A positive start to the new season.
Hapoel Tel Aviv did not have a hard time tonight (Monday) in the home debut in the round of 16 of the Winner Cup, and easily won 69:107 over the newcomer Kiryat Ata.
Hapoel Tel Aviv coach Danny Franco shared at the end of the match: "The first game of the season always contains excitement and uncertainty, especially since this is the first time the new players meet the Hapoel Tel Aviv crowd."
Franco added: "We did a good job throughout the game at the energy level compared to the beginning of the season.
At the basketball level we want to progress little by little and improve as a team, we will have to integrate everyone and we will have a lot of work.'
Jacob Brown in action, tonight at the Drive In, photo: Oded Karni
"I take from this game first of all the victory.
The crowd that comes to the game has fun and that's important.
You have to be fair and admit a lie if a key player is missing.
In large parts of the game we played a bit well, we have good and less good things to take from the game.'
Kiryat Ata city coach, Sharon Abrahami, commented on the game at the end: "This game was his first baptism of fire to understand where we have come.
Hapoel Tel Aviv is a quality team that will be at the top of the league this season."
Bar Timur in action, tonight at the Drive In,
Abrahami added: "We missed Amin Stevens who is a significant part for us.
Hapoel Tel Aviv came together with the crowd and presented a high intensity, for us the drop to defense and the closing for the returning balls was not good.
At the point where we managed to reduce the difference to 11, we didn't know how to come back.'
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