It was a derby whose motto is time.
On the floor we saw Hapoel Tel Aviv of yesteryear and Maccabi Tel Aviv of today.
The first derby of the season a month ago, Hapoel won in good basketball.
The second derby with the heart.
It was a display of closeness and energy in the taste of yesteryear.
Hapoel, who was on the floor at Heichal Shlomo yesterday, reminded groups of the past in the Ussishkin Hall.
A group of warriors, with quite a few young players, is as committed as it has not been seen in years, playing with enormous energies, being pushed with great force by the crowd and getting the most out of itself.
A group that did not break even though there were two situations that it could easily have happened.
Danny Franco gave great performances in both derbies.
If in the first derby it was James Young above all yesterday there was a huge performance by JP Tokoto that there is no element of basketball in which he did not contribute.
Maccabi did not mention anything once.
She was more reminiscent of the team of the season.
Until proven otherwise its display in front of Olympiacos is an exception that does not attest to the rule.
Once again we have seen the elements that lead her this season to be only 13th in the Euroleague and only sixth in the league with an almost unbelievable balance of six losses in 14 games in the local arena.
Lost four balls against the Greeks on Thursday, yesterday 19 which became the Reds' 26 points.
Again we saw that Maccabi is not studying or maybe Scotty is not studying.
The final minutes were one long Wilbkin dribble and his shots by force.
Ante Žižić, who was facing unstoppable Olympiacos, was experiencing great difficulties this time.
The opening figures were against Hapoel: almost three weeks without a game, without its best player Jacoben Brown and Maccabi in full swing after the victory in the Euroleague.
Beyond that, beating Maccabi twice a season seems big on them.
This is almost a historic event in terms of our league - to do about Maccabi Double that season.
Hapoel Tel Aviv fans. Their madness has passed to the players, Photo: Alan Shiver
On the red parquet proved that the assessments are separate and the verb of the last period separately.
They have proven that they are cooking something good for the sequel.
Although the team had a break due to the Corona's problems in the league, we will not forget that yesterday's victory was already the fifth in a row.
The team that started the season with 4: 1 responds later with 2: 7 and is only one victory less than the second place and ahead of Maccabi in the table.
If new addition Igor Kolshov finally sees his potential, it could be the best red season in years.
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