Is it a light at the end of the tunnel? Maccabi Ashdod defeated Ma’ale Adumim 94-85 on Tuesday night and achieved a victory that may give them hope for the rest of the way.
Leumit playoff quarterfinal series kicked off Tuesday night. Three games were played in the round that opened the lower house, with Ashkelon, Ashdod and Ramat Gan / Givatayim winning.
Maccabi Ashdod managed to beat Ma’ale Adumim 94-85 and thus opened up the chance for itself to stay in the league again. Naomi Kolodny’s team will join a great playoff and dramatic change to do the unbelievable.
It is important to remember that at the moment the decision of the basketball association is on three relegations from the national league, which makes the Ashdod mission even more difficult.
As mentioned, but in order to leave hope they had to start with something and it started as stated with the victory over Ma’ale Adumim.
Unio Broata started the game well and along with Chris Ortiz and Raviv Pitchon the visitors led 22:14 after the first quarter.
Chris Ortiz opened the second quarter well and with a three set 27:18, on the other hand Jaylen Kanti and Viner Benjamin returned fire.
The visitors continued to dictate the pace and Rubinstein provided a nice move and a nice penetration – 37:29. The latter went on his own and with threes from Boris Boguslawski and Arthur Rosenfeld the board showed 47:37 at the half.
The Dolphins opened the third quarter with a 9-0 run and climbed to a record 56:37 lead. Unio Broata and announcer Ortiz increased to 65:41, while on the other side the locals sniped two threes in a row.
Broata responded with a three and the third quarter ended in 72:52. The last quarter was for the most part no different, until towards the end Yair Gvirtz’s team started putting pressure on the whole field and reduced the gap to only 6, but not beyond that.
Maccabi Ashdod will meet the Jezreel Valley in the next round in the Kirya Hall.
Many for Maccabi Ashdod: Unio Broata (4/7 for three) 21 points, Raviv Pitchon (9 rebounds) 20 points, Chris Ortiz 18 points, Roman Rubinstein 12 points.