With their sights locked on the domestic championship Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv opened the third round of the Israeli league in a home game against Haifa. The yellows dominated the first half, the greens' made a comeback as they took a double digit lead in the third however Maccabi showed a lot of heart making a comeback of their own as well as  dominating the fourth quarter enroute of an 80:71 win.

Coach Spahija's starting five: Cole, Kane, Zoosman, Cohen and Art.  Haifa took the early 0:3 lead but Art scored four points to put the yellows ahead (4:3). Both teams struggled to score, but Cohen and Kane capitalized as the yellows increased their lead to 9:4 with four minutes remaining in the first quarter.  Roll and Thomas made sure that the yellows will finish the first 10 minutes ahead 18:14.

Roll's three pointer at the beginning of the second quarter put the locals ahead 21:14, with just over five minutes left in the first half the yellows took control over the game (27:18). The yellows continued their dominance in the quarter as they were ahead in double digits however Haifa had the final say in the first half cutting down Maccabi's lead to 41:32.

The greens opened the second half with a 17:4 run (45:49) to take the lead forcing the yellows to call for a timeout with just over six minutes remaining in the third quarter. Rodriguez and Bowman increased the visitors lead to 45:57. Kane and Mashour scored for Maccabi forcing Haifa to call for a timeout (51:59). The yellows continued their run as Roll and Segev tied the game (59:59) at the end of the third quarter.

Thomas gave the yellows at the beginning of the fourth quarter but Haifa tied the game, but Mashour and Segev made sure that the locals will remain ahead 66:63 with seven minutes left in the game. Kane increased Maccabi's lead to 71:67 with three minutes remaining in the game. Maccabi maintained their momentum until the end as they got the