meager advantage of only 3 points with 59:62. Abdul Gadi, one of the keys to the Blues’ comeback, is also strong in matters and is already with 13 points. Here, too, the Oranges have already escaped to double digits, but Mitchell missed twice and Gadi’s three reduced to just 3. Despite this, one free-kick by a spokeswoman and an offensive rebound by Monroe gave the visitors the precious victory with 84:87.

Hapoel Eilat – Hapoel Gilboa / Galil

Ariel Beit Halachmi’s late is hot in recent rounds and she came to the meeting with a streak of four victories in the league, including a prestigious one over Maccabi Tel Aviv. On the other hand, Avishai Gordon’s team is in a certain decline after losing its last two league games against Hapoel Beer Sheva and Hapoel Holon. In the meeting between the two in the previous round, Eilat did not leave the Northerners a chance with 77: 100 in Gan Ner.

Ariel Beit Halachmi (Oren Ben Hakon)

The first quarter at Begin Hall was a duo and quality, at the end of which the hosts led 20:22 Conducted by Joe Ragland who has already scored 8 points including 3 assists and 2 rebounds. Gil Benny is a man of the Reds so far from the other side, the young guard scored 6 points in the first ten minutes. Eilat continued to maintain the advantage in the second quarter, Ragland already with 18 points for Ariel Beit Halachmi and on the other side for Lakshir and Yiftach Ziv stands out for Gordon, who went down to the break at46:39.