{"id":177889,"date":"2026-05-03T21:50:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T21:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=177889"},"modified":"2026-05-03T21:50:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T21:50:31","slug":"maccabi-tel-aviv-takes-israeli-classico-thrilling-overtime-victory-topping-hapoel-jerusalem-112-105","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/maccabi-tel-aviv-takes-israeli-classico-thrilling-overtime-victory-topping-hapoel-jerusalem-112-105\/","title":{"rendered":"Maccabi Tel Aviv takes Israeli Classico thrilling overtime victory topping Hapoel Jerusalem 112-105"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maccabi Tel Aviv took the Israeli Classico with a 112-105 in overtime over Hapoel Jerusalem as Roman Sorkin starred down the stretch to hand the yellow-and-blue the win. The reds took control of the game from the outset as Justin Smith and Jared Harper filled the basket early on while Lonnie Walker and Oshae Brissett countered for Maccabi to snatch a slim 53-52 lead at the half.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_177862\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-177862\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6177.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-177862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6177.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6177-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6177-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6177-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6177-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-177862\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oshae Brissett &#8211; Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nBrissett kept finding points as did Jimmy Clark in the second half, but Harper kept hitting his shots from the outside to take a lead late in the game. However, Sorkin\u2019s first field goal of the matchup took the game into overtime where he scored from deep while Clark also put in points to close out the win. Along with the win came some concerning news as Lonnie Walker dislocated his finger in overtime and will be out 2-3 weeks.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_177866\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-177866\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6173.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-177866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6173.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6173-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6173-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6173-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6173-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-177866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lonnie Walker &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nWalker scored 25 points, Brissett added 22 points and Clark put in 19 points in the win while Harper scored 26 points and Smith scored 23 points in the loss.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_177858\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-177858\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6081.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-177858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6081.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6081-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6081-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6081-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6081-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-177858\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oded Katash &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nMaccabi Tel Aviv Head Coach Oded Katash reflected on the win, \u201cI\u2019m very happy that we won no these types of games you see some great plays by great players with a tremendous amount of quality from both sides. There is also a bit of luck involved as well. There were plenty of matchups also in this game, but in overtime we went with more pick and roll where Roman Sorkin was able to make an impact. This was an excellent game played at a very high level in a great competitive league.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_177834\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-177834\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6118.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-177834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6118.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6118-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6118-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6118-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6118-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-177834\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yonatan Alon &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nHapoel Jerusalem Head Coach Yonatan Alon looked back at the loss, \u201cThe end of the game was decided by some terrific individual plays and that\u2019s how games go sometimes in overtime. We are missing Austin Wiley who is an excellent player and also Yovel Zoosman so it\u2019s hard to judge Jerusalem as is with the team that we are playing with now. I hope that we can get to the playoffs with home court advantage despite the recent losses.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_177897\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-177897\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6037.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-177897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6037.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6037-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6037-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6037-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6037-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-177897\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jimmy Clark &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nJimmy Clark looks back at the victory, \u201cIt was a game of runs and there were some things that we had to clean up, but it was good for the guys to get through some adversity and take the win. Roman was big for us when Lonnie went down with an injury, but he stepped up and he was really big for us down the stretch. We want to take it one day at a time and by focusing on the scout for the next game that comes up will keep up ready and in the present.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_177860\" style=\"width: 863px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-177860\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6123.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-177860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6123.jpeg 853w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6123-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6123-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6123-610x915.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-177860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Justin Smith &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nJustin Smith spoke about the defeat, \u201cIt was a hard fought game for both sides and we were right there until the end. We needed to make the little plays to take the win and we had made some mistakes down the stretch. We have to be more careful.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_177844\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-177844\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6104.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"852\" class=\"size-full wp-image-177844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6104.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6104-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6104-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6104-610x406.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6104-1080x719.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-177844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lonnie Walker &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nLonnie Walker scored Maccabi Tel Aviv\u2019s first 16 points as the yellow-and-blue took a 16-14 lead over Hapoel Jerusalem midway through the opening frame, Jared Harper, Justin Smith and Tzuf Ben Moshe who was making his debut responded for the reds helped the hosts to a 31-29 after ten minutes of play. Harper continued to score but Oshae Brissett and Jimmy Clark began to fill the basket for Maccabi, Smith and Ben Moshe countered at the other end while Jaylen Hoard and Walker scored as well to give Oded Katash\u2019s squad a 53-52 lead at halftime.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_177870\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-177870\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6157.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-177870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6157.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6157-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6157-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6157-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6157-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-177870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tzuf Ben Moshe &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nNimrod Levi went from deep while Brissett put down a monstrous dunk to get the third quarter off and running, Brissett drained a pair from deep, John Dibartolomeo and Khadeen Carrington traded triples as Maccabi stayed in front 69-66 after thirty minutes of action. Smith scored a pair of baskets to begin the fourth quarter, Harper went from downtown while so did Tamir Blatt, Anthony Lamb went for a pair from the outside, Harper drilled home two more 3-pointers, Clark came back with a deuce as did Roman Sorkin to send the game into overtime.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_177884\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-177884\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6182.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-177884\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6182.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6182-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6182-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6182-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6182-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-177884\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roman Sorkin &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nIn the extra session, Sorkin went from deep, Clark put in a floater, Harper came back from downtown, Sorkin nailed a corner 3-ball, Dmytro Skapintsev and Clark traded baskets and then the latter hit a turnaround jumper to ice the game and hand the win to Maccabi.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_177880\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-177880\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6185.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-177880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6185.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6185-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6185-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6185-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6185-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-177880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roman Sorkin &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nMaccabi Rishon Le\u2019Zion got by Hapoel Holon 68-62 as Amin Stevens starred the wine city squad as they outlasted the purples who played with a six-man rotation. Stevens scored 22 points as Gabe Devo and DJ Burns each scored 11 points in the win, Adama Sanogo scored 15 points and Kevion Taylor put in 14 points in the loss. <\/p>\n<p>Hapoel Galil Elyon downed Hapoel Beer Sheva 92-78 as the Galilee side saw their Israeli contingent score 52 points as Shachar Amir put in a career high 22 points for Idan Avshalom\u2019s team in the win. Along with Shachar, Raz Adam scored 13 points and Yahel Melamed added 12 points for Galil while Damian Duff scored 24 points to pace Beer Sheva. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maccabi Tel Aviv took the Israeli Classico with a 112-105 in overtime over Hapoel Jerusalem as Roman Sorkin starred down the stretch to hand the yellow-and-blue the win. The reds took control of the game from the outset as Justin Smith and Jared Harper filled the basket early on while Lonnie Walker and Oshae Brissett [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":177887,"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":[4],"class_list":["post-177889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-holy-land-hoops","tag-maccabi-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>Maccabi Tel Aviv takes Israeli Classico thrilling overtime victory topping Hapoel Jerusalem 112-105 - 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\/maccabi-tel-aviv-takes-israeli-classico-thrilling-overtime-victory-topping-hapoel-jerusalem-112-105\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Maccabi Tel Aviv takes Israeli Classico thrilling overtime victory topping Hapoel Jerusalem 112-105 - Sports Rabbi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Maccabi Tel Aviv took the Israeli Classico with a 112-105 in overtime over Hapoel Jerusalem as Roman Sorkin starred down the stretch to hand the yellow-and-blue the win. 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