Maccabi Ashdod continues its sunset. After the loss on Thursday to Modi’in, another loss came on Saturday 83-69 to Ma’ale Adumim. Ashdod got back its foreigner Unio Baruta, but he still suffered from lack of fitness and was not well.
A good game by Jordan Cohen from Ashdod with 24 points and Ashdod’s comeback efforts did not help. Is Ofer Rahimi’s status being undermined? Very can be. Ma’ale Adumim achieved its second overall victory this season, against Ashdod and more in a home game.
Ma’ale Adumim, which won for the first time since the first round, started the game great and knew how to take it even after a local comeback. Kanti and Braxton led the newcomer to an impressive victory in Ashdod, which for its part continues to be in the bottom area of the table.
A great opening by the guests gave them an 11: 0 advantage after 4 minutes. Only after almost 7 minutes did Chris Ortiz put Maccabi Ashdod on the board with colored points, and in the first quarter he showed 19: 7 to Maale Adumim. A 2-8 run at the start of the second quarter sent Yair Gvirtz to the secretariat.
Jordan Cohen did not stop and buried a three and immediately afterwards Chris Ortiz with a basket move and an offense gave the Dolphins a first advantage – 29:31. Jaylen Kanti stopped the momentum and a three by Kate Braxton set 40:35 in the half for Maccabi Ma’ale Adumim.
The third quarter was also even and ended at 59:55 for the newcomer. Canty and Braxton set up 73:64, 4 minutes to go. Ofer Rahimi’s team continued to struggle on offense and saw the visitors continue on their own on the way to victory.
Scored a lot for Maccabi Ashdod: Jordan Cohen 24 points, Unio Broata 13 points, Chris Ortiz 10 points.
Many for Maccabi Ma’ale Adumim: Jaylen Kanti 24 points and 11 rebounds, Kate Braxton 20 points, Barak Orion 8 points, Alex Leder and Ariel Deri 7 points each.
2021-22 National Basketball League Table
Location Playing points
| 18 | 9 | Urban Nahariya | 1 |
| 17 | 10 | Elitzur Kiryat Ata | 2 |
| 16 | 10 | Intelligence rope | 3 |
| 16 | 9 | AS Ramat Hasharon | 4 |
| 16 | 9 | Maccabi Raj | 5 |
| 14 | 9 | Elitzur Ashkelon | 6 |
| 13 | 9 | Hapoel Afula | 7 |
| 13 | 9 | Hapoel Raj | 8 |
| 13 | 9 | Maccabi Haifa | 9 |
| 12 | 8 | Elitzur Netanya | 10 |
| 11 | 8 | Maccabi Raanana | 11 |
| 11 | 10 | Maccabi Hod Hasharon | 12 |
| 11 | 9 | Ma’ale Adumim | 13 |
| 11 | 9 | Migdal Haemek | 14 |
| 9 | 7 | Maccabi Ashdod | 15 |