Oren Aharoni's team won at home and forced 1:1 against the cup holders in the quarter-finals of the playoffs. Yair Kravitz and Oded Brandwin kept the home side in the lead for three-and-a-half quarters.
On Wednesday, the series will return to the National Lottery Arena in the capital for Game 3. The ailing Aleksandar Dzikic stood on the lines for Bnei Herzliya against Hapoel Jerusalem.