After being 13 behind, the Yellows defeated Hapoel Holon 84:86 and picked up a first degree for the season • Caspi and Cloiaro excelled
Caspi and Bartholomew wave the trophy, tonight at Drive In
Photography:
Alan Shiver
First degree for Maccabi Tel Aviv for the 202021 season: The Yellows defeated Hapoel Holon 84:86 tonight (Saturday) and won the Winner's Cup for 2020 after a dramatic game.
The Winner's Cup may be the third most important title in Israeli basketball, but anyone who saw the hot game that developed on the floor at the Shlomo team hall watched a big battle between two teams that left everything on the court.
A degree is a degree is a degree.
Yannis Sapropoulos left Othello Hunter out of the squad with a view to Tuesday's game against Zenit in the Euroleague, and in the first half his absence was felt, especially on the defensive side.
Holon scored 48 points in the first 20 minutes while raining threes and also controlling under the baskets.
In moments like this, experienced and smart players are needed, and Omri Caspi meets exactly the definition.
The third quarter was the veteran forward's best since returning from injury.
Important threes, tough defense, assists and a lot of leadership.
Caspi's presentation along with tightening the defense transferred the advantage to the yellow side.
But there is quality on the other side as well.
Tyros Maggie was already with a foot and a half out of the group, and only because his replacement did not get permission to enter Israel, did he stay.
28 points from the Purple Guard sniper, but the rest of Holon's leading players were below their average level and against Maccabi Tel Aviv it could be enough for a close game.
Scotty Wilbkin who scored 14 points in the final was selected as the outstanding player of the tournament which started somewhere in September and ended next January.
This is how it is in the Corona era.
