The 11th round of the National League opened on Tuesday night with four games. Maccabi Ashdod continued its crash in the league and is in last place (!!!) in the national league after another loss this time to Kiryat Ata 72-69 after a great drama.
Ashdod lost a 20-point advantage, and managed to lose another game and it seems that the team’s investment continues and it remains to be seen when and how it will stop.
As mentioned, an advantage of more than 20 points was not enough for Maccabi Ashdod. Ashdod saw the representative of the Krayot come out in the second half in a completely different way on the way to a precious victory. Sharon Avrahami’s team started the game badly and for the first 14 minutes Amin Stevens was the only one to score points for it.
But the second half was a different opera – Kiryat Ata won 24-46 (!!) on the way to a perfect home balance. Ofer Rahimi’s team is deep in the underground struggles, and on Saturday it will go out to Migdal Haemek.
Ashdod started well and went up to 17: 8 after 6 minutes. Amin Stevens was the only one to function in this quarter for the home team and scored all 10 points of his team that trailed 26:10 at the end of the quarter.
For 14 minutes Amin Stevens was the only one who scored for the host who saw Maccabi Ashdod rise to 31:14 thanks to the good ability of the foreign duo. Ido Davidi in a three-pointer was the first to get on the board, apart from Amin Stevens, at home.
Threes by Unio Broata and Roman Rubinstein set a record advantage for Maccabi Ashdod, which led 45:26 in the half. Sharon Avrahami’s team went up completely differently to the third quarter and with a 2-12 run offset the gap.
Precisely in the midst of Momentum Avrahami received a technical and his team was punished with 4 points in possession – 53:42 to Maccabi Ashdod, 3 minutes to the last quarter.
Maccabi Ashdod continued to have difficulty in attack and led 58:49 at the end of three quarters. Five minutes Maccabi Ashdod’s advantage dropped to only 64:60 after a three by JJ Kaplan.
For about three minutes the home team failed to produce points until Ido Davidi arrived who with a basket and an assist to Stevens set only 67:65, 2 minutes to go.
Points in the passage of the home team completed a makeover – 67:68, a minute to go. The advantage returned to the visitors after free throws, but in critical attack Ido Davidi again found points and then the Ashdodites missed and lost the game.
Ofer Rahimi’s status is very provocative and unclear. The team will wait to hear Jeff Rosen’s opinion but there seems to be no way to stop the snowball.
Many for Maccabi Ashdod: Unio Broata (10 rebounds) 21 points, Chris Ortiz 19 points, Roman Rubinstein 8 points, Boris Boguslawski (2/10 from the field) 6 points.
Many for Kiryat Ata: Amin Stevens (19 rebounds) 29 points, Ido Davidi 13 points, Amit Reuven 9 points, Gur Lavi 8 points.
2021-22 National Basketball League Table
Location Playing points
| 18 | 11 | Elitzur Kiryat Ata | 1 |
| 17 | 9 | Urban Nahariya | 2 |
| 16 | 10 | AS Ramat Hasharon | 3 |
| 16 | 9 | Maccabi Raj | 4 |
| 16 | 10 | Intelligence rope | 5 |
| 14 | 10 | Elitzur Ashkelon | 6 |
| 13 | 10 | Hapoel Afula | 7 |
| 13 | 9 | Elitzur Netanya | 8 |
| 13 | 10 | Hapoel Raj | 9 |
| 12 | 10 | Maccabi Haifa | 10 |
| 11 | 10 | Jezreel Valley | 11 |
| 11 | 10 | Ma’ale Adumim | 12 |
| 11 | 9 | Maccabi Raanana | 13 |
| 11 | 11 | Maccabi Hod Hasharon | 14 |
| 10 | 8 | Maccabi Ashdod | 15 |