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The Premier League basketball games will continue tomorrow (Saturday, 19:15) at the Toto Hall in Holon when Hapoel Holon will host Maccabi Tel Aviv in the final game from the 11th round.
The Purples come to the game from fifth place in the table with five wins and three losses.
Maccabi Tel Aviv is ranked eighth in the table, with four wins and three losses.
The game will be the 128th in the regular season between the teams of all time, with the balance standing at 110:17 in favor of Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Hapoel Holon returned from Hungary on Wednesday after the great victory over AAK Athens, a victory that gave the Sgolim a real chance to continue their European journey in the FIBA Champions League. Amit Sharaf's team beat the strong Greek team without the recently joined Deondra Burns, He is suffering from an ankle injury, and in Holon they are considering releasing him. The team believes in their ability to record a good game against a quality team like Maccabi Tel Aviv, but know that in order to do that, they will need a good day from the Israelis as they showed in the victory in Hungary.
May be punished, Mol Holon will not play.
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Maccabi Tel Aviv returned from Spain today after the two losses to Real Madrid and Basconia that complicated the situation of the Yellows in the fight for entry to the playoffs.
If the loss to the European champions was accepted in a reasonable way, especially in light of the good ability displayed by the yellows in the attack, last night's loss to Baskonia already went less smoothly.
The defensive ability was very weak and in addition Wade Baldwin lashed out at the referee in the last part of the game and may be punished.
Maccabi will conduct only minimal preparation for the game, go over tactical highlights and hope to get through the difficult game safely.
Baldwin and James Webb remain out of the squad, while Rafi Manko, who was not in the series of games in Spain due to a back injury, is doubtful for the match.
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