Ness Ziona will try to continue galloping against Hapoel Eilat

Winner League Basket 20-21

Moshe Barda 12/02/2021 12:06

Ness Ziona Urban Players Celebrate (Shahar Gross)

Two games in the 16th round of the Winner Basket League will be held tomorrow (Saturday), when Urbani Ness Ziona will host Hapoel Eilat, while Hapoel Gilboa / Galil will try to continue the great momentum against Urbani Nahariya.

Urban Ness Ziona – Hapoel Eilat (18:30)

Urbani Ness Ziona rose for the first time this season to a positive balance with its fifth consecutive victory, 71:76 at home over Urbani Nahariya. The Oranges recorded a big run in each half – 0:16 in the first half and 0:13 in the closing minutes – and took the victory by the teeth, thanks in part to a 33:48 advantage in rebounds and 6:23 in points from a second chance. Patrick Miller led with 22 points, Brian Angola added 18 and Tal Dan contributed 11 in both the points column and the rebounds column.

Ness Ziona players celebrate (Hagai Michaeli)

Hapoel Eilat has suffered its third loss in the last four rounds, 83:77 at home to Hapoel Holon. The team from the south was 73% accurate for two – the fifth highest figure in its history and the best since the 96/97 season – but settled for 5 threes at 24% and lost 16 balls, in a game in which it did not lead even for a second. Casey Prather led with 21 points and 10 rebounds, Josh Nibo added 18 points but was stopped on just 3 rebounds after six consecutive games with a double-digit amount of rebounds

Ness Ziona has won all three of its last home games against Eilat in the regular season, but its balance against the team from the south at all times in the regular league is only 16: 3. The teams have met four times this season – and in all of them Eilat won: 90:94 in the heart of the colony in the Winner Basket Cup, 90:93 at home and 84:87 away in the Balkan League and 85:95 in the last round, in a game that got the league going. The hosts’ 7:30 run in the first half left no chance for the Oranges.

Hapoel Gilboa / Galil – Urban Nahariya (20:00)

Hapoel Gilboa / Galil climbed to second place in the table, after two impressive victories in top fights: 70:79 away against Maccabi Tel Aviv and 75:81 at home against Hapoel Jerusalem. In both games, Avishai Gordon’s team equaled its season record with 11 threes and defeated Yotam Hanochi set a career-high 19 points and five threes in 17 minutes on the floor, and Isaiah Cousins ​​added a season-high 16 points in the second half.

Gilboa / Galil players celebrate (Itzik Blanitzky)

Urbani Nahariya lost a late advantage in the last round in the heart of the colony and surrendered to Urbani Ness Ziona 76:71. The Purples stopped in the fourth quarter on a 1-of-6 three-pointer and 2-of-5 from the line and conceded 13 unanswered points in money time that tipped the scales. After scoring 93 points with an excellent percentage (67% for two, 10 threes for 39%) in the victory in Rishon LeZion, Nahariya was stopped for 71 points with 48% for two and only 5 threes for 23%. Or Leumi led with 20 points, Michael Young contributed 18.

Gilboa / Galil is on a streak of five victories in meetings against Urbani Nahariya – four of them this season: 89: 103 away and 72:77 at home in the Balkan League, away win 75:83 in the State Cup and 63:73 in Ein Sara in the first game of both This season in the league. The Purples set a season-high season in absorption in that game, but also a season low in shooting. Yiftach Ziv set his season record in the league in the index (23) in the victory over his previous team, in which he even served as captain.