Hapoel Tel Aviv is marked as one of the teams that can go very far this season, and tonight (Monday) it showed little of its potential when it defeated Nes Ziona 79: 105 away and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Winner's Cup.
Danny Franco's team still lacks a tall foreigner, so it covered Haifa with a good defense and a great team offensive game (6 players scored in double digits), with Idan Zalmanson (17 points) and JPPoto (15) standing out especially well.
Hapoel Tel Aviv celebrates in Ness Ziona // Danny Maron,
Ness Ziona looked very bad throughout the preparation period and even before the game managed to release the tall Kenny Woten due to injury.
As it turns out, Lior Lubin will soon replace at least one or two strangers, this time for professional reasons.
Matt Farrell (15) and Tomer Levinson (11) were the only bright spots in orange.
