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The Lead Point<\/strong>
\n\u201cThis is my final season,\u201d Tony Gaffney<\/strong> told me at 1:46am via text following Nahariya\u2019s State Cuo defeat. Gaffney is the consummate professional who has been through it all and for that, all basketball fans in Israel should be thankful that such a person has played in the Holy Land for three teams over the course of his career. From NBA training camps to playing in a number of countries, he loves living here in Israel and loves playing under Coach Danny Franco. Together with Franco, the duo won Hapoel Jerusalem\u2019s first ever League Championship and almost duplicated the feat with Nahariya in the Israel State Cup, oh how close they were. \u201cI\u2019m so disappointed right now and I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever had a loss like this,\u201d said Gaffney. \u201cWe put everything we possibly had into this game both mentally and emotionally. I\u2019m so proud to be a vet and a leader on this team. Like I said budget can buy a roster but can\u2019t buy heart and we showed so much heart. You\u2019re not always in this position to win a title and it stings.\u201d
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\nNahariya was actually up at in the third quarter and put the pressure in Jerusalem, but the Reds made a run. Gaffney spoke about what that was like for the team in the second half, \u201cYou have to think play by play and you can\u2019t be scoreboard watching. They went up big and we came back just as we\u2019ve done all year. We don\u2019t let leads effect how we play as a team and we don\u2019t panic. We had to stay the course, stay focused and know we\u2019re going to make plays to. We were in position, but they have a lot of firepower and you have to take your hats off to them and they made a few more plays than us.\u201d
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\nFinally, you\u2019ve got to give Gaffney a hand as to how much honor and respect he gave to Jerusalem following the win. For someone who is retiring at the end of the season he could have every reason to be upset and distraught, but no, not Gaffney, he took the high road, the only road that he knows how to take, \u201cI\u2019m extremely happy for Jerusalem and that city. They have a lot of good guys on that team and as much as it hurts I\u2019m happy for them.\u201d <\/p>\n

Tony, keep playing your heart and soul out. \u201cTomorrow\u2019s a new day,\u201d I told him. He responded, \u201cThat it is, that is is.\u201d There\u2019s still plenty of basketball to be played by Gaffney and Nahariya this season.
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\n2) There\u2019s no question that Danny Franco is one helluva coach<\/strong>. He\u2019s been able to take Nahariya with a thin squad but one with a lot of veteran presence and heart to the grand stage. His team fought and fought and fought all the way to the end and even had a chance to take a late lead to send the Cup north, but his side just came up a hair short in a thrilling final. \u201cAll the players brought everything they could today,\u201d explained Franco<\/strong>. \u201cIt\u2019s very hard as I\u2019ve been on both sides. It came down to one shot and we had it with Jerel McNeal\u2019s opportunity. I have to take off my hat to these battlers.\u201d Itay Segev<\/strong> said he had mixed feelings following the contest, \u201cI feel both disappointed and proud. Today we proved to everyone what we are worth and no one can say anything bad about us. We put on a show for our city that has had a tough time and for that we are very happy.\u201d
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\n3) Nahariya will be back and are aiming for the league Final Four<\/strong> in what may be the city\u2019s last time in a while where thy will have a one and done chance to surprise the league and win the championship. With the move to series next season, the smaller teams will have much less of chance to defeat the likes of Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Jerusalem who have much deeper squads and who play in Europe will have a marked advantage. But there\u2019s still plenty left in this campaign to do something special said Franco<\/strong>, \u201cI told the players that they got a taste of what we could do this season and we get back to work this weekend.\u201d I\u2019ll let McNeal<\/strong> have the final word here as we put the State Cup Final to bed, \u201cI told the guys that this is a mid season championship and that was message I had for them, after I pulled myself together. We will be back and I want to play in another Final Four in June. We\u2019ve got a lot more basketball left to play so we have to keep it moving.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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