Maccabi Rishon Lezion defeated Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan tonight (Thursday) 69:85 in the National League.
Maccabi Rishon Lezion maintains a perfect balance sheet, and along the way marks V Rishon at Beit Maccabi in the eyes of the local audience.
Nadav Zilberstein's team, without the injured Igor Nesterenko and Nimrod Tishman, completely dominated the offensive rebound and already at an early stage gained a double-digit lead that was maintained until the end of the game.
Maccabi Urban Ramat Gan surrendered unconditionally, and suffered a second loss in a row in the league.
Jonathan Moore provided a tremendous display of 31 points and 11 rebounds.
The Oranges started the game with a storm and very quickly took the lead 4:15.
Jared Armstrong buried 5 points in the last minute of the quarter en route to an 11:30 lead at the end.
Tal Peled opened the second quarter with a three-pointer from the corner, but the guests began to bite into the difference with the good ability of Idan Paz.
Very quickly the locals responded with a run of their own on the way to a record 24:44 lead.
The Oranges completely dominated the offensive rebound and Jonathan Moore closed a great half (16 points and 7 rebounds) with a dunk - 29:51.
At the start of the third quarter, Yaniv Burger's team made noises of a comeback, but the home team quickly responded with a 3-pointer by Yonatan Moore and points in the paint - 42:66.
At the end of the third quarter 47:69 to Maccabi Rishon LeZion.
The last quarter opened with a 13-3 run and the board showed only 60:72.
Once again the home team managed to make several stops and secured the victory.
Rosh Lach with another V, photo: Yael Amsili
Scored for Maccabi Rishon LeZion:
Jonathan Moore (11 rebounds) 31 points, Rakim Buckles (8/11 for two) 19 points, Isaiah Cousins 13 points, Jared Armstrong 7 points, Tal Peled 6 points.
Scored for Maccabi City Ramat Gan:
Kevin Kipers 20 points, Elijah Hirsch 17 points, Idan Paz 11 points, Ben Altit 10 points.
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