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Maccabi Tel Aviv's momentum continued yesterday (Friday) when the Yellows defeated Hapoel Jerusalem 85:90 away and established their position in second place in the Premier League table.
Oded Ketch's team will complete their first round games tomorrow (18:00) against Hapoel Galil Alyion at home, thus ending a long and busy journey of games in the recent period.
The victory of the Yellows last night was their third in six days, after earlier this week they beat Hapoel Tel Aviv in the derby and continued with a home victory over the surprising Maccabi Ramat Gan.
Yesterday, against Jerusalem, which is considered the best defensive team in the Premier League, the yellows managed to escape the reds in an impressive 3:20 run in the third quarter and finish the game.
"It's a good week for us, it's not over yet because we have a game on Sunday. It's something we have to build on, continue to be consistent on both sides of the field. We improved and stopped last week, we'd like to continue like this for the rest of the season. I'm not satisfied yet, we want to To be better," Bonzie Coulson said at the end of the game.
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Colson was one of six Maccabi scorers in double figures with 11 points, with Roman Sorkin standing out above them all with 20 in an excellent game.
The victory of the Yellows came last night precisely on the day Wade Baldwin finishes without a field goal and Lorenzo Brown adds 10 points, but not impressive.
The one who probably took the reins in everything related to the management of the game was Tamir Blatt who finished with 11 points and 8 assists.
"We trust Tamir, he's a Euroleague player. He played for Alba Berlin and he's been great all year shooting from the outside, he's one of the best outside the arc in the Euroleague, he's a great morale. I like playing with him, Josh and the other tall ones too. He's so focused on being more Good, and with his composure in attack and defense, he contributes to us. We need him to continue like that," Coulson praised Blatt.
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In tomorrow's game against Upper Galilee, Maccabi is expected not to dress Lorenzo Brown and begin a two-week rest for him until the Euroleague game against Elba Berlin, hoping that the pain in his back muscle will disappear by then.
The team admitted that the national team break, in which most of the players will fly on vacation, came at exactly the right time.
"Obviously it's natural that everyone is waiting for a break, it's good sometimes. We love each other, but we're with each other a lot of time, a lot of flights, trips. It's good mentally for our team, we need it," Coulson admitted.
The forward was asked if the victories this week were a statement against the teams claiming the crown and said: "We are focusing on ourselves. There is a lot of talk around us, Hapoel Tel Aviv is playing great in the Eurocup, Jerusalem has been successful for two years in Europe. But we know what we represent when we wear the Maccabi jersey, we We play for this organization, and try to play great in every move of the game. When we keep like that, we are the best in the league."
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