With two wins and zero losses in the series, Maccabi Tel Aviv is currently hosting Hapoel Tel Aviv with one clear goal: to complete a sweep and advance to the Premier League playoff semifinals. The champion knows that another victory in the derby will equal the season balance against the Reds, Next, there will be a winner between Bnei Herzliya and Hapoel Haifa.
As in the previous two games, the Yellows lined up for a meeting without Ante Žižić (who returned to partial training), Angelo Cloiaro and Kyrie Thomas.
On the other hand, Hapoel went up to the floor with only three foreign players, after announcing that James Young had torn an ankle ligament and finished the season.
Remember, the league rules do not allow for staff changes between games in the same series, but only between series.
The Yellows have always reached a 0: 2 situation six times in the third game of the playoff series against Hapoel - and in all six cases they also won the third game and completed a sweep.
The last time was just three years ago, at a crushing 63:87 in the quarterfinals of the 2018/19 season.
the progress of the game
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