Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv will host Ness Ziona (Thursday, 21:00) for the last home game of the domestic league regular season. Jackson Kane and Art will sit this one out. Ness Ziona's Owen Yates will not be registered for the game.
Maccabi's Coach Spahija said: "The loss to Ness Ziona was a long time ago, we don't have to think about that game. We respect Ness Ziona's players they are playing great as of late. We're working hard both defensively and offensively, and we will try to get another win. Kane who's not registered for this game is injured".
"It's too early to think about who we will play against in the playoffs, we have to wait until the end of the regular season and prepare the best way we can for the team that we're going to play against. My experience helped numerous times as well as Norris' experience, and DeShaun, Jake and Jeremy are also contributing" Coach Spahija added.
For the first time since the domestic league reached its halfway mark in the second round, the yellows have started a winning streak, in which they manage to comeback from a double digit deficit to take the win thanks to a crushing fourth quarter against Naharya (32:20) and a 29:16 third quarter against Rishon Lezion. Maccabi's previous winning streak came to an end against Ness Ziona (76:85), where the yellows held the 43:35 lead at halftime.
In the last two games John-Di has put up a shooting clinic from down town hitting 7/13, In Maccabi's loss to Eilat he shot 1/6 from distance. The guard who's leading the league in the +/- rating has climbed to the fourth place on the three point shooting list with an impressive 46.2%. In his two previous games against Ness Ziona he averaged a remarkable 19PPG, 23.5PIR and an amazing 8/10 from down town.
Maccabi's Coach Spahija said: "The loss to Ness Ziona was a long time ago, we don't have to think about that game. We respect Ness Ziona's players they are playing great as of late. We're working hard both defensively and offensively, and we will try to get another win. Kane who's not registered for this game is injured".
"It's too early to think about who we will play against in the playoffs, we have to wait until the end of the regular season and prepare the best way we can for the team that we're going to play against. My experience helped numerous times as well as Norris' experience, and DeShaun, Jake and Jeremy are also contributing" Coach Spahija added.
For the first time since the domestic league reached its halfway mark in the second round, the yellows have started a winning streak, in which they manage to comeback from a double digit deficit to take the win thanks to a crushing fourth quarter against Naharya (32:20) and a 29:16 third quarter against Rishon Lezion. Maccabi's previous winning streak came to an end against Ness Ziona (76:85), where the yellows held the 43:35 lead at halftime.
In the last two games John-Di has put up a shooting clinic from down town hitting 7/13, In Maccabi's loss to Eilat he shot 1/6 from distance. The guard who's leading the league in the +/- rating has climbed to the fourth place on the three point shooting list with an impressive 46.2%. In his two previous games against Ness Ziona he averaged a remarkable 19PPG, 23.5PIR and an amazing 8/10 from down town.