If we thought that the victory over Wheelerban last Thursday would take Maccabi Tel Aviv on a new path, Hapoel Gilboa / Galil arrived tonight (Sunday) with a huge 83:87 and brought the Yellows back to the ground with a surprising and unexpected league loss.
The Yellows traditionally have a hard time in Candle Garden, but this time no one thought a surprise could happen.
The northerners arrived with three foreigners and a few days after a trip to Italy where they were defeated in the European Cup.
But Guy Kaplan's program worked well.
Gilboa completely controlled the pace and did not let Maccabi Tel Aviv get into its offensive pace. The feeling was that as in the previous games, the latecomer would fall off its feet in the second half and the preferred guests would open burners.
But Gilboa had completely different plans.
Sasha Kielia-Jones provided the heroic game under the baskets with 18 points and 14 rebounds, Ronny Harrell and London Frantes provided the points from the back line and also Or Cornelius who has been heavily credited since the start of the season reset the handle and made a fine contribution in all aspects.
In Maccabi Tel Aviv, the attacking game did not flow again with 33 percent to 3 and 52 percent from the field. Roman Sorkin did his thing with 16 points, but the rest of his teammates were not good enough. .
The Israeli champion will now embark on a not at all simple game sequence of four games in eight days and she will have to look much better on both sides of the field to get back on the winning track.
