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Maccabi Tel Aviv came back yesterday (Tuesday) from the teams' delay when they smoothly beat Maccabi Ramat Gan 71:88, and climbed to the top of the Premier League table for the first time this season.
The Yellows took off this morning for Berlin ahead of the Euroleague match tomorrow (21:00) against Alba Berlin.
On the floor, Oded Ketch got by with a missing squad.
An injured Roman Sorkin, Joe Thomason and Hasiel Rivero were with their teams, while John DiBartholomew flew to the United States for his grandmother's funeral.
After Josh Nieveau got into foul trouble, Jake Cohen played center for many minutes.
"We played hard throughout the 40 minutes," noted Cohen, who in addition to 19 points also provided 3 blocks in defense, "Ramat Gan is a talented opponent and stopping them at 71 points is a good result. When you play defense like that, it makes life much easier." .
Last night, the Yellows explained the fact that they registered only ten players in the squad for the game, of which only five are Israelis, less than what is allowed in the regulations of the league management, by saying that they do not have healthy players that they could register.
"We signed up young players like Omer Mayer and Goldman, what did they expect, that we sign up Roman who they know is unfit? We have to be real," said the club.
The league administration will examine the situation, and the Yellows are likely to be fined only.
Short blanket.
Ketch and Rafi Manko/Barney Ardov
Maccabi will hold the final training session in Berlin tonight ahead of the first match in the Euroleague in three weeks.
DiBartolomeo, Thomason and Rivero will join the team for the game, with Sorkin expected to be the only absentee from the squad.
Assisted in the preparation of the news: Ohad Scheuerman
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