Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Jerusalem arrived at the Arena tonight with each one needing a win. The cup holder came with three consecutive losses and on the other side the runner-up after a very painful relegation to Bishkek in the Eurocup. Only one could come out with the upper hand and it was clearly Danny Franco’s team, which celebrated hugely and trampled the guys from the capital 64:91.
The first half was still close and with a low score, when the lead moved between the two sides quite a bit, but in complete contrast to what happened against Besiktas, this time the explosion of the Reds from Tel Aviv came in the third quarter which they won 11:26, while in the fourth quarter it continued to be completely one-sided And the battle of the giants ended with a 28 difference.
Dusty the Pineapple was over the top and almost impossible to miss, finishing with 23 points on 8-of-11 from the field in 26 minutes. Bar Timur was also hot on the floor in Jerusalem with 21 points and four assists, with Kyle Alexander adding almost a double-double of 11 points and nine rebounds.
On the other side, no player really showed up in Jerusalem with the only one still trying was Zach Hankins, who finished with 14 points and nine rebounds. The Reds from Tel Aviv keep first place for another week, at least until Maccabi Tel Aviv completes its missing game. Franco and his apprentices face Herzliya, Kanzoris with four consecutive losses will come with all the pressure to the meeting in Europe against Karshiaka.
Scored for Hapoel Jerusalem: Zach Hankins 14 points (9 rebounds), Brinton Lamar 10, Kadin Carrington, Oz Blazer and Levi Randolph 8 points, Jacory Williams 6, Nimrod Levy and Or Cornelius 4 points and Yuval Sussman 2.
Scored for Hapoel Tel Aviv: Dusty Hanas 23 points, Bar Timur 21, John Holland 14, Kyle Alexander 11 (9 rebounds), Brian Angola 8, Tomer Ginath 7, Jaylen Hurd 3 and Gal Sternberg, Will Cummings and Jonathan Rabinovitch 2 KA.
First quarter: 16:16
Hapoel Jerusalem Quintet: Brinton Lamar, Levi Randolph, Oz Blazer, Or Cornelius and Zach Hankins.
Hapoel Tel Aviv Quintet: Will Cummings, Brian Angola, John Holland, Tomer Ginat and Kyle Alexander.
Kyle Alexander put the first points on the board with a free dunk, Blazer converted with a 3-pointer on the other end and Hankins added a dunk of his own and Alexander crumpled with a monster dunk from an Angola layup. Hankins was sent to the line and only made one of two, so Holland took advantage and tied it with a jump shot.
Randolph stitched beyond the arc and Hankins added two more, with Alexander scoring for the visitor. Holland narrowed for the Tel Avivs to a point, Williams made sure to bring it back to three immediately and then Holland decided to equalize with a three-pointer from a long distance. Carrington already thought he had given Jerusalem a three-point lead at the end of the quarter, but Timur responded in a big way with a three of his own at the buzzer.
Second quarter: 33:37 to Hapoel Tel Aviv
Williams opened the quarter with four points including a huge dunk, but Franco sent Dusty Hanas to the floor and he also returned it with four to force 20:20 in the arena. Timur took 50% from the line and then two more of the pineapples were too much for Kanzoris, who asked for a time out, from which his team came back with a quick basket by Carrington. Hankins added a dunk to turn the advantage into Jerusalem’s side and this time Franco asked the secretary to talk to his trainees.
The pineapple remained on one hundred percent of the field with his fourth basket and Carrington’s one of two from the free throw forced a tie at 25. Another pineapple basket was answered by Cornelius’ two, but Timur returned fire with an and-one that set 27:30 for the runner-up. Dusty the pineapple! Six from six for Gard, who added his first three-pointer and went up to 13 points and Alexander contributed a dunk and the advantage became the biggest so far in the game – six for Hapoel Tel Aviv. Cornelius shrugged and then who but Anas scored two more, this time from the line. Lamar closed the quarter with two successful free throws.
Third quarter: 44:63 to Hapoel Tel Aviv
The guest started with a 0:4 run from the hands of Alexander Vaginat, but the Jerusalem response came with a three-pointer from Lamar and Randolf and Franco’s advantage quickly dropped to three, which made the coach ask for a timeout. Nimrod Levy scored the break point, Cummings and Ginat calmed down the fans of the runner-up a little, first with two from the line and the Israeli with an important three-pointer, when once again Anas came off the bench hot and his three-pointer already forced Kansoris to take a time-out.
Blazer returned from the meeting with two quick ones, but Angola’s three-pointer established a double-digit advantage, 42:52 for Hapoel Tel Aviv. The run increased to 4:15 when Timur and Ginat added, with Carrington shrinking in the middle and another beautiful penetration by Timur received another response from Kanzoris who again asked to talk to his trainees when he was behind 58:44. Timor added five straight, three from the line, and closed a dream quarter for his team.
Fourth quarter: 64:91 to Hapoel Tel Aviv
After Randolph shriveled up a bit Hord took a record lead of 20 points with a basket and a foul. The red explosion continued with Holland’s three from the line, Anas’s three, Timor’s three, Angola’s two, Timor’s two more and Anas’s two more, the result? 48:80 crazy. Both sides lowered the tempo and brought on some supporting players, when a three-pointer by Angola, another one by Holland and two more by Gal Sternberg were enough for Hapoel to reach 91 points, Sussman, Lamar and Hankins were not able to shrink too much and the Tel Avivians humiliated in Jerusalem.
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