Hapoel Tel Aviv's opening game of the season proved: the Reds promised a powerful team, and after the first 40 minutes it seems that the expectations from it are high for nothing.
The performance today (Friday) at the Shlomo Hall made it clear that Aylat has not yet started the season, while Danny Franco's team showed no mercy on the way to a one-sided and crushing 59:98.
Three minutes from the start the scoreboard collapsed and caused a long break of about half an hour.
After everything was settled and the game resumed, only one team showed up for the task and ran for victory - Hapoel Tel Aviv of course.
A 9:24 run in the second quarter ended the story already in the first half.
It was a half in which the Reds handed out 16 assists, and at the break they were down with a 26-point lead - 27:53.
Garden in front of Tarle.
12 points and 9 rebounds for Hapoel Tel Aviv, photo: Oded Karni
Only after almost 30 minutes of play did Eilat manage to reach its 30th point, which allowed Franco to incorporate the young red project, Ily Dolinsky (5 points in 14 minutes) from the middle of the third quarter.
Another youngster, Eyal Harel (5 points), also saw the floor in the last quarter.
The one who led Hapoel Tel Aviv was the foreigner Xavier Manford with 19, and finally the scoreboard echoed the predatory result - 59:98 for the Reds. Mercy on Hapoel Eilat.
Dolinsky (in red).
earn significant minutes,
But with all due respect to Hapoel Tel Aviv's ability and depth, they received an invited opponent for the opening.
Eilat's preparation was not good because it lost Casey Frather and Scott Machado due to injuries.
Eilat came to the opener without a foreigner in the most critical position (the center), but it seems that all the circumstances still do not justify the weakness it showed in the Shlomo Hall.
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