Hapoel Tel Aviv crushed Gran Canaria 87-64 at the ACB club’s home as the Reds scored early and often to never make the contest into a game and cruise to the win. With the victory, the Reds moved to 8-5 good for 4th place just a game behind Gran Canaria and Ulm.

The visitors began the game like a house on fire as Jonathan Motley did as he pleased while Bruno Caboclo and Bar Timor added points a plenty to grab a commanding 51-25 lead over Gran Canaria at the half. Carlos Alocen tried to cut into the advantage but Timor kept scoring while Antonio Blakeney who only entered the game late in the second half also couldn’t miss as the Reds wrapped up the win.

Motley and Timor each scored 14 points while Blakeney added 13 points in the win. Joe Thomasson scored 13 points and Carlos Alocen chipped in with 10 points in the loss.

“Our performance in the first half was dominant on both ends,” Hapoel Tel Aviv Head Coach Dimitris Itouids said. “We kept them very low percentage wise from the field and we scored 82% from 2 in the first half and we tried to take advantage of their weaknesses. The fact that we didn’t give up easy points gave us a boost. We were good in this road game.”

Captain Bar Timor reflected on the win, “I’m very happy. We had a great game, stuck to the game plan and had a great defensive game.”