Hapoel Jerusalem continued its wonderful momentum from the last few weeks and last night (Tuesday) recorded its biggest victory of its European season in Germany, when it beat Ludwigsburg 81:87 thanks to a wonderful game by Zach Hankins who led the list of scorers for the guest with 19 points and 7 rebounds.
During the match, Aleksandar Džikić's men received the surprising news from the corresponding match at home, where the Danish Bakken Bears surprised the Turkish Druzhapka and in fact determined that a red victory would guarantee at least the second place in the house that gives home in the play-in stage, and they were not going to let the opportunity slip from their hands .
With the help of a great team game and sharing a point with five scorers in double figures, they left Germany with the impressive away victory that brought them significantly closer to the next stage and determined that a victory in Turkey next week over Druzhapka will complete the task.
Zach Hankins.
Big evening, photo: FIBA website
"Thinking or trying to plan a victory over the basket differences before a game is dangerous and I'm not sure it's the right way to waste energy and time on it. We came here to play the best we can and control what we can control. They're a great team that I have a lot of respect for. We wanted to be able to stop them in their strengths and I'm glad we succeeded," Aleksandar Džikić said at the end.
The Serbian players were very focused and punished the host for every loss - 19 of them were used for 27 easy points on the other side.
In the attack it was once again Zach Hankins who continued to be the target player for the Reds with 19 points, 9-13 from the field and an efficiency index of 20, the highest among the players of both teams.
Dzikic.
Satisfied, photo: FIBA website
"I'm very proud of the team. We knew it was a big game for us, so we just tried to go into the game strong and follow the coach's game plan to try to get a win. I didn't really hit the whole game, but I just tried to stay focused, and my friends supported me, they told me 'Keep throwing'. In the end I was accurate in the last shots which is when the most important thing," Kadin Carrington, who contributed 8 points and 3 assists, shared his feelings at the end.
After the match, the Reds will return to the local framework and will be hosted by Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona on Friday as part of the tenth round in the Winner League, before leaving for Turkey for the last match in the group stage in Europe.
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