Maccabi Tel Aviv this evening (Sunday) overcame Hapoel Beer Sheva/Dimona 68:81 at the Menorah Mivathim Hall with the help of a great game by Rafi Manko and returned to first place in the table.
On the eve of the match, the southerners announced that David Afiani, the star of the team and who was chosen as the league's outstanding player for the past month, is suffering from a knee injury and will be out for about a month.
In addition to him, Joaquin Shuchman also suffered an injury and was not available to Lior Liubin who had to deal with a short roster.
Rafi Manko in action, photo: Oded Karni
Sorkin in defensive action,
Oded Ketch's men returned to the home field after a streak of four away games, did not shine, but despite this they had no difficulty in overcoming the group from the capital of the Negev, in a game that was tight throughout but the yellows were in the lead throughout.
The yellow coach took the opportunity to expand the rotation and received a contribution from Darren Hilliard and his Israeli players who stood out.
During the second quarter, Guy Panini recorded a historic milestone in his career when he played in the 511th league game in his career in the local framework, thus equaling Meir Tapiro in first place on the all-time list.
The veteran forward shared several minutes and contributed nine points.
Yeftah Ziv in action, photo: Oded Karni
Moments of worry passed on the guest bench when Greg Whittington injured his knee, was assisted to get off the floor and did not return to play.
After the match, the Yellows will return to prepare for the European framework and on Thursday they will host Red Star Belgrade at home.
Yeftah Ziv on the floor, photo: Oded Karni
Guy Panini in action, photo: Oded Karni
Hilliard.
Good game, photo: Oded Karni
Kolshov does not understand, photo: Oded Karni
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