2024-10-03 14:19:59
The Israeli giant “Apoel” (Tel Aviv) achieved a difficult victory over “Wolves” (Vilnius) in a match of the second strongest European club basketball tournament, the EuroCup, played in the “Arena Samokov” hall. The Jews are hosting in Bulgaria because of the military conflict with the Palestinian group “Hezbollah”.
“Apoel” won 89:84 (26:20, 27:21, 16:28, 20:15) over the Lithuanian representative in front of over 500 spectators in the hall.
In the composition of the Israeli team, the American star Patrick Beverley shone.
Over the past 11 years, he has appeared in 666 regular-season NBA games, averaging 8.3 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.4 assists.
In the strongest basketball championship in the world, the playmaker played for the Houston Rockets, LA Clippers, Minnesota Timberwolves, LA Lakers, Chicago Bulls, Philadelphia and most recently for the Milwaukee Bucks.
In the summer, 36-year-old Beverley returned to Europe.
The victory is the first for Apoel in Group A, as the team has 1 zagua and is 4th. With 2 defeats, “Wolves” is in the last 10th position.