{"id":119558,"date":"2024-09-24T21:55:26","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T21:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=119558"},"modified":"2024-09-24T22:16:22","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T22:16:22","slug":"hapoel-tel-aviv-loses-eurocup-opener-against-joventut-badalona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/hapoel-tel-aviv-loses-eurocup-opener-against-joventut-badalona\/","title":{"rendered":"Hapoel Tel Aviv loses EuroCup opener against Joventut Badalona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hapoel Tel Aviv has lost its opening game of the EuroCup season, going down to Group A opponent Joventut Badalona 78-75 in Barcelona on Tuesday night.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tomic double-double leads Joventut past Hapoel! | Round 1 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iRgAwQ7_Re0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nAfter their surprise loss in the Winner Cup quarterfinal against Ramat Gan on Saturday night, in which many of the Reds\u2019 stars were rested, Hapoel coach Stefanos Dedas started a much stronger starting five \u2013 which many would argue is worthy of the EuroLeague, rather than the EuroCup \u2013 starting with Patrick Beverley, Marcus Foster, Ish Wainright, Ben Bentil and Johnathan Motley.<\/p>\n<p>Bentil starting the scoring with a field goal on the first play, while shortly after Motley scored his first points putting back a missed shot under the basket from Beverley. But on the other end of the court, Devon Dotson scored his team\u2019s first four points through field goals, while Kaiser Gates scored four consecutive free-throws of fouls by Beverley and Bentil, followed by a three-pointer, giving Badalona a 7-0 run against a rusty-looking Hapoel inside the first four minutes of play \u2013 including missed free-throws from Foster and Motley \u2013 with Badalona enjoying an 11-5 lead halfway through the first quarter when Dedas called his first time out. It didn\u2019t look better for Hapoel out of the time out, with Dedas calling his second time out within a minute after play resumed after the 7 foot 1 inch Artem Pustovyi dwarfed his more fancied opponent Motley for a dunk and one, with the Spaniards extending their lead to 16-5. Motley made up for it on the next play for his own and-one play to kick-start a 16-0 run for Hapoel to the end the first quarter, with Bruno Caboclo adding 7 points off the bench in the run, with Motley, Beverley and Guy Palatin also hitting the scoreboard to give Hapoel a 21-16 lead after 10 minutes.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_119641\" style=\"width: 1610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-119641\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-22.23.23-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\" class=\"size-full wp-image-119641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-22.23.23-3.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-22.23.23-3-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-22.23.23-3-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-22.23.23-3-1536x1023.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-22.23.23-3-610x406.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-22.23.23-3-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-119641\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patrick Beverley &#8211; Photo credit: D. Grau-CJB<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nBadalona veteran Ante Tomic broke Hapoel\u2019s run with points under the basket at the start of the second quarter and added another 2 shortly after, but Hapoel threatened to extend their lead with baskets to Joe Ragland, Palatin and Caboclo seemingly scoring with ease and giving Hapoel a double-digit lead. However, Dotson, Gates and Tomic swung the game back to Badalona and the lead was eliminated with four minutes remaining in the half and the teams tied at 32-32. After another timeout for Hapoel, Caboclo stymmied the home team\u2019s run with more points taking him into double-digits, but Dotson leveled the scores shortly after with a long-range two-pointer. Defensive prowess from Israeli star Noam Yaacov then resulted in a basket down the other end to his national team captain Tomer Ginat, who came off the bench for the last minutes of the half. Kassius Roberston scored his first points for the evening to level the scores again and the teams went into the locker room at halftime with nothing separating them at 37-37.<\/p>\n<p>The teams traded buckets to start the second half, with Dotson and Motley continuing to add to their halftime scores, with support for the Reds from Bentil, Ragland and Beverley, with support for the Greens coming through Guillem Vives, Yannick Kraag and Tomic. The teams were still inseparable halfway through the third quarter at 48-48. It was at that point that Beverley showed off his defensive skills, drawing a big offensive foul against Robertson driving to the basket for an important turnover, which resulted in a 3-pointer for Palatin on the other end, which was then cancelled out immediately by a three-pointer for veteran Adam Hanga. In what was reflective of a night on which Hapoel left too many points on the line (8\/15 as opposed to Badalona\u2019s 14\/18), the quarter ended with Bentil missing two free-throw attempts, while Pustovyi made two free-throw attempts, the home team taking a 57-55 lead into the final ten minutes of regulation.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_119645\" style=\"width: 1610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-119645\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-22.23.23.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\" class=\"size-full wp-image-119645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-22.23.23.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-22.23.23-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-22.23.23-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-22.23.23-1536x1023.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-22.23.23-610x406.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-22.23.23-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-119645\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe Ragland &#8211; Photo credit: D. Grau-CJB<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nTomic started off the scoring in the last quarter with back-to-back buckets to give Badalona a six-point buffer, but Ginat got Hapoel\u2019s first basket of the quarter for Hapoel inside two minutes of play to stop the run. Foster scored a 3-pointer shortly after to bring the lead back to three points, then when Ginat scored a layup shortly after the deficit was only one point four minutes into the final term, Badalona\u2019s coach Daniel Miret forced to call a time-out to steady his team. Out of the time-out Gates scored an open three-pointer to extend the lead back out to four points, which was then extended by another point after Vives made a free-throw after an unsportsmanlike foul against Beverley on transition. Kraag then committed his team\u2019s fifth foul for the quarter after five minutes of play, with Ragland making free-throws, then Foster scored a layup to bring the deficit back down to one possession. <\/p>\n<p>However, on the next play the Hapoel defense was again bettered by the taller Badalona front court, with Pustovyi making another three-point play as Caboclo committed his third foul. Beverley made a shot from long-range with three minutes to play to bring the margin back down to three points, with the home team leading 73-70. Motley had the chance to level the scores with a rare shot from outside the arc, after which he seemed to cramp up and went to the floor and then to the bench. It didn\u2019t improve for Hapoel, with Hanga passing to Tomic for another bucket under the basket. But Beverley hit another three-pointer as the clocked ticked into the last minute to bring the margin down to 75-73, but Hanga then scored a layup on Beverley to push out the lead again to four points with Dedas calling another time out. Hapoel wasn\u2019t able to affect the scoreboard out of the time-out. While Ginat scored a bucket close to the buzzer, it wasn\u2019t enough, the home team taking the win on the opening night.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_119647\" style=\"width: 1610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-119647\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-22.23.22-2-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\" class=\"size-full wp-image-119647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-22.23.22-2-1.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-22.23.22-2-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-22.23.22-2-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-22.23.22-2-1-1536x1023.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-22.23.22-2-1-610x406.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-22.23.22-2-1-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-119647\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patrick Beverley &#8211; Photo credit: D. Grau-CJB<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nTomic (17 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists), Gates (16 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block), Dotson (11 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists) and Pustovyi (11 points 5 rebounds and 1 block) led the scoring for Badalona, while Caboclo (14 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks), Beverley (14 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals) and Motley (11 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist) were in double-digits for the Reds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very happy personally for this victory,\u201d Miret said after the win. \u201cWe had a very long week. We prepared the game in short time, but courage of the players was unbelievable. I think that we show a very good picture of the team trying to play together, also the work that we did in defense. Of course, we had some very weak moments in the second quarter, but then we competed well in the second half. For some of the players it\u2019s their first experience in Europe and I think it\u2019s a great victory for our team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, this is only one game, we need to improve on a lot of things, but the mentality and the personality of the team was great today and we finished well especially after these bad moment in the second quarter, we finished being more solid in the second half.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_119651\" style=\"width: 2058px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-119651\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-21.30.18.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" class=\"size-full wp-image-119651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-21.30.18.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-21.30.18-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-21.30.18-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-21.30.18-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-21.30.18-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-21.30.18-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-119651\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Hapoel Tel Aviv<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n\u201cFirst of all, congratulations to Joventut for their win,\u201d a defeated Dadas said in the post-game press conference. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t the way we want to start this campaign. We lost the game, I think the way it was, we didn\u2019t play a good game, but Badalona didn\u2019t play a good game either. It was a battle for almost 40 minutes, except the first quarter when they took the lead and then we took it back. After that it was a very close game, one or two shots.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the end, I think there were two situations, the and-one of Pustovyi and the three points of Gates that got them a couple of possessions ahead,\u201d Dedas continued. \u201cWe had only four turnovers, three of those turnovers were in the first three minutes. So in 37 minutes we only had one turnover. But I think statistically, if you analyze the stats, the missing free-throws and the bad percentage of three-point shots (9\/35) didn\u2019t let us get over 80 points which was the target of this game. Of course, to do that and give Badalona 75 points would be enough to win. It didn\u2019t happen. We have a lot of games ahead of us. It was difficult beginning here, it\u2019s a tough place to play. Let\u2019s hope we\u2019ll be better in the next game and justify the reason that we built this team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a good game for us,\u201d game MVP Tomic said after the win. \u201cOpening game of the season in front of our crowd, against probably the best team in the EuroCup. Important for us to see where we stand at this point. I\u2019m very proud of these guys.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_119653\" style=\"width: 738px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-119653\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/9b251c34-1d5c-4dcf-ac4f-9f3e3f7d5e4a.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"409\" class=\"size-full wp-image-119653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/9b251c34-1d5c-4dcf-ac4f-9f3e3f7d5e4a.webp 728w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/9b251c34-1d5c-4dcf-ac4f-9f3e3f7d5e4a-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/9b251c34-1d5c-4dcf-ac4f-9f3e3f7d5e4a-610x343.webp 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-119653\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ante Tomic &#8211; Photo credit: EuroCup<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n\u201cIt was crucial to control the game in the second half, totally the opposite of the first half, where we had our run, then minus 16 in 5 minutes. The second half it was opposite and controlling the game. A bit bad with the rebounds, but it\u2019s ok \u2013 something to improve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hapoel will now return to Israel to train for the next week, after which they will fly to Bulgaria for their opening \u201chome\u201d game of the EuroCup at Samokov Arena against the Lithuanian BC Wolves Vilnius.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hapoel Tel Aviv has lost its opening game of the EuroCup season, going down to Group A opponent Joventut Badalona 78-75 in Barcelona on Tuesday night. After their surprise loss in the Winner Cup quarterfinal against Ramat Gan on Saturday night, in which many of the Reds\u2019 stars were rested, Hapoel coach Stefanos Dedas started [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":119639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[97],"class_list":["post-119558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-holy-land-hoops","tag-hapoel-tel-aviv","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hapoel Tel Aviv loses EuroCup opener against Joventut Badalona - Sports Rabbi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/hapoel-tel-aviv-loses-eurocup-opener-against-joventut-badalona\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hapoel Tel Aviv loses EuroCup opener against Joventut Badalona - Sports Rabbi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hapoel Tel Aviv has lost its opening game of the EuroCup season, going down to Group A opponent Joventut Badalona 78-75 in Barcelona on Tuesday night. After their surprise loss in the Winner Cup quarterfinal against Ramat Gan on Saturday night, in which many of the Reds\u2019 stars were rested, Hapoel coach Stefanos Dedas started [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/hapoel-tel-aviv-loses-eurocup-opener-against-joventut-badalona\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sports Rabbi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-24T21:55:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-24T22:16:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-22.23.22-2.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"680\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ben Pask\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ben Pask\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/hapoel-tel-aviv-loses-eurocup-opener-against-joventut-badalona\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/hapoel-tel-aviv-loses-eurocup-opener-against-joventut-badalona\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ben Pask\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/39c73350f80d9ce3e539e623ab4af822\"},\"headline\":\"Hapoel Tel Aviv loses EuroCup opener against Joventut Badalona\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-24T21:55:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-24T22:16:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/hapoel-tel-aviv-loses-eurocup-opener-against-joventut-badalona\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1630,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/hapoel-tel-aviv-loses-eurocup-opener-against-joventut-badalona\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-22.23.22-2.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"hapoel tel aviv\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Holyland Hoops\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/hapoel-tel-aviv-loses-eurocup-opener-against-joventut-badalona\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/hapoel-tel-aviv-loses-eurocup-opener-against-joventut-badalona\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/hapoel-tel-aviv-loses-eurocup-opener-against-joventut-badalona\\\/\",\"name\":\"Hapoel Tel Aviv loses EuroCup opener against Joventut Badalona - Sports Rabbi\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/hapoel-tel-aviv-loses-eurocup-opener-against-joventut-badalona\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/hapoel-tel-aviv-loses-eurocup-opener-against-joventut-badalona\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-22.23.22-2.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-24T21:55:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-24T22:16:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/39c73350f80d9ce3e539e623ab4af822\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/hapoel-tel-aviv-loses-eurocup-opener-against-joventut-badalona\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/hapoel-tel-aviv-loses-eurocup-opener-against-joventut-badalona\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-22.23.22-2.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-22.23.22-2.jpeg\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":680,\"caption\":\"Photo credit: D. Grau-CJB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sports Rabbi\",\"description\":\"The Home of Israeli Sports\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/39c73350f80d9ce3e539e623ab4af822\",\"name\":\"Ben Pask\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/62524511_463856434173246_5456662929166303232_n-150x150.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/62524511_463856434173246_5456662929166303232_n-150x150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/62524511_463856434173246_5456662929166303232_n-150x150.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Ben Pask\"},\"description\":\"Ben Pask is originally from Australia, and now lives in Givat Shmuel. He\u2019s a huge sports fan, taking a special interest in European and Israeli basketball. When he\u2019s not watching hoops with his family, Ben works as a lawyer at one of Israel\u2019s top law firms. You can follow Ben on Twitter at @bpask85.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/ben-pask\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Hapoel Tel Aviv loses EuroCup opener against Joventut Badalona - Sports Rabbi","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/hapoel-tel-aviv-loses-eurocup-opener-against-joventut-badalona\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Hapoel Tel Aviv loses EuroCup opener against Joventut Badalona - Sports Rabbi","og_description":"Hapoel Tel Aviv has lost its opening game of the EuroCup season, going down to Group A opponent Joventut Badalona 78-75 in Barcelona on Tuesday night. After their surprise loss in the Winner Cup quarterfinal against Ramat Gan on Saturday night, in which many of the Reds\u2019 stars were rested, Hapoel coach Stefanos Dedas started [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/hapoel-tel-aviv-loses-eurocup-opener-against-joventut-badalona\/","og_site_name":"Sports Rabbi","article_published_time":"2024-09-24T21:55:26+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-09-24T22:16:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":680,"url":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-22.23.22-2.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ben Pask","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ben Pask","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/hapoel-tel-aviv-loses-eurocup-opener-against-joventut-badalona\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/hapoel-tel-aviv-loses-eurocup-opener-against-joventut-badalona\/"},"author":{"name":"Ben Pask","@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/39c73350f80d9ce3e539e623ab4af822"},"headline":"Hapoel Tel Aviv loses EuroCup opener against Joventut Badalona","datePublished":"2024-09-24T21:55:26+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-24T22:16:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/hapoel-tel-aviv-loses-eurocup-opener-against-joventut-badalona\/"},"wordCount":1630,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/hapoel-tel-aviv-loses-eurocup-opener-against-joventut-badalona\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-22.23.22-2.jpeg","keywords":["hapoel tel aviv"],"articleSection":["Holyland Hoops"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/hapoel-tel-aviv-loses-eurocup-opener-against-joventut-badalona\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/hapoel-tel-aviv-loses-eurocup-opener-against-joventut-badalona\/","url":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/hapoel-tel-aviv-loses-eurocup-opener-against-joventut-badalona\/","name":"Hapoel Tel Aviv loses EuroCup opener against Joventut Badalona - Sports Rabbi","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/hapoel-tel-aviv-loses-eurocup-opener-against-joventut-badalona\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/hapoel-tel-aviv-loses-eurocup-opener-against-joventut-badalona\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-22.23.22-2.jpeg","datePublished":"2024-09-24T21:55:26+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-24T22:16:22+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/39c73350f80d9ce3e539e623ab4af822"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/hapoel-tel-aviv-loses-eurocup-opener-against-joventut-badalona\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/hapoel-tel-aviv-loses-eurocup-opener-against-joventut-badalona\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-22.23.22-2.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-24-at-22.23.22-2.jpeg","width":1600,"height":680,"caption":"Photo credit: D. Grau-CJB"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/","name":"Sports Rabbi","description":"The Home of Israeli Sports","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/39c73350f80d9ce3e539e623ab4af822","name":"Ben Pask","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/62524511_463856434173246_5456662929166303232_n-150x150.jpg","url":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/62524511_463856434173246_5456662929166303232_n-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/62524511_463856434173246_5456662929166303232_n-150x150.jpg","caption":"Ben Pask"},"description":"Ben Pask is originally from Australia, and now lives in Givat Shmuel. He\u2019s a huge sports fan, taking a special interest in European and Israeli basketball. When he\u2019s not watching hoops with his family, Ben works as a lawyer at one of Israel\u2019s top law firms. You can follow Ben on Twitter at @bpask85.","url":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/author\/ben-pask\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119558"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119655,"href":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119558\/revisions\/119655"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}