Almost a year has passed since the last time the red crowd was in the arena, and tonight comes the big moment for Hapoel Jerusalem fans, when 300 of them will return to their home hall for the game against Maccabi Rishon LeZion. The last time this happened, it ended with a Jerusalem concert against Maccabi Tel Aviv , In front of about 8,500 spectators.
More than 1,500 subscribers registered for the game, and 300 of them were drawn and will come to the first game and watch, among other things, short thank-you ceremonies for two players they did not even see in the team uniform – Jeremy Fargo and Jamil Wilson, who will return to the arena as Maccabi Rishon LeZion players .
Jerusalem came back to win on Monday with 80:87 harder than expected over Nahariya. The Reds threw 38 threes – their second-highest figure ever for an overtime game. They scored just three points in the outbursts, but gained a double-digit lead in rebounds (33:44) and points from a second chance (6:16). Jacoben Brown led with 17 points, Tamir Blatt recorded a double-double third of the season and a second against Nahariya: 10 points and 10 assists and also added a career record of 4 steals. Stanton Kidd scored 13 points and three threes in his debut.
Maccabi Rishon LeZion stands on its longest losing streak this season in the league: three games. In the last round it lost an advantage of 14 points and lost at Maccabi to Hapoel Eilat, 95:90. The Oranges shelled a historic club record of 18 threes, with Golan Gut (career record Of 25 points) and Jeremy Fargo (27 points in the debut) scoring 7 of 11 each from Downtown.Daril Monroe was 2 assists away from a triple-double (10 points and 12 rebounds).
Maccabi Rishon LeZion has won only three of its last eight games in all competitions – away against Urbani Nahariya and twice against Hapoel Jerusalem: 73:79 in the Lottery Arena in a direct battle for the ticket to the next stage in the Balkan League after erasing 18 in the second half and 84:90 last month in the semifinals State Cup.The two Money Time stars of last year’s dramatic Final Four match swapped sides: Jeremy Fargo then scored 32 points including a second-round tie for the Reds, Adam Ariel sent the Oranges to the final with a big three on the buzzer.