29 points and an index of 34, two career highs of Michael Brisker in the victory over Hapoel Eilat in the previous round, brought Hapoel Gilboa Galil a triple achievement: an almost final promise of a place in the league next season, a big comeback (20 minutes behind, six minutes to go) and for the first time - a second victory in succession.
The first was against another opponent at the bottom, Hapoel BS.
Tonight (Monday, 19:00, Sport 5 Live), Gilboa is waiting for another meeting against a bottom team - the last Maccabi Rishon LeZion.
This is not the first time Brisker has done great things for the team from the Valley.
This is a season of records for him.
He plays in it the most of his three seasons in the Premier League (23.3 minutes per game), scores the most (10.9 points), the most morale (2 assists) and of course his threes percentage (47) is the highest.
This season he also set his three-point record for one game (7).
All this indicates that after half a season at Hapoel Tel Aviv and a season and a half at Maccabi Haifa, Brisker found a home in Gilboa - the classic place for player development.
Gilboa players celebrate in Eilat.
Will they also celebrate tonight ?, Photo: Yehuda Ben Itach
This is probably a key season in the career of Brisker, who celebrated his 24th birthday a month ago.
One proof of this is the summons to the Israeli team (at this stage only to the extended staff).
It will be recalled that the gifted slingshot - the son of former star Mark Brisker - already has a European title in the uniform of the Israeli reserve team.
This is a key season for the guard, as one can see the development and diversity in his game.
So far you have said Brisker - you have said a one-dimensional player built on phenomenal shooting from the outside (leading the league by three percent).
This season we also see him as an assistant in leading the ball, and sometimes a center himself.
We see him more penetrating the basket and also more dominant on defense.
Michael Brisker is becoming a more complete player this season, but what is still lacking is stability.
With all the good things he has done this season, he has quite a few ups and downs, and in no less than seven games has not passed 6 points.
In another game tonight, the leader Hapoel Jerusalem will host Nes Ziona (21:00, Sport 5 Live).
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