1. Hapoel Jerusalem did not like the defense that led them to absorb 89 points from Maccabi Tel Aviv yesterday (Sunday) and apparently lost first place in the table in favor of the Yellows.
"Maccabi is a deep and quality team with quality players, and when you take your foot off the gas and lower the level of aggression you will be hurt," said Yotam Halperin.
"When you play against Maccabi in the arena, and you do not enter the game or at least compare the level of aggression you are injured very quickly. We were punished with a 9: 0 run and from there we had a snowball that we had a hard time coming back from. That it will happen".
"We weren't there defensively the whole game," KC Rivers added.
"In the first half we were better but most of the points came from a passing game, we didn't stop them in the pass, we stopped them a bit but the pass defense as a unit was not good enough."
Halperin in a madness on the lines, Photo: Oded Karni
2. Jerusalem is aware that they have lost all three games this season against the big rival, but try not to get excited about it.
"Every game of ours against Maccabi has its own life, in the arena we were led 7, 6 minutes to the end. Even today we did not break, our better minute in our stages we were close to the end. The very fact that they wanted and could not respond hurt us. Our two games were momentum Maccabi's little ones who finished the game. "
Rival coach Avi Even also agreed with Halperin: "Every game has its life. Jerusalem is a talented team, and I'm glad we knew how to beat them. I relate to this game and less to the rest, because every game has its life. A series with Jerusalem? When we get to the bridge we will cross him".
Adams vs. Sorkin.
Hot game in the hall, Photo: Oded Karni
3. In Jerusalem they were pleased with the crowd that came in droves and pushed the group.
All the tickets allocated to the team were quickly hijacked, and on the morning of the game, the Yellows even allocated between tens and hundreds of additional tickets to Jerusalem fans who were also abducted.
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