Moshe Barda 27/01/2021 19:00
Yam Madar, Tokoto and Bar Timur (Shahar Gross)
Tonight (Wednesday), Hapoel Tel Aviv defeated Hapoel Eilat 81:91 over Hapoel Eilat in the Shlomo Group Hall, as part of the 11th round of the Winner Basket League.
Yannis Castritis’ team returned to the floor after almost two weeks after in the last game they were eliminated from the Balkan League qualifiers with 77:66 to Hapoel Holon and looking for their third victory in the league, and from the first moment Hapoel presented a different one than we saw this season.
Yam Madar looked excellent from the start and came very quickly to double figures, the attacking game flowed, and already after two quarters Hapoel scored 52 points. Although she slowed down a bit in the last quarter and let the Eilat of ex Ariel Beit Halachmi get closer, the winning identity was not in doubt for a moment.
Scored for Hapoel Tel Aviv: Sea Madar 22, Reggie Apshou 19, Gabe York 16, Jonathan Moore 10, JP Tokoto 9, Bar Timor 8, Tyrrick Jones 7.
Scored for Hapoel Eilat: Josh Nivo 20, Casey Prater 15, Merkel Brown 13, Joe Ragland 12, Jonathan Schuldbrand 7, Bar Carter 6, Joaquin Schuchman 4, Roi Hoover and Tzof Ben Moshe 2 each.
First quarter: 22:26 to Hapoel Tel Aviv
Hapoel Tel Aviv’s quintet: Yam Madar, Bar Timor, Reggie Apshou, JP Tokoto and Tyrick Jones.
Hapoel Eilat’s quintet: Joe Ragland, Casey Prather, Markle Brown, Ben Carter and Josh Nibu.
At the opening of the game, the players held a ceremony to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is celebrated today (January 27) around the world. The team players held a sign with the words #weremember, a slogan that accompanies an international campaign of the World Jewish Congress, which has been running on social networks and in other arenas, for the fifth year in a row. Last year, more than 650 million people worldwide were exposed to a campaign initiated by the World Jewish Congress.
Brown opened well and Nibo provided some nice dunks, but Madar and Timur sniped from the outside and set up a 7:11 lead. Ragland led a 0: 6 run in Eilat, Apshou got himself involved with a steal and a dunk, Brown still answered with a 3-pointer but Madar with two 3-pointers, an easy layup in an outburst and an assist for a 3-pointer from Oshou gave the Reds an advantage 22:26.
Second quarter: 40:52 to Hapoel Tel Aviv
Madar continued to fire with points at the start of the quarter, Gabe York squeezed an unsportsmanlike Paul from Ben Moshe and with 5 points in the same attack set 22:33, which caused Ariel Beit Halachmi to call a timeout after 33 seconds. Frather tried to stop the Reds’ run, Madar went on to hand out assists to York and Tokoto who maintained a double-digit gap, but Brown offset a bit, 37:30. Jonathan Moore came up hot from the bench and buried three threes in two minutes, Ben Moshe with a lot of fighting lowered back to single digits but Eli Hoppim of Apshou and Jones set 40:52 On the way down to the break.
Third quarter: 58:72 to Hapoel Tel Aviv
Poal Tel Aviv did not absorb a point for over four minutes and led by Madar and Tokoto ran to 40:59. Eilat timeout did not stop the snowball and York with 5 points closed run 0:14, Nibo put an end to the drought in the dunk but Apshouo answered with a three, 42 : 67. A three-pointer by Frather woke up the visitors, Jonathan Schuldbrand scored the first points from the line and Joaquin Schuchman in the basket and an offense dropped to 69:50. And Schuchman’s free throws were reduced to72:58 Before the last quarter.
Fourth quarter: 81:91 to Hapoel Tel Aviv
Salim York and Madar calmed down the hosts, but Ragland scored a first three-pointer from the NBA range and Schuldbrand in a burst shrank to 76:63. Nibo reached a double-double and with two baskets from a second chance shrank to single digits, Hapoel Tel Aviv came back from a timeout with an important basket by Jones but Nibo continued to collect points, this time from the line, and a Fratter dunk shrank to only 78:71 Towards the middle of the fourth quarter, Brown and Nivo did not give up and continued to fight, but Timur’s free throws and Madar’s archery basket ensured the victory, 81:91 At the end.
