"Coaching the team, and more importantly - a championship": the birthday wish that came true

Guy Goodes became the third in history to be crowned champion as a player and also as a coach.

Guy Pnini completed a rare trio on his way to his 18th career title.

Hapoel Holon has succeeded where all the teams have failed in the past.

And also: 42.3 - The extra number of basket kings Joe Ragland and Tyros Maggie

Ahrela Weisberg

09/06/2022

Thursday, 09 June 2022, 23:05

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A year and three months ago, on his 50th birthday, I had a "50 on 50" interview with Guy Goods at Walla!

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The 50th and final question was what he must accomplish by the age of 60. "Coach the Israeli team," he replied.

It is said that you will do until the age of 51, I made it difficult (and I was right).

"There is one more important thing, even more: to win the state championship as a coach," he replied.

And justice.

* Goodes is the third in history to be crowned Israeli champion as a player and also as a coach.

The last to do so was Oded Katash in 2010, preceded only by the late Ralph Klein. Barry Leibowitz won the championship with Hapoel Tel Aviv in 1969, the season he started as a player and finished as a coach.

* For the first time in six years, an Israeli coach wins the national championship Before Yannis Sapropoulos (three times), Nevan Spahija and Simona Pianijani, it was Arik Shibek who lifted the plate with Maccabi Rishon Lezion in 2016.

* Guy Pnini has won the 18th title of his career: this is his fourth championship, in addition to 11 state cups and one win in the Adriatic League, the Balkan League and of course the Euroleague.

* Pnini has won two or more titles with three different clubs (Hapoel Jerusalem, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Holon).

As far as is known, there was no other player who did this in Israel.

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For the second time in its history: Hapoel Holon won the championship

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An exciting dish.

Holon celebrates (Photo: Danny Maron)

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* Holon's pair of guards issued 42.3 points per game and led the basket king table of the entire playoffs.

Legeland 22.2 in the evening, and Maggie 20.1 in any given game, the Purples received between 24 and 59 points from these two.

* Holon is the first team in history to go through two playoff series without a home advantage on the way to winning the championship: 1: 2 over Hapoel Jerusalem in the semifinals and 0: 2 over Bnei Herzliya in the final.

* None of the Premier League teams managed to finish the regular season with a positive balance in the away games.

The hosts stood at 64.8 percent success (the highest recorded in the country since 1996), but in the decisive moments the picture was reversed: the percentage of guests' victories in the series jumped from 35 to 59 (13 of 22).

* And back to Goodes: This is the first coach to sign (albeit partially) a relegation and a championship win that season.

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