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9.	Anadolu Efes	5-6
10.	Real Madrid	6-5
11.	Red Star	6-5
12.	Olimpia Milano	6-5
13.	Baskonia Vitoria	7-4
14.	Partizan Belgrade	8-3
15.	Maccabi Playtika TA	8-4
16.	ASVEL	8-3
17.	Virtus Bologna	9-2
18.	Alba Berlin	10-2

08/10/2017

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Maccabi prevails 82-68 over Hapoel Eilat in season opener

The "Yellows" opened their domestic competition with a win in the southern city of Eilat. DeShaun Thomas led the scorers with 16P as John DiBartolomeo added 14. Jackson and Cole who recovered from their injuries scored 9 & 6 accordingly

09/10/2017

HOME · News Archive · Maccabi prevails 82-68 over Hapoel Eilat in season opener

As the EuroLeague season opener is right over the corner, Maccabi opened its domestic season with its right foot as they prevailed 82-68 over Eilat on the road. Thomas and John Di continued to showcase their offensive arsenal as they've combined for 30 points. Cole and Jackson got their first minutes after being out due to injuries. On Tuesday the team will travel to Germany for its upcoming EuroLeague game at Bamberg on Thursday.

Coach Spahija opened the game with: Jackson, John Di, Mashour, Bolden and Parakhouski. Both teams opened the game hesitantly with the score being tied at three apiece after three minutes. DiBartolomeo led the yellow and blue offense to a seven point lead 13-6. Bolden and Cole took it from there to make it a double digit lead, Berkovich score for Eilat and as the first quarter ended with Maccabi ahead 24-16.

Cole opened the second quarter with scoring four points and making Eilat's head coach call for a timeout as the scoreboard showed 31-20. Both teams came from the timeout struggling to score, Zoosman managed to increase the lead to 13 (39-26) however it was Eilat who had the last word as they've set the halftime score 41-30.

Three minutes into the third quarter Parakhouski and Mashour made it 45-30 but then Eilat woke up scoring the next four points which made coach Spahija call for a timeout. The southern team kept taking the down the lead, and as the scoreboard showed 50-40 for the boys in yellow, Tyus and Thomas stopped the run made by Eilat and made it a 16 point game 56-40, however it was Afik Nissim scored for Eilat as the third quarter ended with Maccabi up 58-45.

The fourth quarter started with both teams exchanging baskets, a mini comeback led by Tucker and Rosario took down Maccabi's lead to nine points (68-59) with just over four minutes left in the game, Maccabi kept its composure as Art Parakhouski and Zoosman brought Maccabi to shore with a double digit lead 73-59 from which Eilat wasn't able to comeback, at the end 82-68 and a first win for Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv.

Hapoel Eilat

#

Player

Min

Pts
2 Pts
M/A  %
3 Pts
M/A  %
1 Pts
M/A  %
Rebounds
DR    OR    TR
Fouls
FF    FA

ST    TO    AS
Blocks
BKF    BKA

VAL
-

                                Team
                            
0
0
0/0
0%
0/0
0%
0/0
0%
2
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
-

                                D. Treadwell
                            
25
4
2/5
40%
0/0
0%
0/0
0%
1
3
4
2
3
2
2
1
0
1
6
-

                                Jordan Loyd
                            
30
10
2/3
66.7%
2/5
40%
0/1
0%
4
2
6
5
1
2
4
4
1
0
10
-

                                Mike Rosario
                            
20
10
4/9
44.4%
0/5
0%
2/2
100%
3
0
3
1
1
1
2
0
0
1
1
-

                                Amit Simhon
                            
35
10
1/4
25%
2/5
40%
2/2
100%
1
0
1
4
2
1
2
2
0
0
4
-

                                Niv Berkowitz
                            
8
2
1/1
100%
0/0
0%
0/0
0%
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
3
0
0
5
-

                                Afik Nissim
                            
18
12
2/4
50%
2/4
50%
2/2
100%
1
0
1
3
2
1
0
4
0
0
13
-

                                Denzel Bowles
                            
15
7
3/7
42.9%
0/0
0%
1/2
50%
2
1
3
2
1
0
0
1
0
1
4
-

                                Amit Bier-Katz
                            
6
2
1/1
100%
0/0
0%
0/0
0%
2
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
5
-

                                Alando Tucker
                            
30
9
3/6
50%
1/5
20%
0/2
0%
5
1
6
0
3
1
1
1
0
0
10
-

                                Isaac Rosefelt
                            
12
2
1/4
25%
0/0
0%
0/0
0%
4
0
4
4
0
1
3
0
0
0
-3
-

                                Total
                            
200
68
20/44
45.5%
7/24
29.2%
7/11
63.6%
25
8
33
22
14
10
16
17
2
3
58

Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv

#

Player

Min

Pts
2 Pts
M/A  %
3 Pts
M/A  %
1 Pts
M/A  %
Rebounds
DR    OR    TR
Fouls
FF    FA

ST    TO    AS
Blocks
BKF    BKA

VAL
-

                                Team
                            
0
0
0/0
0%
0/0
0%
0/0
0%
2
3
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
1

                                Deshaun Thomas
                            
22
16
7/12
58.3%
0/1
0%
2/2
100%
1
2
3
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
15
4

                                Karam Mashour
                            
17
2
1/4
25%
0/1
0%
0/0
0%
2
0
2
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
2
9

                                Alex Tyus
                            
15
7
2/3
66.7%
0/0
0%
3/3
100%
3
1
4
0
2
0
0
1
2
0
15
12

                                J. DiBartolomeo
                            
29
14
2/5
40%
2/4
50%
4/4
100%
3
2
5
1
6
0
4
3
0
0
18
15

                                Jake Cohen
                            
11
1
0/0
0%
0/1
0%
1/2
50%
5
0
5
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
6
18

                                Itay Segev
                            
9
2
1/2
50%
0/0
0%
0/0
0%
3
1
4
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
5
30

                                Norris Cole
                            
17
6
3/6
50%
0/2
0%
0/0
0%
3
0
3
2
1
0
5
1
0
1
-2
43

                                Jonah Bolden
                            
25
8
3/5
60%
0/4
0%
2/3
66.7%
8
3
11
2
2
1
2
0
0
1
10
45

                                A. Parakhouski
                            
16
9
4/5
80%
0/0
0%
1/1
100%
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
9
50

                                Yovel Zoosman
                            
17
8
1/2
50%
2/3
66.7%
0/0
0%
2
1
3
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
7
55

                                Pierre Jackson
                            
23
9
1/3
33.3%
2/5
40%
1/5
20%
3
0
3
2
6
3
4
6
0
0
12
-

                                Total
                            
200
82
25/47
53.2%
6/21
28.6%
14/20
70%
36
13
49
13
23
7
18
14
3
2
102