After many months of waiting and waiting, Israeli basketball officially returned today (Friday) and provided us with an intriguing and spicy meeting already for the opening portion of the season.
Hapoel Holon, the new champion, hosted Hapoel Jerusalem at the Totu Hall and beat them with a score of 76:80 at the end of a hot and tense game.
Even before the start of the match, the Purples held a ceremonial ceremony to mark the championship, with the participation of the club's former players, Israel Elimelech and Niv Bugin, who gave the signal to raise the ceremonial championship flag.
On the other hand, the red fans chose to boycott the ceremony, and entered their stands only after it was over.
The two teams reached the first game of the season in the league after a victory in the European arena, as part of the FIBA Champions League. The host beat Legia Warsaw in Poland 81:84 at the end of extra time, while the guest beat 67:69 at home over the Turkish Druzhapka.
The Jerusalemites started the game better, showed determination under the baskets and, led by Zach Hankins who did everything he could in the paint in the opening minutes, took an 8-point lead.
Holonia offset the difference in the second quarter with wonderful minutes by Marvin Jones and Chris Johnson, who transferred the advantage to Holon's side.
Noam is speaking.
He helped Jerusalem as much as he could,
The second half continued to be tight, with neither team managing to escape.
The advantage changed hands several times in the final minutes, until Eric Green took control of the game for the purple-whites, and with the help of seven consecutive points, transferred the lead to the host's side, which they successfully maintained until the end.
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