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The champion and the cup holder meet today (Friday) for the Israeli basketball classic at the Arena, when Maccabi Tel Aviv hosts Hapoel Jerusalem.
This is the first meeting between the teams this season, as it is a make-up game from the first round, and the previous meeting between the teams was in the final of the Winner Cup, which ended in Jerusalem's victory.
Hapoel Jerusalem recovered from two league losses with a victory over City Ness Ziona on Monday, and today they also want to keep home in the main game.
The team of Ilias Kandzouris registered Kadin Carrington as one of the foreigners in the league squad for the first time.
The guard did not receive citizenship in time for the national team window, and therefore it was decided not to wait and to give up the possibility of registering him as an Israeli in the current game season.
On the other hand, Maccabi Tel Aviv wants to complete a week with three wins from three league games.
Lorenzo Brown, Bonzie Colson and Hasiel Rivero returned to the squad after resting on Tuesday in the victory against Maccabi Urban Ramat Gan, so Oded Ketch's squad is the same as the one that won the Tel Aviv derby on Sunday.
A test against the champion.
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the progress of the game
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