Maccabi Tel Aviv lost 61:67 to Hapoel Jerusalem last night (Thursday) in the final of the Medina Cup held at Piss Arena and lost the first title for the season, which went to the arch rival from the capital.
In the last quarter, the Yellows managed to get back into the game thanks to a wonderful game by Bonzie Coulson and Lorenzo Brown, who carried their friends on their backs and forced a dramatic finish, but a dramatic ball loss by Wade Baldwin, prevented a turnaround and sent the trophy to the red trophy cabinet.
Maccabi Tel Aviv coach, Oded Ketch, summed up the game: "I want to congratulate Jerusalem for the win, they were better and they deserved it.
We started the game well, defensively we did the work to win the game, but offensively we were not good and we need to test ourselves.'
Coulson doesn't believe it, photo: Alan Shiver
Team captain Joe DiBartholomeo shared his feelings at the end: "He said: "We didn't play well, we made easy mistakes, we made a lot of penalty kicks. Hapoel Jerusalem played very well today and we didn't perform well against them, they deservedly won.
"We are very disappointed with the result today, we were there and finished short. We failed tonight, but you can't say that the whole season is a failure, we still have a lot to fight for. The goal is to take every trophy, we will have to move forward."
Baldwin receives instructions from Ketch, photo: Alan Shiver
"The responsibility is on me, I have to check how I could have been better, I'm not disappointed with the players", you pointed out in the situation that was created, we were not big favorites.
We need to learn from this and look forward, I acknowledge the meaning of losing a title at Maccabi Tel Aviv, Ketsch concluded.
Roman Sorkin does not understand, photo: Alan Shiver
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