{"id":112785,"date":"2024-06-07T15:35:03","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T15:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=112785"},"modified":"2024-06-08T18:39:27","modified_gmt":"2024-06-08T18:39:27","slug":"maccabi-tel-aviv-sweeps-into-finals-after-82-73-win-over-hapoel-jerusalem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/maccabi-tel-aviv-sweeps-into-finals-after-82-73-win-over-hapoel-jerusalem\/","title":{"rendered":"Maccabi Tel Aviv sweeps into finals after 82-73 win over Hapoel Jerusalem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maccabi Tel Aviv advanced to the finals with a 82-73 win over Hapoel Jerusalem to sweep into the championship series 2-0. Oded Katash\u2019s team jumped out to an early lead thanks to Bonzie Colson, Roman Sorkin and Jasiel Rivero and bumped up their lead to 47-32 by halftime with Sorkin and Lorenzo Brown doing the damage. However, Yovel Zoosman came out of halftime possessed and scored at will to bring Yonatan Alon\u2019s squad to within 59-56 after thirty minutes, but Rivero, Sorkin, Brown and Colson were able to stave off Speedy Smith, Khadeen Carrington and the reds to take the win and the series.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_112776\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112776\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_173319_721.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1024\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_173319_721.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_173319_721-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_173319_721-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_173319_721-610x488.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_173319_721-1080x864.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-112776\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roman Sorkin and Jasiel Rivero &#8211; Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nSorkin scored 20 points and took 13 rebounds, Colson added 15 points, Brown dropped 14 points and Rivero scored 11 points in the win. Zoosman and Carrington each scored 15 points while Williams added 14 points in the loss.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_112718\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112718\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_153452_332.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_153452_332.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_153452_332-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_153452_332-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_153452_332-610x407.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_153452_332-1080x720.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-112718\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oded Katash &#8211; Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n&#8220;I\u2019m really happy as to how we came into the game and how aggressive we were,\u201d Maccabi Tel Aviv Head Coach Oded Katash said. \u201cWe expected this in a Classico between Jerusalem and Maccabi. For three quarters we were excellent defensively but not in the third quarter where we gave them some open looks and it hurt us as they came back into the game. We spoke about winning the game during the timeout and that\u2019s what we did. I\u2019m very happy.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_112696\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112696\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_151821_829.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_151821_829.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_151821_829-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_151821_829-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_151821_829-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_151821_829-610x610.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_151821_829-1080x1080.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_151821_829-440x440.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-112696\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yonatan Alon &#8211; Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n\u201cWe didn\u2019t play properly offensively and we allowed Maccabi to get into the game very quickly,\u201d Hapoel Jerusalem Head Coach Yonatan Alon said. \u201cThat kind of disturbed us, we made some changes at halftime but that wasn\u2019t enough. Jerusalem is a top team and we finished a bit low in the standings and had to face Holon and then Maccabi. This season could have gone to even worse places than how it ended up finishing as we could have really fallen apart. But we did finish the season with a title and we were able to fill up the arena so we need to be proud of what we accomplished.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_112732\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112732\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_162749_400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_162749_400.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_162749_400-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_162749_400-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_162749_400-610x407.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_162749_400-1080x720.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-112732\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Antonius Cleveland &#8211; Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nAntonius Cleveland who didn\u2019t play in the first game but did in the second made an impact on the contest to help Maccabi to the win, \u201cI wanted to play and help being out there. I didn\u2019t play here last time and I wanted to experience that. we have a deep team and we have played without Wade Baldwin and Lorenzo Brown at some point in the season but Tamir Blatt can play and Jasiel Rivero has been great.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_112760\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112760\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_163035_441.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1024\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_163035_441.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_163035_441-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_163035_441-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_163035_441-610x488.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_163035_441-1080x864.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-112760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yovel Zoosman &#8211; Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nYovel Zoosman looked back at the series that was, \u201cWe didn\u2019t do a good enough job shutting down their offense and while we were able to get back into the game and it was -3 or so, they put in a number of easy buckets to create separation again. Maccabi is a very high quality team but I do think we were able to cut off Blatt and Brown\u2019s passes but it wasn\u2019t enough.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_112712\" style=\"width: 1033px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112712\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_153432_459.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1023\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_153432_459.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_153432_459-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_153432_459-768x961.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_153432_459-610x763.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 1023px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-112712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bonzie Colson &#8211; Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nJake Cohen with a deuce and Bonzie Colson with a dunk got Maccabi Tel Aviv off and running while Khadeen Carrington countered for Hapoel Jerusalem from deep but the visitors grabbed a 10-5 lead midway through the first quarter. Carrington scored for the hosts, Antonius Cleveland knocked in a corner 3-ball, JaCorey Williams put in a mini-hook, Joe Thomasson went from deep, Roman Sorkin and Yovel Zoosman traded baskets in the paint while the former then hit a triple but so did Noam Dovrat for the reds but the yellow-and-blue grabbed a 21-14 lead after ten minutes of play.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_112754\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112754\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_162949_869.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_162949_869.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_162949_869-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_162949_869-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_162949_869-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_162949_869-610x610.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_162949_869-1080x1080.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_162949_869-440x440.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-112754\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roman Sorkin and Tamir Blatt &#8211; Photo credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nCleveland led off the second quarter with points, Alex Tyus put in a pair of buckets, Tamir Blatt nailed a corner triple, Or Cornelius split the defense and scored an easy layup. Colson went from deep, Rivero and Williams traded baskets but Maccabi held a 35-22 lead with five minutes left in the half. Cleveland went end to end for a bucket, Williams dunked, Rivero cleaned up a Rafi Menco miss, Lorenzo Brown went in for a layup, Zoosman came back from deep, Sorkin cleaned up another Menco miss and Brown added another bucket to bump the Maccabi advantage up to 47-32 at halftime.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_112722\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112722\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_153459_508-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_153459_508-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_153459_508-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_153459_508-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_153459_508-1-610x407.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_153459_508-1-1080x720.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-112722\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yovel Zoosman &#8211; Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nCarrington opened the scoring in the third quarter, Zoosman drilled home a corner 3-pointer, Brown and Nimrod Levi traded baskets, Zoosman went from deep again and Chris Johnson dropped a 3-point play to pull to within 53-48 midway through the frame. Sorkin put in a basket, Carrington and Williams scored but Sorkin came back with a deuce inside to keep Oded Katash\u2019s team in front 59-56 after thirty minutes of action.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_112704\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112704\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_153418_087.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_153418_087.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_153418_087-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_153418_087-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_153418_087-610x407.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_153418_087-1080x720.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-112704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lorenzo Brown &#8211; Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nRivero began the fourth quarter with a bucket, Carrington answered, Sorkin dunked off a Menco miss, Speedy Smith went from deep, John Dibartolomeo nailed a midrange, Colson drilled home a corner 3-ball, Smith answered as did Carrington and Dovrat to keep Jerusalem close but down 71-68 with 5:03 remaining in regulation time. Colson scored inside and then added a 3-point play, Carrington put in a floater, Sorkin scored in the paint, Brown did the same and then hit his free throws to close out the series.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_112790\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112790\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_2594.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_2594.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_2594-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_2594-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_2594-610x407.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_2594-1080x720.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-112790\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bonzie Colson -Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maccabi Tel Aviv advanced to the finals with a 82-73 win over Hapoel Jerusalem to sweep into the championship series 2-0. 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