2024-02-15 09:26:02
After three consecutive losses, Hapoel Holon returned to win last night (Wednesday), 71:84 against Hapoel Haifa in Rome. Amit Sheraf’s team recovered thanks to the new acquisition, Kevin Hervey, who celebrated from all ranges – and raised the Holonites to a positive balance (5:6) in the basketball Premier League.
Sharaf’s team arrived after a difficult period, from the close loss to Maccabi Tel Aviv, through the “home” loss to Prometheus in the Champions League, and the loss on Sunday in Herzliya.
Yesterday, Hapoel Holon was again missing Justin Smith and J. Harris, and if that wasn’t enough, Sean Dawson was injured during the first half and today he will undergo tests to determine his condition. In Holon they are talking about a hamstring strain and hope it is not something else that will result in a prolonged absence.
Amit Sharaf He talked about another injured yesterday, CJ Harris, and said that he will probably miss the intriguing match on Saturday against Hapoel Tel Aviv.
In addition, the coach summed up the match: “We received a lot from the bench. I am very satisfied with the acquisition of Kevin Hervey. I appreciate his calmness and connection to the team. It is not easy to introduce a new player to the team that he wanted. We are teaching him little by little, giving up certain things in the attack because he cannot complete What we learned in 4 months, but he forces it with abilities we don’t have, like putting the ball in the basket when the attack is stuck.”
Regarding DeAndre Burns, who once again played a lukewarm game, Scharf said: “I still don’t want to state that this is a bad team. The first time he plays at these levels, he is a foreign guard and we do need to get more from him in terms of points and decisions. We are constantly checking ourselves and checking Where can we improve, in a difficult economic reality, and if we seem to have the option to bring then there may be changes, but today I got better things from him than previous games.”
Kevin Hervey (22 points) who excelled last night was satisfied at the end: “I feel at home. I didn’t know the players when I got here but I know how to play basketball and that’s what I do. The decision to come to Israel was easy, I asked several friends, including Darion Atkins who recommended me to come here. I I really love Israel and the team and I want to do beautiful things here.”
As mentioned, Hapoel Holon will meet Hapoel Tel Aviv on Saturday at their home Ulma. CJ Harris and Justin Smith are expected to continue to be absent, while Sean Dawson will probably also miss the meeting.
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