1. Disappointment at Hapoel Jerusalem after the 83:78 loss yesterday (Saturday) to Maccabi Tel Aviv.
9,170 spectators came to the arena, most of them reds who saw their team stop after a nice winning streak, precisely against the big rival and in a game that would have given them a promising gap at the top and most likely also the home team in all stages of the playoffs.
"We opened the game in the first half soft, let them control the color with insane percentages to 2, in the second half we lifted the toughness, we performed in the second half and our crowd gave a show, unfortunately we fell in the end with small mistakes given to Maccabi Security," admitted captain Adam Ariel at the end. .
"We played against a good team, this is a very deep Euroleague team, with players who were in these positions and those who thought it was obvious that we would win here are very wrong about Maccabi," added Yotam Halperin.
"We did some less good actions because of the concentration and fatigue, and they came back into the game in one second."
2. The team believes that this loss is a failure for them and hopes that its results will be positive for the important weeks that await them on all fronts, both in Europe and in the Cup.
"There will be no consequences for this game, we understand where we went wrong, we will learn next, it will only improve us for the future," Ariel promised.
Halperin: "We have experienced a good way in the last two months, but we did not think our whole life would be easy. There will be many more difficult moments. Unfortunately people who may start, and be in less good shape, and lose more important games. "Our locker room is very disappointed with the loss, I am proud of the way the players played today, they were there. It's part of the season, part of the dynamics of an entire season, we move on. We will learn from what happened here."
Spokeswoman, last night at the arena.
Satisfaction in Jerusalem, Photo: Alan Shiver
3. Chin John Agbono did not complete all the medical tests and therefore was not registered in the squad for the game.
The influence that attacked Sean Kilpatrick forced the professional team to enroll Anthony Bennett who is struggling to contribute professionally and is expected to leave soon.
Agbono will complete all the tests as early as the beginning of the week and is expected to play against Manresa on Thursday.
"We were short so we felt tired in the last quarter," the team said.
Meanwhile, Hapoel Jerusalem is very pleased with the signing of Noam Dovrat.
"We made a move here in terms of the club," sources said.
"He has great potential and he will contribute a lot to us in the future."
Halperin, who also serves as the sporting director, said on the subject: "I am happy that we were able to add such a player to our system. Noam will give us both in the short term and in the future."
As we have published, the person who is expected to leave after the signing of a spokesperson is Yuval Schneiderman, whose services are of interest to a number of groups.
Amit Gershon's future is also still unclear.
The player was given 5 minutes yesterday as a continuation of the devaluation of his last minutes of play.
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