1.
It is very possible that there were those who saw the game in which Hapoel Jerusalem won in the drive-in and had the feeling that they had already seen this game.
They are right.
It happened two months ago between the same groups in the same hall.
Jerusalem's victory over Hapoel Tel Aviv was an almost exact copy of the victory of the team from the capital in the same hall in the quarter-finals of the cup.
It was almost one on one the same game.
replay.
In both cases, Jerusalem came as a kind of underdog to the hall in Tel Aviv and came out with an unequivocal and clear victory when it was missing a significant player (in the Livay Randolph Cup, in the league Speedy Smith).
But that's not the only way to see the similarity.
In both games, the guest started strong with an unequivocal message that the game will go their way.
In both games it was Jerusalem's slow pace that prevented Hapoel Tel Aviv from running.
Both had a very strong ending for the winner.
The two standouts from the first game - Zach Hankins and Kadin Carrington - were also standouts in the second, when in each game they scored 35 points together.
Cadin Carrington.
Hapoel Jerusalem with wonderful momentum, photo: Oded Karni
In both, Jerusalem took Hapoel Tel Aviv under 70 points and scored 80 or more themselves.
In both meetings, Jerusalem had a double-digit rebound victory and an average of 15 offensive rebounds.
In both, key players of the host did not appear.
Jordan McCray stands out the most with only 4 points per game.
Hapoel Jerusalem will probably finish the league in a lower place than Hapoel Tel Aviv, but it has already sent a clear message to the playoffs.
She knows how to beat the Tel Aviv team and also knows very well how to do it at home.
2.
DJ Cooper's dilemma.
The coordinator of Ironi Nes Ziona is constantly making headlines.
Two types of titles.
On the positive side it is about his assists records, and on the negative side about disciplinary problems.
This week it broke a record.
Cooper pushed his coach Elad Hossein during a timeout towards the end of Ness Ziona's losing game in Kiryat Ata.
Cooper breaks all the assists records here and sets numbers that will be impossible to break in the future.
On the other hand, throughout the season we hear about problems with him, incidents with players and disciplinary violations.
Throughout the season Benes Ziona followed the inclusion policy.
In the dilemma between his professional ability and importance to the team and his punishment/removal because of the disciplinary problems - the first side won.
This week we crossed a red line, a line that cannot be crossed.
Despite this, it appears that the club will once again, in this other way, contain the behavior and he will continue to wear the team's uniform.
DJ Cooper.
The red lines have been crossed, yet Ness Ziona does not give up on it, photo: Maor Alxalsi
3.
Take Hapoel Eilat back a few cycles and you will discover a different team.
In the last cycles, no less than four foreigners joined her.
Three months and one who came back from a long injury.
new group.
After all the changes she finally wins.
It happened to her for the first time after nine cycles and three months and it happened to her at the best time.
Victory in a head-to-head match against the opponent for staying in the Hapoel Gilboa/Galil league.
It is a victory with a double meaning.
Eilat with a double victory over its rival after it also won at Gan Ner and this means that in any tie this season between the teams it will be ahead of Gilboa.
It is possible that in this cycle something fell in the relegation battle.
Nathaniel Artzi.
Hapoel Eilat almost definitively secured the stay, photo: Oded Karni
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