After the victory of Maccabi Tel Aviv over Irini Nes Ziona, the picture of the State Cup final that will be held on Thursday will be completed tonight (Monday) at the end of the match between Hapoel Haifa and Hapoel Jerusalem, which hosts the deciding stages of the cup in Ulma.
For the teams, this is the first meeting of the season in the capital city, after the Jerusalemites won the league in Romama 57:74.
Hapoel Jerusalem will hope that history will also be on its side and that it will maintain 100% qualification for the cup that was held in its home arena.
The Reds have reached the previous three finals at the venue which opened in 2014, but have only won once.
Aleksandar Džikić decided not to list Brandon Brown and Sam Sander-Vena for the matchup, and will hope for a contribution from Matt J. Klein, who was registered for the first time.
On the other hand, Hapoel Haifa came to the capital when it was in the midst of a less than ideal period.
Sharon Drucker's team was eliminated from the Eurocup with four consecutive losses, and in the league they won only once in 2023. The Haifas present for the first time Justin Tillman, who will try to impress as he did in the previous terms in Israel as a player for Hapoel Gilboa/Galil and Hapoel Tel Aviv and help his team qualify for the first final in its history.
Will history in the arena repeat itself?
Carrington (photo: Bernie Ardov)
Who will come 40 minutes away from the cup? (Photo: Liron Moldovan)
Red Arena (Photo: Liron Moldovan)
the progress of the game
Quarter 1:
Hapoel Jerusalem started with Speedy Smith, Or Cornelius, Levi Randolph, Marks Myris and Zach Hankins, while Haifa brought up Anthony Hickey, Kadeem Allen, Amit Simhon, Justin Tillman and Sean Jones, and ran to 0:7 after two minutes
Hankins lowered to 10:9, the excellent Hickey left the advantage on the side of the whites, reached 12 personal points and determined 15:21.
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