Hapoel Tel Aviv defeated Bayern Munich 85-77 on Sunday evening in the final of the preseason tournament in Cagliari, in what was also the team\u2019s final tune-up game before the start of the season. Hapoel Tel Aviv controlled the game and led by as many as 13 points in the third quarter, but Bayern cut the deficit to just one point by the end of the period. Ultimately, a 23-16 fourth quarter in Hapoel\u2019s favor decided the game.<\/p>\n
Scoring for Hapoel Tel Aviv: Antonio Blakeney 17 points, Amir Coffey 15 (5 rebounds), Zach LeDay 12, for Bayern, MarJon Beauchamp led all scorers with 23 points.<\/p>\n
Dimitris Itoudis said, \u201cThey say the results don\u2019t matter in preseason games, but you always play to win, so we\u2019re happy that we responded. We played against Roma in a way that wasn\u2019t appropriate, so we watched the game again and analyzed what we did wrong and what needed to change. The players responded and came with a different approach, and that\u2019s what I appreciate most about the game against Bayern. We played against a serious EuroLeague team, and it was a good performance for us. We were the better team on the floor and won the tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ahead of the Super Cup derby, he added, \u201cWe\u2019re dealing with a few illnesses and some workload-management issues, but overall we\u2019re working very hard. We\u2019ll come in very aggressive and very focused, ready to fight and bring our fans a lot of joy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Amir Coffey also spoke about the preseason, \u201cIt feels good to finish the preseason 6-0. I feel like we\u2019ve built good momentum and worked on the things we needed to, so we\u2019re definitely ready for what\u2019s ahead. Everyone has explained to me how important the derby is, everyone is excited, and we\u2019ll be as ready as possible. We can be happy with how we looked in the preseason games. We watched a lot of film and polished our team play, so I\u2019m confident we\u2019re ready for our first official game.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Saturday, the Reds defeated Roma 80-78.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hapoel Tel Aviv defeated Bayern Munich 85-77 on Sunday evening in the final of the preseason tournament in Cagliari, in what was also the team\u2019s final tune-up game before the start of the season. Hapoel Tel Aviv controlled the game and led by as many as 13 points in the third quarter, but Bayern cut […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":190445,"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":[97],"class_list":["post-190455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-holy-land-hoops","tag-hapoel-tel-aviv","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n