Hapoel Holon's continuation of the season in the FIBA Champions Cup is in great danger. And in the event of a loss, Holon will not rise to the top 16 and end up in Europe, and if Guy Pnini's friends win, there will be a third game in Holon.
Holon loses the home advantage in the series and pays a price for poor ability and a tactical loss to the Turkish team that came in a very lacking lineup.
For a moment it would seem, Guy Pnini saves her as usual, but then came the man of the last minutes, coordinator Isaiah Whitehead with a big basket of victory.
Holon's ability is not surprising.
Only a few days ago she was defeated in Eilat.
She got a chance in front of the missing lineup of the guest without three of the foreign players including her most glittering name Ronday Hollins Jefferson.
She arrived on a very short roster where 15-year-old Yagiz Exo also got minutes.
Beyond Holon's fitness it was a crushing tactical victory for Besiktas, who took the game to the places she wanted, namely a slow pace and pace control.
Holon presented a stuck attack, without ideas and without the ability to play at a fast pace.
Holon fans in a frenzy, tonight, Photo: Oded Karni
Maurizio Buscalia stretched on the lines.
Almost, Photo: Oded Karni
It was close all the way when the Turkish team did not break and Holon failed to generate momentum.
Adam Smith with 12 points in the last 7 minutes gave Holon a boost to a 5 point advantage.
Whitehead turned the score around and then came Pnini, 9 seconds to go and gave a 71:72 lead.
The final word was from Whitehead, who once again showed his strength and reached his peak, 1.8 seconds to go with a critical victory basket.
Holon lost the home advantage, Photo: Oded Karni
Rafi Manko in action.
18 points, Photo: Oded Karni
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