Maccabi Ashdod is probably on its safe path to the national league. The team also lost on Saturday to a neighbor from Ashkelon 79-68 and is on its safe way to the national league
Maccabi Ashdod continues to count and rake in losses and it seems that no one cares. The team lost again last Saturday in the campus hall to Elitzur Ashkelon 79-68 and it continues to be below the red line and on its way probably to the national league if nothing extreme happens.
The game against Ashkelon was postponed from the 18th round due to the same Corona outburst and meanwhile the loss also came in the rematch. The team with 17 losses and is in last place in the league, but it still has one missing game against its neighbor in the table, the Israel Valley which is one place above it in the table.
As mentioned, Ashkelon came to Ashdod and subdued it at home, in the past these battles in the Premier League were fascinating and worth stubborn struggles both performed and parquet.
Ashkelon started well and gained a 6: 0 advantage. The home team immediately responded with 8 points in a row, but again Elitzur with him Ashkelon created a run and scored 11 unanswered points.
20:11 to the guest after the first quarter. The second quarter was also even and the bottom ended 34-20 quite evenly.
The third quarter opened with an 8-2 run for the visitors. Unio Broata shrank with another three, but Yaniv Burger’s team again made a run and went 13-2 on the way to a record advantage of 53:39.
Raviv Pitchon and Yonio Broata shrank to 58:50 after the third quarter. In the last quarter, Elitzur with whom Ashkelon maintained its advantage, and achieved an important victory in the battle for the playoffs.
Ashdod scored 7 threes at only 24 percent and allowed their opponent to take 51 rebounds. Mark Lyons led the scoring with 23 points and seven assists.
Many for Maccabi Ashdod: Unio Broata (5/10 for three) 21 points, Chris Ortiz and Raviv Pitchon (10 rebounds) 13 points each, Max Wagner and Arthur Rosenfeld (8 assists) 6 points each.
Elitzur with Ashkelon: Mark Lyons (7 assists) 23 points, Storm Warren (17 rebounds) and Daniel Rosenbaum (7/12 from the field) 18 points each, Elisha Kadir (9 rebounds, 5 assists) 11 points.