Maccabi Tel Aviv downed Maccabi Raanana 95-75 as Tamir Blatt shot lights out for the yellow-and-blue to secure the victory. Oded Katash’s squad started off well with points from TJ Leaf he Marcio Santos but Hassan Diarra and Tyrece Radford were able to put Shai Segalovich’s team ahead in the third quarter. However, Blatt’s sharp shooting along with points from Roman Sorkin and Santos sealed the deal for Maccabi as they chalked up a 20-point win.

Blatt scored 19 points, Leaf added 17 points and Santos scored 15 points in the win while Diarra scored 18 points as Radford and Yotam Hanochi each scored 14 points in the loss.

“I’m only satisfied with the win, not with the way we played,” Katash summed up. “We lacked energy and didn’t have the right body language. We need to figure out what happened, but I’m happy about the win, it’s just that in the end, the result didn’t reflect the game. There are a lot of things I didn’t like.”

Shay Segalovich summed up the contest, “We were in the game for 30 minutes, but against Maccabi, that’s not enough. They only need a few minutes to go on a run. That said, I choose to focus on the good things we did and also on our response between the first and second halves.”

The game MVP Tamir Blatt added, “I felt good and I’m glad we responded after the loss to Olympiacos. We’re going through a tough period and need to step up and get as many wins as possible. Every win is important. We have to keep moving forward, there’s no other way. There’s a game every two days and the last game was a big miss for us, so we needed to respond.”

TJ Leaf was active for Maccabi Tel Aviv while Hassan Diarra and Tyrece Radford countered for Maccabi Raanana but Marcio Santos made his presence felt in the paint with four baskets to give the hosts a 24-18 lead after ten minutes of play. Leaf continued to score from the outside and inside, Diarra countered, Roman Sorkin began to score, Tamir Blatt and John Dibartolomeo dialled up from long distance to give the yellow-and-blue a 46-36 advantage at halftime.

Yotam Hanochi, Radford and Diarra to jump in front, Leaf with a 3-point play and Lonnie Walker with a corner 3-ball, Lenard Freeman and Nate Laszewski scored for Shay Segolovich’s team but a reverse layup from Dibartolomeo gave Oded Katash’s squad a 64-59 lead after thirty minutes. Radford scored off his own rebound to begin the fourth quarter, Blatt went from deep, Joaquin Szuchman put in a layup, Santos went from downtown, Oshae Brissett found points, Blatt put in a deuce while Gur Lavy and Leaf closed out the game.

Elitzur Netanya slipped by Maccabi Ramat Gan 95-93 in double overtime as Otis Frazier nailed a key 3-pointer down the stretch to help the hosts to the victory. Shaq Buchanan and Nico Carvacho both scored 22 points and Frazier added 19 points in the win while Jordan Floyd scored 33 points as both Ronaldo Segu and Jordan Nicholas each scored 14 points in the loss.

Kiryat Ata defeated Hapoel Galil Elyon 96-79 as Noah Locke (22 points) and Jamiya Neal (21 points) paced Eldad Bentov’s squad to the win while Isiah Brown scored 19 points.