1. A derby is a big noise, but it seems that for many years there hasn't been a perfect setting for the urban struggle like yesterday (Sunday).
I don't remember a situation where the two rivals came to the game without a loss.
It was a game of great promise that was fulfilled: the second derby of the season, reaching the heights and the best is probably yet to come.
It was a game with an unexpected hero, seemingly decided by a close finish, but in reality it belongs to one man - John DiBartholomew.
In games where there are no big differences, you need someone to make the difference.
When you look at the game, the last part of the third quarter was the most significant of all and there was the guard who came off the bench.
By the time "John-D" arrived, it seemed like the operative was taking the game to the places she wanted.
But it's not just the 11 points he scored in a short time;
What helped turn the game around was his fighting spirit and the way he woke up his friends, much thanks to his heart and soul.
From here until the end, and even though Po'el was close, it was completely under Maccabi's control.
DiBartolomeu was a classic X factor, the question is whether he will return to what he was in the past - the ultimate substitute.
John-D.
The X Factor, photo: Alan Shiver
2. In the first derby in the Winner Cup final, we missed the big Brown vs. Brown match-up.
Jacoben was injured and did not play, and on the other hand, Lorenzo danced on the field and led Maccabi to victory.
Yesterday they played against each other, the red guard was fine, but in his opponent we saw the big change.
For those who remember, Lorenzo Braun was then on the winning streak with the Spanish Eurobasket team and he himself was at his peak.
Little by little we are seeing the price of the hard summer that Maccabi's coordinator has gone through.
He seems to lack energy as if we are at the end of the season - a point that should worry the yellow club.
Regulating his workload in the near future will be key to continuing, the problem is that until Sunday he will not be able to rest because every game is important: Tuesday and Thursday Olympiacos and Red Star in the Euroleague and on Sunday Hapoel Jerusalem comes to the hall.
Lorenzo Brown.
Exhausted, photo: Alan Shiver
3. Hapoel won all the battles off the field before the derby but lost on the floor.
Before the derby she won the ticket story, before that her fans managed to collect the money for a fifth stranger.
And of course the signal of its intentions to go big with the signing of Chinano Onoaku.
In practice, in the real battle, she lost, and the question arises as to why the shiny purchase was not on the roster.
Hapoel gave an advance to Maccabi?
Most likely not, and it may be that he is not in top shape and is likely not yet coordinated with his friends.
The point is that the alternative was to go up with Chris Horton, a player who knows that he has finished his career in the team, because of the bringing in of the "Chief".
It was too much of a luxury - to expect Horton to excel in this situation is too much of a demand.
Maccabi took 21 offensive rebounds yesterday, proof that with all the problems - Perkano should have gone with Onuaku.
Jacob Brown.
Arrived in good time as usual, photo: Alan Shiver
Maccabi is 0:2 in derbies this season, but that still doesn't mean anything about the rest.
Hapoel lost twice, but she is absolutely sure that she can do it in the future, certainly with Onuaku's reinforcement.
She is no longer an underdog like before.
that's for sure.
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