Five pre-season games - five victories for Hapoel Jerusalem.
The Reds from the capital recovered this evening (Sunday) from a weak start and a deficit that peaked at 17 points in order to beat Hapoel Galil Alyion, 84:98, in a training game in Malha.
Alexander Dzikic's team will meet the winner between Hapoel Eilat and Ness Ziona in the quarterfinals of the Winner Basket Cup on Friday, while the Balkan League champions will meet the national champions, Hapoel Holon, on Wednesday.
Hapoel Jerusalem fans, this evening, photo: courtesy of Hapoel Jerusalem
Levy led an early cylindrical blitz, Hankins worked well in the paint but the visitors scored amazing percentages beyond the arc and ran to 21:31 after 10 minutes.
Abdul-Malik Abu got into things and together with Hudson established a record lead of 17 points, Noam Dovrat and Randolph woke up Jerusalem, before Washington increased again, 42:55 at the break.
Hudson started the second half well and Abu's dunk increased the lead to 16, but then the Jerusalem comeback began: Sim-Sander Vena and Kadin Carrington shot from the outside, the replacement guard began handing out assists to everyone and, together with the Estonian and Blazer, sent the locals to a 4:23 run. She sealed it with a three-pointer, 69:74 before the fourth quarter.
Alexander Dzikich on the lines, photo: courtesy of Hapoel Jerusalem
Three-pointers by Hudson and Hoover restored the advantage to Galil, a heated Randolph turned back and a dunk by Hankins sent Barak Peleg to a timeout trailing 87:79 in the middle of the fourth quarter.
Another dunk by Hankins opened a double digit gap for the first time and with the help of Marks Meiris he continued the escape until the end, 84:98 for Jerusalem.
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