The main game in the fourth round of the Premier League was held at this time in Yad Eliyahu, where Maccabi Tel Aviv hosts the national champion, Hapoel Holon. The Purples come after their first loss in the league this season, and hope to inflict one of those on the host, who is still undefeated.
In the early game of the evening, Hapoel Haifa beat Bnei Herzliya 85:87 away at the end of a huge drama – Hapoel Haifa had already celebrated a 75:77 victory from a basket by Anthony Hickey, but he threw after the time and the teams went into overtime, which also ended with a winning basket by Hickey that stopped the sequence of the hosts.
Maccabi Tel Aviv – Hapoel Holon
The Yellows finished off a great week that included lifting the Winner’s Cup for the third time in a row thanks to a win over Hapoel in the derby, followed by a third consecutive EuroLeague win at the expense of Panathinaikos. Jalen Adams made his first appearance on the roster for the league, as Yeftah Ziv and Guy Panini returned after not dressing for the last game in Europe, while Alex Poythers and Bonzie Colson were rested. Holon recovered from the home loss to Bnei Herzliya with a win over Galatasaray that kept them perfect in the FIBA Champions League, and Guy Goodes left Hayden Dalton out of the squad to bring back Kenny Kadji.
The home team won all of the last six meetings between the teams in the league. A month ago, Oded Ketch’s team defeated Holon 91:97 in the semi-finals of the Winner Cup.
the progress of the game
Quarter 1:
Maccabi Tel Aviv advanced in the top five with Lorenzo Brown, Yiftah Ziv, Rafi Manko, Jarel Martin and Josh Nibo, on the other hand, Hapoel Holon advanced with Joe Ragland, Eric Green, Sean Dawson, Chris Johnson and Marvin Jones. The guest was the first to get on the scoreboard with a Ragland basket and Johnson made it 0:4, but then the yellows also got on the board for the first time from a basket by Martin, who also drew a foul and added a point from the line. Good minutes from Ziv and Menko allowed the yellows to run and Goodes called a timeout 12 behind :11. Martin sniped an accurate 3-pointer and Ziv also scored from outside the arc, on the other hand Johnson replied with a 3-pointer of his own and Holon remained close to Maccabi Tel Aviv, but fell behind at the end of the quarter 26:19.
Quarter 2:
Bnei Herzliya – Hapoel Haifa 87:85 (at the end of overtime)
A huge drama in the Jubilee Hall and at the end Hapoel Haifa came out with the upper hand against the cup holder – from two winning baskets by Anthony Hickey, one that was not confirmed at the buzzer and another basket two seconds before the end of overtime, thus continuing the winning streak after beating Antwerp last week with a three-pointer by Amit Simhon European Cup.
Let’s jump straight to the final minutes in the fourth quarter: Bnei Herzliya was already able to come back from a double-digit deficit in the third quarter, but had a hard time stopping Hickey who prevented her from taking the lead. Chris Babb, who didn’t score a field goal until the last quarter, woke up in money-time and with a big three made it 73:74 for Herzliya, but Haifa regained the lead 74:75 with 45 seconds left. 10 seconds later Gamble was sent to the line, but he was only accurate with one shot. Kadeem Allen went up for a 3-pointer and missed, but Devonte Epson picked up a rebound in the attack and the move ended with a winning basket by Hickey – but the cameras showed that he threw after the time and the teams went into overtime.
Let’s jump to the last minute again: Simhon while making a clutch three-pointer, his first of the evening, made it 82:82 with a minute left to go, Babb missed after that and Hapoel Haifa made it 82:84 from Epson’s basket. Aharoni took a timeout and Herzliya came back from it with a 3-pointer by Sandy Cohen that made it 84:85, but then Bnei Herzliya committed an unsportsmanlike foul because she committed a foul in the offside of the last attack and the balance was 85:85. In the last attack, the ball again reached Hickey, who again went up for a winning shot and scored with two seconds to go. Herzliya had no timeouts left, the clock was ticking and Haifa celebrated a victory.
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