Bnei Herzliya is the first to reach the Cup final for the 2021/2022 season after a great performance and a crushing 63:83 over Hapoel Holon in the first semi-final. Oren Aharoni’s team arrived with the knife between their teeth for the game and took control of it from the start, on the way to an early double-digit advantage. Apart from Joe Ragland, no one played in Guy Goodes’ team, with Tyros Maggie and Chris Johnson suffering a weak west, when in addition there was a confrontation between some of the Holon fans and the team player Michael Kaiser.
However, the story in the game was Bnei Herzliya, who played wonderfully and got a great performance from almost every player who came on the floor, with of all of them being chin Chinano Onwako (21 points, 6 rebounds and 32 index points). Morris Kemp, Quinton Hooker and Sean Dawson were great too, and Herzliya is recovering from the 1995 semi-final with a victory over Holon on the way to the final, and hopes – as in that season – to win the second trophy in its history.
the progress of the game
Quarter 1:
Chinano Onoako came in sharp and was unstoppable at the start of the game. Herzliya’s chin scored 9 points out of Herzliya’s 12, which flew to 4:12 in the opening, which caused Goodes to call a timeout. The Blues completed a 2:17 run and climbed to a 6:23 advantage, but the fiery Oren Aharoni’s team simply leaned over the arc. 13:26 Livni Herzliya at the end of the first quarter.
Quarter 2:
Goodes’ players completed a 0: 9 run from the first quarter and reduced the team’s gap from Sharon to single digits, which caused Aharoni to take his players down to his own timeout. Onwako returned to the floor and with him the Herzliya dominance returned, returning its advantage to double digits and rising to 19:35. Holon got stuck on 25 points, and the gap of Aharoni’s team crossed the 20-point mark. 32:50 For Bnei Herzliya in half.
Quarter 3:
Herzliya continued to control the game, when Hooker, Bab and Sandy Cohen again made sure to increase the gap to 21 points (39:60). Tyros Maggie looked simply awful and failed to score from any range, while on the other side all the players who stepped on the floor yielded produce for Oren Aharoni. An incident between Michael Kaiser and Holon fans was another nail in the door on the nightmares of Goodes’ gang. 43:69 To Herzliya towards the last quarter.
Quarter 4:
Tyros Maggie, who missed all of his first five shots over the arc, scored three threes at the opening of the decisive quarter and Window dropped to 71:52. At this point both teams froze on offense, until Quinton Hooker was the first to score and hence Holon broke down. 63:83 At the end of Herzliya, which advances to the final of the State Cup.