Hapoel Holon will step on the floor tonight (Tuesday) at its temporary home in Hungary for an important and significant match for it against the Greek Promethas Patras, a match in which a victory can give it a big advance towards the qualification battles for the top 16 of the Champions League and towards the last three games that will be played after the international break.
Amit Sharaf's trainees will have to face tonight without the star of the team Justin Smith who is suffering from a torn muscle and will hope to get the additional contribution from somewhere else.
One of the central candidates to enter the slot and take on more is the veteran C.J. Harris who in about two weeks will celebrate his 33rd birthday and is experiencing a season of renewed bloom in the factory, unlike the local league where his numbers are actually on the decline.
Out of Holonia's 11 games this season in the FIBA Champions League, Harris scored in double figures in nine of them, with the record coming in the big win over Bursaspor, when he excelled with 25 points in what was his best game of the season and a personal record in scoring since the 27 points he scored against AAK Athens November 2020. Harris is averaging 14.2 points, 3.3 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game so far on a 46.5% three-point shooting.
Harris' differences,
In the local league the situation is completely different.
In just three games this season out of eight he played, he posted double figures, 11.0 points per game, 2.1 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game in the league on 35.1% from beyond the arc.
The difference in the minutes played for the evening is negligible - 29.3 in Europe compared to 28.6 in the league.
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A look at the segmentation of Harris' shots reveals an interesting phenomenon, if in the Israeli league most of Harris' shots in the game are outside the arc (4.6 shots per game), in the Champions League the guard is much more aggressive and goes to the basket much more.
There most of his shots are for two points (5.8 shots per game compared to 4.5 in the league), from a distance Harris throws much less and settles for 3.9 shots per game).
The trend is also clear from the free throw line, if in the league Harris compromises on shots from the outside, penetrates the paint less and throws an average of 3.7 free throws per game, in Europe the figure is already growing to 5 free throws per game.
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