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The Lead Point<\/strong>
\nNahariya Captain Tony Gaffney has been through it all<\/strong>. The Boston University and UMASS product is playing in Israel for the third time, all under Danny Franco and has already won the Israel League title back in 2015 with the coach. When Franco built his team over the summer he wanted to make sure there were foreigners that had played in Israel and had many years of European experience in to take his club to the heights to which he aspired to be at. <\/p>\n

With stops in Turkey, Japan, Italy, Germany and Spain, I\u2019d be surprised if there is any other player with the vast experience that Gaffney has and that can covert that success on the court with an Israeli side that was built pretty much from scratch. Add to the fact that Gaffney has played for NBA teams in the preseason and summer league, the veteran can offer oodles and oodles of experience to his teammates at the highest levels of play.
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\nWhen Gaffney got the call from Franco it was a no brainer for the Boston native and back to Israel he came. The Sports Rabbi caught up with the 6\u201d9 big man right after the win over Nes Ziona and he expressed that the team\u2019s mission was to go as far as they could and not just be satisfied with a Final 4 appearance in the tourney, \u201cIt\u2019s a goal of our team. People thought are goal was final four and that we\u2019d be content with that, but you\u2019ve known me long enough, our long term goal was to hoist that trophy and we are one game away.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course the key against Nes Ziona was to follow the directions that Coach Franco laid out prior to the clash and follow they did. \u201cWe executed Danny\u2019s game to a \u2018T\u2019 in that first quarter. But Nes Ziona are really good and Daequan Cook is one of the best shooters the league has ever had. They are not an easy team to guard but we focused and focused. We let two 15 point leads fall away but we held on for the win. It shows a lot of character about our team. We just continue to stay together and focus and it\u2019s a testament to our team.\u201d
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\nDominic Waters is a gamer and Nahariya wouldn\u2019t have been able to get off to such a strong start without the guard\u2019s early dominance explained the Boston native, \u201cHe\u2019s a gamer Waters and he can talk to refs the right way. You have Nes Ziona guys that tried to get into his head and I was not ok with players like Tal Dunne continuing to bug him. The only chance they had was to get under his skin. He\u2019s a gamer and a killer.\u201d Gaffney also spoke about the importance of another veteran guard in Jerel McNeal who was ejected near the end of the game due to his frustration with Tal Dunne, \u201cMcNeal is someone I want to go to the den with.\u201d<\/p>\n

With a number of awards under his belt, the State Cup would be a new addition to his trophy cabinet and one that would be won as the captain of the team, When you are the captain you have responsibility and we have guys who won titles in their day. I have never had a losing season in my career. And here we are. This is the one I haven\u2019t won yet.\u201d
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\nHow special would the title be for Gaffney? \u201cI think it would be the most rewarding title in my 11 year career. With the flooding in the city of Nahariya, the loss of lives and to see the fans crying it\u2019s really special. If we can somehow bring back the State Cup it would be rewarding.\u201d
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\n2) Got to give Nahariya a TON of credit for their win over Nes Ziona<\/strong> to advance to the Israel State Cup Final on Thursday night. Coach Danny Franco has one helluva team that just plays hard ball, aggressive ball and doesn\u2019t give an inch on the court. Of course there are good and bad that comes out of that. The good is that Nahariya was able to out boss Nes Ziona who has one of the biggest bosses on the floor in Tal Dunne. The bad is that Dunne can get under any players\u2019 skin and cause them to just lose it sometimes as we saw with Jerel McNeal when he came to the aid of his teammate Dominic Waters and shoved Dunne to the ground. Not got. Now Nahariya has to see how the Israel Basketball Association will rule on the case on Wednesday morning with a chance that McNeal will be suspended for the final. \u201cThere have been times this season where teams have tried to take us to places that aren\u2019t the best to be in and unfortunately an opposing player was able to do that to us,” said Franco<\/strong>.
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\n3) Nes Ziona didn\u2019t give up and thanks to Daequan Cook\u2019s 35 points,<\/strong> they stayed in the game all the way to the end. It was a game of runs for both teams but in the end, strong team play from Nahariya won the game for the northeners. \u201cAt the end of the day the team that made the final run won the game,\u201d explained Nahariya center Itay Segev<\/strong> who has already won 3 Cups with Maccabi Tel Aviv. \u201cThis was a fun game to be a part of, to fight for the club, the city and for ourselves for the win.\u201d Cook<\/strong> looked back as to why his squad came up short, \u201cNahariya just executed better. We didn\u2019t defend well enough to stop them and they hit big shots. They had momentum the game through.\u201d
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\nOvertime<\/strong>
\nDoes Nahariya have a chance?<\/strong> Well, if history has anything to say the chances of an underdog winning the Cup is very, very, very slim. The first time the two sides tipped off, Jerusalem slaughtered Nahariya 85-55 in a game that was never close. However, the second time they played up in Nahariya, Franco\u2019s squad was very close to pulling off the upset win, losing 88-82 as the Reds had a great fourth quarter to snatch the victory. Changes have been made to both rosters with Nahariya replacing Jeff Adrien with Diamon Simpson while John Holland was just making his debut for Oded Katash\u2019s team. While many will be already writing this game off and etching Jerusalem\u2019s name on the trophy, Segev<\/strong> had this to say, \u201cIt\u2019s not secret that Jerusalem has a bigger budget than ours, but in games like this money doesn\u2019t talk. This is a 40 minute game, we will come into it focused and ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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