Tiktekno: clip summarizing today's events in sports, 5.2/Sport1
Two days after the narrow victory over Hapoel Holon and three days before the critical away match against Anadolu Efes in the Euroleague, Maccabi Tel Aviv hosts Hapoel Eilat tonight (Monday) in a match from the eighth round of the Premier League.
The Yellows have won the last eight meetings between the teams and their last loss was in February 2021. The
champion's professional team chose to rest Lorenzo Brown and Bonzie Colson who were not registered for the competition, with Wade Baldwin and James Webb resting in the window and returning to the squad, and Antonios Cleveland, who has looked better in recent games, meets the team From there he came to Maccabi Tel Aviv.
On the other hand, the leader of the table still does not have a permanent coach to replace Massimiliano Menti who left for Zalgiris Kovna two weeks ago, a situation that also happened to Eilat during its visit to Yad Eliyahu last year, and on the lines is the assistant coach Oriya Mizrahi alongside Valeri Gandlin.
Jawan Johnson makes his debut for the southern team, Ando Smith remains out of the squad and is expected to leave.
meets the ex.
Antonios Cleveland/Danny Maron
the progress of the game
Quarter 1
Maccabi Tel Aviv went up in the top five with James Webb, John DiBartholomew, Wade Baldwin, Roman Sorkin and Josh Niebo.
Eilat with Daishon Booker, Amit Ziss, Or Ashkenazi, Javan Johnson and Elijah Stewart.
The yellow captain was responsible for the first points in the game with points in the paint and a three-pointer, when Webb also sniped from outside the arc and the yellows had a quick 2:11 lead.
Tamir Blatt and Hasiel Rivero came off the bench and increased the lead to double digits, while on the other hand Johnson and Booker tried to minimize damage in
Maccabi's
6:21 lead.
2nd quarter
Jake Cohen joined the scoring list as the yellow gap continued to grow.
Baldwin flew in for a foul that gave Eilat a 12:29 advantage and a timeout.
Johnson returned from the timeout with points from the penalty, Booker was also sent to the line and the guest managed to narrow the gap a little.
Omer Meir came off the Ketch bench and scored the first points, Ziss and his teammates had already reduced the difference to single digits, until Ribero became dominant again under the ring and Meir's 3-pointer increased the yellow advantage again with
24:38
for Maccabi at the break.
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