After the euphoria from the dramatic victory over Real Madrid, Maccabi Tel Aviv returns to the Premier League and will host Hapoel Gilboa / Galil on Saturday. The Yellows will appear in the league for the first time since the end of December, when Yannis Sapropoulos’ team defeated Hapoel Jerusalem. Gilboa / Galil, for their part, marked “V” in the debut of Avishai Gordon on the lines in the victory over Maccabi Rishon LeZion in the Balkan League. Maccabi, which has two games less than its rival, is currently in sixth place with a 1: 6 balance. 2: 7.
In order to distribute the loads between the players within the tight schedule, every game in the local league Maccabi Tel Aviv leaves some players out of the squad. This time, the champion decided not to list Scotty Wilbkin, Angelo Cloiaro and Elijah Bryant in the game form. Omri Caspi will also continue to be absent, after missing the meeting with Real Madrid due to a stomach virus. Tyler Dorsey, who sniped 30 points against the Blancos, was included in the squad.
- Saturday, 18:10, live broadcast on 5 SPORT: Maccabi Tel Aviv – Hapoel Gilboa / Galil
As mentioned, Maccabi Tel Aviv returns to the league for the first time since it climbed to the top with an 80: 101 victory over Hapoel Jerusalem, in a game in which it set season records in shooting, difference, threes (13), percent to three (46%), rebounds (50), losses (10 Only) and an index (129).
Gilboa / Galil, which holds the best away balance in the league together with Hapoel Eilat (1: 5), marked V for Gordon’s debut on the lines, with a 78:85 victory over Maccabi Rishon LeZion that sent it to the second home stage of the Balkan league. Kerry Belkshire And Jabeba Floyd led with 20 and 17 points respectively, each receiving 8 rebounds.
Last year, Maccabi defeated Gilboa / Galil in all three league meetings between them and completed its first season sweep in all competitions since the 12/13 season. Two of the three encounters were particularly dramatic: in the first round the Yellows won 110: 112 in the candle garden after two overtimes and in the semi-finals of the Final Four they won 78:81. Scotty Wilbkin was the money-time hero in those two games: in the first he scored 35 points and forced overtime with the buzzer of the fourth quarter and in the last he broke a tie in the closing seconds with a big three.
