Winner League Basket 21-22
Game board
Cycle 13 – 01/01/2022
- Hapoel Eilat
- 60 – 85
- Hapoel Holon
- Hapoel Jerusalem
- 83 – 78
- Maccabi Tel Aviv
- Gilboa / Galil
- 87 – 73
- Hapoel Tel Aviv
- Hapoel Galil Elyon
- 66 – 74
- Hapoel B’Sh
- Urban Ness Ziona
- 88 – 89
- Bnei Herzliya
- Maccabi Rishon LeZion
- 17 – 20
- Hapoel Haifa
ONE System |
Nathaniel Artzi (Itzik Belnitsky)
Maccabi Rishon Lezion is currently hosting Hapoel Haifa for a rematch from the 13th round of the Winner Basket League. The hosts, who have yet to win at home this season, hope to put an end to this figure and give their crowd their first home win. On the other hand, the guest who is in an excellent period, hopes to continue her positive streak and take another step towards the high top. This is the first game of Maccabi Rishon Lezion since the departure of the mythical chairman Yitzhak Perry, who recently announced the end of his career at the club.
Dror Cohen’s team is already three games away from the red line, as it is placed deep in last place in the table. In its last six games, the team has managed to win only once. The balance of the first so far this season, stands at three wins and 12 losses, and the club hopes to embark on a new path before it is too late.
The Reds from Carmel recorded three consecutive victories in the league, following which they rose to fourth place in the table. The previous game against Rishon LeZion at the Haifa club is also well remembered, with a crazy game that ended in a 94:98 victory. The team balance this season stands so far at eight wins and six losses, and the big task is to create continuity with a costly away win.
First quarter: 17:20 to Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Maccabi Rishon LeZion Quintet: To Holloway, Guy Platin, Anthony Brown, Nathaniel Artzi and Damon Simpson.
Hapoel Haifa Quintet: Kadim Allen, Gregory Vargas, Amit Simhon, Scotty James and Igor Nesterenko.
The game opened with a wonderful move by Guy Platin who completed a basket and an offense and was also punctual from the line. Scotty James put the layup on the other side. Anthony Brown warmed up with four straight points. After a good offensive start, the teams calmed down a bit but Damon Simpson got into things with two straight baskets and a complete one on the way to an orange 7:12. Nathaniel Artzi broke a series of orange attacks without points with a basket of a lot of determination and aggression that raised the hosts to 11:14. Alan was the standout man of the guests and scored well, a dunk by James Dickie shrank to a point.
Anthony Rishon took advantage of an unsportsmanlike offense by Hapoel Haifa to open a five-and-a-half minute gap to end the first quarter. Nathaniel Artzi got into an early offense problem when he made his second with one minute left in the quarter, Dror Cohen of course took him off the floor. The Oranges go down to the break between the quarters with a three-point advantage. Will they achieve their first home win of the season?
