1 Jacoben Brown entered the locker room after the great victory last night (Saturday) 71:87 of Hapoel Tel Aviv over Hapoel Jerusalem and fell on the treatment bed exhausted.
The red coordinator has only returned to training regularly in recent days after a few weeks in which he had difficulty recovering from the corona disease that caught him.
Yesterday he looked exhausted after just a few minutes, but brought his big heart just in time, when Hapoel Jerusalem, the media ex-winner won two trophies, made noises of coming back early in the fourth quarter.
"When Jacoban is next to me I'm calm, when the ball is in his court something good will happen," Captain Bar Timor said at the end.
"He's the kind of player of big baskets, big decisions, knows when to take out the offense, when to go basket. The teammate is the most amazing there is, just wants to win. Nobody talks about how he saves, this is his best defensive season in Israel."
Jacoben Brown.
"The kind of players of big baskets", Photo: Oded Karni
2. The professional manager Idan Steel represented Hapoel Tel Aviv in the quarterfinal draw. "I do not care who we will receive, we will only host the game at home," he told me a few minutes before the draw. Steel knew what he was talking about. In recent months Hapoel Holon , Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Jerusalem collapsed at the Kvutzat Shlomo Hall and scored an average of 70 points.
"When the hall is full we can not be beaten," the club says.
Beyond homeliness, this is also the defense.
No one thought at the beginning of the season that Hapoel Tel Aviv of the year would be a great defensive team, but it seems that the key to the Reds' great period is actually on the defensive side. "There was no big game here, there was a stubborn battle.
There was a war.
We won this battle with the teeth and nails, with good defense and toughness, "said coach Danny Franco at the end.
Hapoel players celebrate, yesterday at Drive In, Photo: Oded Karni
Gil Benny, who has been playing for a while with an injury, is one of the key markers for the great defense.
Franco places the Israeli coordinator on the main player of the opposing team and thus manages to disrupt the entire attacking game.
Yesterday, Retin Obasohan and Jaylen Adams lost 5 and 3 balls respectively and their minutes on the Hapoel Jerusalem field were minus 15 and 11 respectively.
3. Franco and Timor have already started to lower everyone to the ground and mention that the team has not won anything yet, but the enthusiasm in the club and among the fans is enormous due to the opportunity to win the title for the first time since 1993.
"The basketball association has nothing to worry about, our fans will snatch any available ticket," the team said.
"Bringing a club like Hapoel, which really wants to go out and shake off the grayness and face the high levels of Israeli basketball. Reaching Hapoel Tel Aviv for the Final Four is one of the moments I am happier," said Franco.
Timur concluded: "It's a trophy, anything can happen, the gap between first and eighth place in the league is a game and a half. We're there too, everyone can beat everyone, very equal. We have a chance to win, but just like the others."
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