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Israel defeated Montenegro 88-69 in their elimination game Round of 16 contest at the Under-20 European Championship. After a competitive first half, the blue-and-white broke the game open with a 16-0 run to begin the second half and never looked back. Yam Madar led the way with 18 points, Noam Avivi added 17 points and Yair Kravits scored 15 points to go along with 6 rebounds and 7 assists.
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\nIsrael will now face Lithuania in a quarterfinal matchup on Thursday night at 8:30pm in Tel Aviv. Lithuania easily disposed of Latvia 114-75 in the Round of 16 and also dropped Israel last week in a warmup tournament before the competition officially got underway.
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\nIt took a few minutes for Israel to get going, but once they did Yam Madar once again was the spark plug the blue-and-white needed as the Hapoel Tel Aviv guard and Yair Kravits from Beer Sheva gave the hosts a 19-15 lead after ten minutes. Eidan Alber and Noam Avivi paced Ariel Beit Halachmi\u2019s squad to a 30-25 lead midway through the second frame but Marko Simonovic and Andrija Slavkovic battled hard to keep the contest close. However, Raz Adam and Yotam Hanochi made sure that Israel went into halftime ahead 40-34.
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\nIsrael began the third quarter with a triple by Madar and went on a 16-0 run over the first half of the frame with the help of Kravits and Avivi to take a 56-34 lead. Igor Drobnjak attempted to dent the blue-and-white advantage but Deni Avdija, Madar and Avivi sent Beit Halachmi\u2019s crew into the 4th quarter with a 66-49 lead. The final frame featured garbage time galore as Beit Halachmi cleared the bench as Israel wrapped up a 88-69 victory.
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\n3-Pointers<\/strong>
\n1) Israel blew away Montenegro going on a 16-0 run after halftime<\/strong> and never looked back. The Blue & White just ransacked their opponents and absolutely crushed them as they cruised into the quarterfinals. \u201cAriel gave us a talk at the half,\u201d Avdija said following the game. \u201cThat helped us come out good for the second half.\u201d Noam Avivi also spoke about the big run that put the game away, \u201cWe came out on fire from the half. We need to play like that the whole game.\u201d
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\n2) Just as Avivi said, Israel MUST play the whole game as they did the first five minutes of the third quarter especially against their quarterfinal rival, Lithuani<\/strong>a to whom they have already lost to last week in a warmup tourney. Beit Halachmi sent out a warning about Lithuania in his post game comments, \u201cWhoever saw them today and at the friendly game they are strong. But we are good to and we will come prepared.\u201d Yam Madar also talked about what Israel needs to do in order to beat their opponents on Thursday, \u201cWe\u2019ll have to sit down and watch video and see what we can improve on from the last time we played Lithuania.\u201d
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\n3) Ariel Beit Halachmi was certainly content that his players finished off the game quickly after halftime<\/strong>, but he\u2019s still concerned about how the team in playing, \u201cI\u2019m not happy with what we are doing in some of the minutes. We made mistakes to let them come back after we broke away.\u201d In fact, Deni Avdija really wasn\u2019t the central point in the game as others stepped up as the coach mentioned, \u201cI\u2019m happy that in a game that our stars were not at their peak we still got the win.\u201d One of the players who had another superb game was the captain Yair Kravits, \u201cThis wasn\u2019t a big game for me, but for the whole team. When we play defense and run on offense this is the result.\u201d But as Avdija said, \u201cWe played together as a team. Whoever stepped on the court played well. We need to keep playing together.\u201c Bottom line it\u2019s a team effort and not one or two individuals which has been what Coach Halchami has been saying for two weeks now.
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\nThey said it…<\/strong>
\nYair Kravits<\/strong> – \u201cWe really love the amazing fans who have supported us throughout the tournament so far.\u201d <\/p>\n

Deni Avdija<\/strong> – \u201cWhatever happened before against Lithuania was in the past and we will come into the quarters focused to win.\u201d
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