The league's hottest team was stopped.
Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona continued its wonderful momentum from the impressive victory over Hapoel Jerusalem last week and achieved another impressive home victory today (Friday) 92:97 over Iruni Nes Ziona.
Elad Hassin's oranges have looked great in recent weeks and were the hottest team in the league with a streak of four consecutive wins, but were stopped at the shell hall and suffered a third league loss this season.
Lior Liubin's apprentices continued their improvement on the defensive side - the part that was their weak point at the start of the season - and stopped Tyler B, who leads the league's scoring list, to only 15 points - nine less than his average points per game of 24.1.
The Southerners started the match strong and led throughout thanks to the offensive explosion of David Afiani who recorded his best game in Israel with 33 points.
The guest managed to get back into the game in the last quarter with a big run of their own, but Afiani, Ben Mor (13 points and 14 rebounds) and Neta Segal (13 points) were there to prevent a turnaround.
Appian
Huge game, photo: Barney Ardov
Ness Ziona.
First loss after four wins, photo: Barney Ardov
Kalil Ahmed, photo: Barney Ardov
Kulshov is flying, photo: Barney Ardov
Elad Hossein
The sequence stopped, photo: Barney Ardov
Lior Liubin.
Can be satisfied, photo: Barney Ardov
Shrek Buchanan, photo: Barney Ardov
Hanukkah candle lighting ceremony before the game, photo: Barney Ardov
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