1. Rises third in the semi-finals of the State Cup: Hapoel Tel Aviv tonight (Saturday) defeated Hapoel Jerusalem 71:87 and secured its place in the last four after 40 minutes in an electrifying atmosphere at the Kvutzat Shlomo Hall.
When Danny Franco built the roster in the summer he dreamed of an experienced team of players who had already gone through things in their careers and fought for titles, with diverse options on offense and hungry young players coming off the bench bringing defense and war.
The Tel Aviv team came into the game in great shape after five consecutive victories, including two prestigious derbies.
Even against strong Jerusalem, it dominated almost all stages of the game, won rightly and will return to the semifinals for the first time since the 2018/19 season.
Jacoben Brown, who has won two trophies with Jerusalem, has only returned to full training in recent days after struggling to recover from the corona virus.
But number 99 is a winner and despite the fatigue and poor fitness, he surpassed in time, just as the opponent made noises of coming back early in the fourth quarter.
Igor Kolshov, who arrived a few weeks ago from Maccabi Rishon LeZion during Bezeq, was the X Factor with some critical threes.
Brown tries to stop Obasohan, tonight, Photo: Oded Karni
2. We also need to talk about the loser.
Until about three weeks ago, Hapoel Jerusalem seemed the strongest team in the league with pretensions to go far on all fronts.
Since then she has managed to fly from Europe and now she is also eliminated from the cup already in the quarterfinals, after six consecutive seasons in which she qualified for the semifinals.
The Jerusalemites need to do a serious home inspection ahead of the second half of the season.
Halperin.
His team is in significant decline, Photo: Oded Karni
3. A big drama took place before the game when one of the Hapoel Tel Aviv employees collapsed suddenly and for many minutes the medical staff performed CPR on him. Later, the doctors were able to stabilize his condition and he was taken by ambulance to the hospital.
Tomorrow at 12:00 there will be a raffle for the semi-final stage.
Hapoel Tel Aviv will be drawn together with Hapoel Holon and Bnei Herzliya, who have already secured their place in the prestigious class, with the final immigrant to be determined on Monday in Kfar Blum between Hapoel Galil Elyon and Maccabi Tel Aviv.
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