{"id":166185,"date":"2025-12-30T23:55:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T23:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=166185"},"modified":"2025-12-31T00:01:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T00:01:04","slug":"zalgiris-takes-down-hapoel-tel-aviv-93-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/zalgiris-takes-down-hapoel-tel-aviv-93-80\/","title":{"rendered":"Zalgiris takes down Hapoel Tel Aviv 93-80"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zalgiris surprised Hapoel Tel Aviv 93-80 in what was the Reds first Euroleague game on their home court of Yad Eliyahu in front of almost 10,000 fans. Dimitrios Itoudis\u2019s squad grabbed an early lead and took a 40-39 advantage into halftime thanks to Johnathan Motley and Ish Wainright. But the visitors came back strong in the third quarter with fine play by guards Maodo Lo and Nigel Williams-Goss along with big man Moses Wright to go up by double digits as they cruised to the victory.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_166147\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-166147\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1855.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"617\" class=\"size-full wp-image-166147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1855.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1855-300x145.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1855-768x370.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1855-610x294.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1855-1080x521.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-166147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Antonio Blakeney &#8211; Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nWith the defeat, Hapoel\u2019s record moved to 13-6 as the reds complete the first round of play in second place just behind Valencia as Itoudis\u2019s team will now ready for an Israeli league encounter with Hapoel Jerusalem on Saturday night which will be followed up by another home Euroleague game against Dubai.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_166196\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-166196\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5740.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-166196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5740.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5740-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5740-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5740-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5740-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-166196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nChris Jones scored 18 points, Elijah Bryant added 14 points and Dan Oturu put in 12 points in the loss while Williams-Goss scored 17 points, Wright chipped in with 15 points and Sylvain Francisco scored 13 points in the win.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_166192\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-166192\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5775.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-166192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5775.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5775-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5775-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5775-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5775-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-166192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dimitrios Itoudis- Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nHapoel Tel Aviv Head Coach Dimitrios Itoudis spoke about the loss, \u201cZalgiris was the better team and the atmosphere wasn\u2019t enough for the players to recognize to pick up their aggressiveness. We opened the game well, but they outhustled us and outplayed us and I\u2019m very mad about that. We missed a lot of good shots.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_166206\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-166206\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5671.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-166206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5671.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5671-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5671-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5671-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5671-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-166206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tomas Masiulis &#8211; Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nZalgiris bench boss Tomas Masiulis gave his thoughts on the victory, \u201cI think we played pretty good defense in the second and third quarters towards a lot of what we decided before the game. Some shots that we gave, they did score, but I think that defense was the key.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_166194\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-166194\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5741.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-166194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5741.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5741-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5741-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5741-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5741-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-166194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Antonio Blakeney &#8211; Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nAntonio Blakeney spoke about the loss, \u201cEvery game, anybody can beat you. You can\u2019t take anybody lightly. In this game, we didn\u2019t play well. I don\u2019t think it had anything to do with them. It\u2019s more about us. We didn\u2019t guard well, so we couldn\u2019t get out in transition. We played a lot of half-court basketball, they switched and we got a little stagnant.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_166208\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-166208\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5611.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-166208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5611.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5611-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5611-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5611-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5611-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-166208\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maodo Lo &#8211; Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nMaodo Lo looked back at the win, \u201cAgainst the top team in the EuroLeague right now, we were able to grab a great away win. We were just able to try to execute our game plan, try to stay focused for the entirety of the game and took advantage of our size that we had in the game and use that.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_166127\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-166127\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1837.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-166127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1837.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1837-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1837-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1837-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1837-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-166127\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ish Wainright &#8211; Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nIsh Wainright went from deep, as Yam Madar and Collin Malcolm also scored for Hapoel Tel Aviv to get the game underway while Ignas Brazdeikis responded for Zalgiris but Johnathan Motley and Chris Jones both went from deep to give the Reds a 25-18 lead after ten minutes of play.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_166198\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-166198\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5718.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-166198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5718.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5718-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5718-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5718-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5718-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-166198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nigel Williams-Goss &#8211; Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nSylvain Francisco and Elijah Bryant traded baskets to start the second quarter, Motley took over with a deuce, triple and then an acrobatic layup but Azuolas Tubelis scored a pair of baskets, Nigel Williams-Goss put in a 3-point play and a jumper to cut the gap to just a single point, 40-39 at halftime.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_166190\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-166190\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5773.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-166190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5773.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5773-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5773-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5773-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5773-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-166190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moses Wright &#8211; Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nMoses Wright led off the third quarter from deep, Lo dropped a 3-point play and added a 3-pointer to go up 48-41, Dan Oturu began to score in the a paint, but Wright countered with a trio of baskets including a big dunk and Dustin Sleva drained a triple to give Zalgiris a 63-53 lead after thirty minutes of action.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_166135\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-166135\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1848.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-166135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1848.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1848-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1848-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1848-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1848-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-166135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nBlakeney scored to open the fourth quarter, Tubelis scored inside as Williams-Goss went from the outside, Chris Jones and Arnas Butkevicius traded triples, Bryant went from the outside and inside, but more points from Wright and Butkevicius closed out the Zalgiris win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zalgiris surprised Hapoel Tel Aviv 93-80 in what was the Reds first Euroleague game on their home court of Yad Eliyahu in front of almost 10,000 fans. 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