{"id":100879,"date":"2023-12-25T13:10:37","date_gmt":"2023-12-25T13:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=100879"},"modified":"2023-12-25T13:11:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-25T13:11:58","slug":"solid-gold-big-shots-massive-dunks-ejections-drama-as-hapoel-tel-aviv-hapoel-jerusalem-put-on-a-show-for-israeli-hoops-aficionados","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/solid-gold-big-shots-massive-dunks-ejections-drama-as-hapoel-tel-aviv-hapoel-jerusalem-put-on-a-show-for-israeli-hoops-aficionados\/","title":{"rendered":"Solid Gold: Big shots, ejections, drama as Hapoel Tel Aviv & Hapoel Jerusalem put on a show for Israeli hoops aficionados"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a game that will be broadcast on Gold.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s how Hapoel Tel Aviv head coach Danny Franco described his club\u2019s instant classic 109-100 victory over Hapoel Jerusalem that will no doubt go down in the annals of Israeli basketball history as one of the great games of this season. <\/p>\n

This contest between the two Reds teams had it all. From big time shots, massive dunks, ejections, controversy, drama as well as clutch playa, where the improbable and impossible graced the Drive In Arena court for 40 minutes of end-to-end jam packed action.
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Braian Angola and Jaylen Hoard – Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div>
\nHapoel Tel Aviv came into the game without four of their mainstays, Tomer Ginat, Braian Angola, Jaylen Hoard and J\u2019Covan Brown who were all suffering from a variety of injuries while Hapoel Jerusalem was without their head coach Aleksanadar Dzikic who stayed in Serbia due to personal reasons.<\/p>\n

Add into the mix referee Omer Esteroen who is known for getting excessively involved in a big game and the stage was set.<\/p>\n

Hapoel Tel Aviv came out strong, Hapoe Jerusalem started hitting their shots and heading into halftime with the capital city reds ahead 56-47, it looked as if they would stay in front and cruise to the victory against a team that was playing extremely shorthanded.
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Levi Randolph – Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div>
\nThat of course was only if the game was too be played on paper and not on the basketball floor. <\/p>\n

Franco\u2019s team returned to the roar of the crowd and got close but couldn\u2019t find a way to get over the top until their head coach decided he had seen enough and sent a shock to the system by getting ejected and seeing the exit.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m happy that Omer [Esteroen] ejected me when he did because he was able to make the change in the game that was needed to get us over the hump,\u201d the EuroCup bench boss said during the post game press conference.
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Danny Franco – Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div>
\nBut that wouldn\u2019t be the only time that the referees would involve themselves a bit too much in the game as Chris Johnson was issued a technical for celebrating and was eventually shown the door in the 4th quarter while Speedy Smith was also ejected late in the game to the dismay of the Jerusalem brass. Club officials said that Hapoel Tel Aviv captain Bar Timor got on Estoroen as the teams went to the lockerrooms at halftime and that caused some of the chaos that ensued and saw calls going the wrong way for Jerusalem thereafter. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s never easy to officiate a game at a filled to the rafters Drive In and that was certainly the case on this night, but the bottom line is the referees weren\u2019t the ones who decided the game it was the players and the lack of Jerusalem\u2019s head coach not being with them. <\/p>\n

Dzikic, who remained in Serbia would have never, ever seen his team give up 109 points if he was on the sidelines and who knows what his reaction was if he was watching the game on TV.
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Zach Hankins – Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div>
\nHowever, Zach Hankins didn\u2019t think that Dzikic\u2019s absence was the reason for their shoddy defense, \u201cNot really, he\u2019s an amazing coach and he gets the best out of us and we miss him. Theo [Giannakopoulos and Shai [Olererczyk] came up huge with the game plan. But when you get one practice to focus on one team it takes time and we haven\u2019t been used to that type of communication really well. We hadn\u2019t played in a loud arena and we know it was hard to do when we haven\u2019t done it in a while.\u201d<\/p>\n

Giannakopoulos who was manning the sidelines drew the ire of Franco due to the fact that according to the letter of the \u201csports law\u201d as a foreigner who did not have the appropriate experience, he would not qualify to be allowed to run Jerusalem\u2019s show. Regardless, he also knows that his team didn\u2019t come out with the right mentality in the second and while he would not say it as well, Dzikic\u2019s shadow was missing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe started losing control when the second half started. We were totally passive with zero intensity and we allowed them to get back into the game. Our offensive plan was good but we didn\u2019t have control on the defensive end.\u201d
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Xavier Munford – Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div>
\nWhile Hapoel Jerusalem will be playing plenty of league games now back in Israel due to the break that they have in Basketball Champions League after clinching a place in the Round of 16 group stage which only gets underway at the end of January, Hapoel Tel Aviv is already back in Belgrade where they will ready for their EuroCup clash against Hamburg.<\/p>\n

With injuries galore Franco\u2019s team signed a pair of players to hopefully pick up some of that load in Will Cummings and Dez Wells but he is also aware that both are not going to be able to pick up the slack for the bigger guys in Jaylen Hoard and Tomer Ginat. Nonetheless, credit must go to management for making moves right away in order to give the Reds the best chance to win and both Franco as well as Xavier Munford aren\u2019t taking that for granted as they look to claim every available title. <\/p>\n

\u201cI was afraid of the amount of time the guys were going to play and we didn\u2019t have a lot of depth so we are adding players to help us continue on,\u201d Franco commented. \u201cWe are a great team but we need a little but more as we are getting two players in Dez and Will who will help fill some of those voids.\u201d
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Xavier Munford – Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div>
\n\u201cFrom day one winning has been everyone\u2019s mindset,\u201d Munford said. \u201cThat why our belief in the team is 100%. I know these guys [Will and Dez] well and they can help push us to the next level when the other guys are out. We have been going through a lot and management has brought in some high quality guys who we will get integrated into the team really quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

There is no doubt that Hapoel Tel Aviv has been going through a lot but that has been the key to their success explained Munford, \u201cThat\u2019s given us the edge, the adversity that has motivated us, what we are facing, travel, injured guys and that is the motivation and the drive right there.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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