{"id":106101,"date":"2024-03-11T00:13:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T00:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=106101"},"modified":"2024-03-11T00:13:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T00:13:19","slug":"maccabi-tel-aviv-conquers-hapoel-jerusalem-to-claim-israeli-classico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/maccabi-tel-aviv-conquers-hapoel-jerusalem-to-claim-israeli-classico\/","title":{"rendered":"Maccabi Tel Aviv conquers Hapoel Jerusalem to claim Israeli Classico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Hapoel Jerusalem 90-78<\/strong> as captain John Dibartolomeo proved to be unstoppable to help the yellow-and-blue not only take the Classico but also bump up their Israeli league winning streak to 10 games.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_106091\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106091\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240311_002954_735.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240311_002954_735.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240311_002954_735-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240311_002954_735-610x610.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240311_002954_735-440x440.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-106091\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wade Baldwin &#8211; Photo Credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nWade Baldwin and Bonzie Colson got busy for the hosts but Levi Randolph came back with points to keep the visitors close, however, an on court scuffle saw Khadeen Carrington ejected for leaving the bench but fine play from JaCorey Williams kept Jerusalem in the game and Oded Katash\u2019s team was only able to head into halftime sporting a 44-37 advantage<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_106108\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106108\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8322.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8322.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8322-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8322-610x610.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8322-440x440.jpeg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-106108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Levi Randolph &#8211; Photo credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nOz Blayzer and Randolph continued to threaten for the Reds but Dibartolomeo started hitting his shots from deep while Baldwin scored key baskets in the final frame to close out the Maccabi victory.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_106055\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106055\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240311_002539_066.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240311_002539_066.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240311_002539_066-610x407.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-106055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miki Berkowitz &#8211; Photo Credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nPrior to the game, Maccabi Tel Aviv held a ceremony in honor of Miki Berkowitz\u2019s 70th Birthday as his family, friends and former teammates were all present to honor the yellow-and-blue great. <\/p>\n<p>Dibartolomeo led all scorers with 19 points, Baldwin added 17 points and Colson scored 16 points in the win. Randolph scored 18 points, Speedy Smith chipped on with 15 points and Williams scored 14 points in the loss.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_106102\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106102\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8314.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8314.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8314-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8314-610x610.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8314-440x440.jpeg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-106102\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oded Katash &#8211; Photo credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n\u201cIt was an intense and aggressive game that was tough to officiate,\u201d Katash said. \u201cIt was a good game, we are playing well but we did have more turnovers than assists for the first time in quite some time which is not our usual game so Jerusalem deserves credit for that. They came up with some tough defense every time we tried to go on a run, but we won the game against a very good team and to score 90 points agajnst a team like Jerusalem is never easy.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_106069\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106069\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240311_002829_081.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240311_002829_081.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240311_002829_081-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240311_002829_081-610x610.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240311_002829_081-440x440.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-106069\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ilias Kantzouris &#8211; Photo Credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n\u201cMaccabi won the game fairly and we had some issues that were difficult for us to handle,\u201d Jerusalem coach Ilias Kantzouris said. \u201cKhadeen Carrington being ejected and Or Cornelius not being able to continue after halftime isn\u2019t something easy to handle when you face a team like Maccabi. Even though we were able to come back we made some unforced turnovers and missed some concentration on defense.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_106087\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106087\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240311_002920_026.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240311_002920_026.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240311_002920_026-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240311_002920_026-610x610.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240311_002920_026-440x440.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-106087\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bonzie Colson &#8211; Photo Credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nBonzie Colson looked back at the victory, \u201cIt was a tough game and Jerusalem is a very talented group, talented guards with a lot of guys from last year. But at the end of the day we stick with our principles and it doesn\u2019t matter who we are playing. We got a lot of energy from some of the guys that lifted us during the moments where they went on a run.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_106067\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106067\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240311_002825_638.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240311_002825_638.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240311_002825_638-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240311_002825_638-610x610.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240311_002825_638-440x440.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-106067\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oz Blayzer &#8211; Photo Credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nOz Blayzer spoke about the game from his point of view, \u201cWe had some good moments but every time we came close we had some issues, we lost some of our players and it\u2019s tough to play here at Yad Eliyahu. We have to take the good things from this game and look ahead to later this week as we look to advance to the next stage of the Basketball Champions League. We are at a very critical juncture in our season and we have to make sure we come out and do our best.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_106118\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106118\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8324.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8324.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8324-610x407.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-106118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nWade Baldwin opened the game up with a midrange jumper for Maccabi Tel Aviv while Nimrod Levi put a deuce in for Hapoel Jerusalem, Jake Cohen finished off a nice passing play, Oz Blayzer came back from deep, Bonzie Colson put in a 3-point play and Levi Randolph knocked down a jumper as the score was all even at 7-7 midway through the period.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_106110\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106110\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8308.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8308.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8308-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8308-610x610.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8308-440x440.jpeg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-106110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris Johnson &#8211; Photo credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nLorenzo Brown put in a pair of floaters, Chris Johnson cut inside for a pair of baskets, JaCorey Williams jammed, Khadeen Carrington dropped a bucket, so did Jasiel Rivero on the other side of the court to give the hosts a 16-15 lead after ten minutes of play.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_106057\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106057\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240311_002555_189.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240311_002555_189.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240311_002555_189-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240311_002555_189-610x610.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240311_002555_189-440x440.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-106057\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">JaCorey Williams &#8211; Photo Credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nBaldwin went in for a 3-point play and hit a baseline jumper to begin the second quarter, Johnson put in his own 3-point play, Colson put in a deuce, Brown slammed off a fast break, Randolph went from deep while Colson dropped a 3-point play to bump the yellow-and-blue lead up to 29-21.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_106116\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106116\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8351.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"944\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8351.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8351-610x450.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-106116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jake Cohen- Photo credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nAs tempers began to heat up, an on court incident occurred which saw Carrington leave the Hapoel bench and was ejected while technicals were handed out to a number of players for the scuffle. Speedy Smith went from downtown, Cohen did the same, John Dibartolomeo sliced inside for a reverse layup and Tamir Blatt dialled up long distance, Williams scored 8 straight points, Rafi Menco drilled home a triple, Smith responded and Levi scored to keep Jerusalem in the game but down 44-37 at halftime.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_106089\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106089\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240311_002924_812.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240311_002924_812.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240311_002924_812-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240311_002924_812-610x610.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240311_002924_812-440x440.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-106089\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nimrod Levi &#8211; Photo Credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nColson dialled up long distance to get the third quarter underway, Blayzer and Levi did the same, Randolph put in a layup, Blayzer added another bucket and Dibartolomeo nailed a pair of triples to keep Oded Katash\u2019s squad ahead 56-49 midway through the frame. Zoosman put in an easy layup, Brown checked in with a 3-point play, Randolph did the same, Williams put in a pair of deuces while Dibartolomeo and Menco both went from deep to keep Maccabi in front 65-60 after thirty minutes of action.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_106112\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106112\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8327.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8327.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8327-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8327-610x610.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8327-440x440.jpeg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-106112\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Dibartolomeo- Photo credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nDibartolomeo started off the fourth quarter just as he ended the last from downtown, Smith returned the favor, Blatt went from deep as did Levi at the other end, Nebo took the ball right through the paint like a hot knife through butter and Baldwin did the same as Maccabi continued to lead 76-68 with 5:36 remaining in regulation time. Dibartolomeo stole the ball and went in for a layup, Smith dialled up long distance as Baldwin and Colson each put in a tough layups to close out the win.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_96606\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96606\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3728.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3728.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3728-610x407.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-96606\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spencer Weisz &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nIn other Israeli basketball action, <strong>Hapoel Afula surprised Hapoel Holon 72-60<\/strong> as the hosts controlled the pace of play throughout the 40 minutes of play. Spencer Weisz paced Afula over the course of first half while Marcellus Earlington, Tomer Assayag and Lucas Goldenberg all came out strong in the second half as they were able to keep Tahjere McCall, Justin Smith and Netanel Artzi at bay to pick up the win, <\/p>\n<p>Earlington scored 18 points, Goldenberg added 13 points and Assyag put in 12 points in the win. Smith scored 14 points, McCall added 13 points and Artzi scored 10 points and grabbed 10 boards in the loss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Hapoel Jerusalem 90-78 as captain John Dibartolomeo proved to be unstoppable to help the yellow-and-blue not only take the Classico but also bump up their Israeli league winning streak to 10 games. 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