Maccabi Ashdod is looking for a league victory. But one round to end the regular season in the National Basketball League she achieved… another loss. Ashdod was defeated away by Afula 86:77.
Hapoel Afula came to this game when it was not critical for them, as they secured sixth place. Despite this, the team from the capital of the valley came out on top thanks to 10 threes at 50 percent and 27 points from Caron Dschilds. The Ashdodites ran away towards the end of the half, but in the third quarter had a hard time producing points and saw Hapoel Afula take the lead until the end. The team from the port city will meet Migdal Haemek / Jezreel on Friday for a critical underground battle.
Caron Dshields and Arthur Rosenfeld stood out in the opening game that was considered. The tie was maintained and the board showed 24:24 after the first quarter. The tie was maintained at the start of the second quarter – 31:31. Good minutes by Unio Broata and Arthur Rosenfeld brought Maccabi Ashdod down to the locker rooms with a 45:37 advantage. Caron Dshields and Roi Nazia brought the home team back into the game at the start of the third quarter – 52:52. Alon Sapir completed the turnaround with 4 points in a row, while on the other hand Maccabi Ashdod had a hard time producing points in this quarter and finished it 55:63 behind. Not much has changed in the final quarter as Caron Dashilds sweeps his team to victory.
Many for Maccabi Ashdod: Roman Rubinstein (8/10 from the field) 21 points, Chris Ortiz and Raviv Pitchon 14 points each, Arthur Rosenfeld (12 assists) 10 points.