Maccabi Tel Aviv beat Hapoel Tel Aviv 82:89 in the derby at the Menora Arena. Maccabi will begin its quarter-final playoff series against Beersheba on Wednesday (18:30) The Yellowjackets will have to find out how Josh Nivo and Wade Baldwin are doing.
It is believed that Nivo will miss at least the playoff series, and possibly the entire season. Baldwin is unlikely to be absent, Manko is waiting for the "real thing"