Hapoel Holon defeated Bursaspor 92\u201383 on the road in the final game of the first group stage of the Basketball Champions League, finishing Group C with a 3\u20133 record and in second place. This result gives Holon home-court advantage in the play-in against Trapani. Idan Zalmanson with 23 points and Netanel Artzi with 21 points led the way for the purples.
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\nDanny Franco said after the game, \u201cI want to congratulate our team on the great work and on securing home-court advantage in the next stage. This is absolutely not something to be taken for granted after the tough preseason we went through. We had a lot of injuries and things we had to deal with. We came in short-handed, but determined to win. We did a good job on both ends of the floor. In the second half we made some defensive adjustments, moved the ball and played together. We\u2019re already looking ahead to the next challenge and looking forward to it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Netanel Artzi added, \u201cA very, very important game for us, in order to finish second and have home court advantage. We knew we were coming into an intense game. Bursaspor is not an easy team. I\u2019m happy that we rose to the occasion and came with all the right conditions and all the energy and managed to gather it properly before the game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bnei Herzliya downed Tenerife 94-86 as Chinanu Onuaku (22p) and Noah Carter (15p) paced Yehu Orland\u2019s team to the win to finish their BCL campaign with a 2-4 record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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