De Zhao's basket of victory, 0.3 seconds before the end of overtime arranged for the Purples of Dadas 79:81 Super dramatic over Italian Brindisi
Guy Pnini gallops to the basket, tonight in Holon
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Danny Maron
A tremendous achievement and history for Hapoel Holon, which won tonight (Wednesday) 79:81 from a basket of victory by Maxim de Zhao 0.3 seconds before the end of overtime against Italian Brindisi and advanced to the Final 8 of the Champions League.
The team in purple that until this season has not gone through even one stage in the senior Fiba factory continues the wonderful European journey and will now try to win the hosting of the games.
Stefanos Dadas' players recovered from a weak first half and responded with an excellent last 20 minutes, especially from CJ Harris and Chris Johnson. The Italians again forced an overtime, but with 1.5 seconds left on the clock Guy Pennini provided an ingenious delivery (one of many in his career) to Maxim de Zhao and the Belgian secured the dramatic victory and the ticket to the next stage.