{"id":42231,"date":"2021-10-09T22:17:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-09T22:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=42231"},"modified":"2021-10-09T22:17:17","modified_gmt":"2021-10-09T22:17:17","slug":"maccabi-begins-league-play-with-84-59-win-over-hapoel-haifa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/maccabi-begins-league-play-with-84-59-win-over-hapoel-haifa\/","title":{"rendered":"Maccabi begins league play with 84-59 win over Hapoel Haifa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maccabi Tel Aviv took out their Euroleague frustrations on Hapoel Haifa as the Yellow &#038; Blue downed the Carmel Reds 84-59 in the opening game of the Israel Basketball League 2021\/22 season. After a close first frame, Ioannis Sfairopoulos\u2019s team poured on the offense and played stifling defense over the course of the second and third quarters to cruise to the victory.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u05e2\u05d5\u05e0\u05ea 2021\/22, \u05de\u05d7\u05d6\u05d5\u05e8 1: \u05de\u05db\u05d1\u05d9 \u05ea&quot;\u05d0 - \u05d4\u05e4\u05d5\u05e2\u05dc \u05d7\u05d9\u05e4\u05d4 59:84\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QukuuPiSwg4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nKeenan Evans led Maccabi with 14 points, Iftach Ziv added 12 points, 5 assists and 4 steals while John Dibartolomeo scored 11 points in the win. Kadeem Allen was Haifa\u2019s too scorer with 17 points, Amit Simhon checked in with 9 points and Scottie James added 8 points in the loss.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Sfairpoulos spoke about the win following the game, \u201cToday we were very concentrated offensively and defensively and we controlled the game from the beginning. Haifa is a very good team with a good coach but we disorganized them in the 2nd and 3rd quarter. The players committed and followed the plan and played a good game offensively with five players in double digits. This was very important as we played as team.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_42221\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42221\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/B43F68FD-2727-482F-8EF4-2D61214B3BC8-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2289\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/B43F68FD-2727-482F-8EF4-2D61214B3BC8-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/B43F68FD-2727-482F-8EF4-2D61214B3BC8-300x268.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/B43F68FD-2727-482F-8EF4-2D61214B3BC8-1024x915.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/B43F68FD-2727-482F-8EF4-2D61214B3BC8-768x687.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/B43F68FD-2727-482F-8EF4-2D61214B3BC8-1536x1373.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/B43F68FD-2727-482F-8EF4-2D61214B3BC8-2048x1831.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/B43F68FD-2727-482F-8EF4-2D61214B3BC8-610x545.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/B43F68FD-2727-482F-8EF4-2D61214B3BC8-1080x966.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-42221\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Keenan Evans &#8211; Photo Credit: Basket.co.I.<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n\u201cEverybody inside the team didn\u2019t like that we lost that game (Red Star in Euroleague) but it\u2019s very early in the season. The journey is long and it\u2019s a marathon that we have to overcome. If we are not tough we will collapse and we don\u2019t want to collapse. We have to find our game rhythm and also find our cooperation. We have 7-8 new players and it will take time to have them all coordinated.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_42213\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42213\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/0B611FD1-57BA-4E81-ADFF-254A2F1BB9DF-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2127\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/0B611FD1-57BA-4E81-ADFF-254A2F1BB9DF-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/0B611FD1-57BA-4E81-ADFF-254A2F1BB9DF-300x249.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/0B611FD1-57BA-4E81-ADFF-254A2F1BB9DF-1024x851.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/0B611FD1-57BA-4E81-ADFF-254A2F1BB9DF-768x638.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/0B611FD1-57BA-4E81-ADFF-254A2F1BB9DF-1536x1276.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/0B611FD1-57BA-4E81-ADFF-254A2F1BB9DF-2048x1702.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/0B611FD1-57BA-4E81-ADFF-254A2F1BB9DF-610x507.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/0B611FD1-57BA-4E81-ADFF-254A2F1BB9DF-1080x897.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-42213\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amit Simhon and Kameron Taylor &#8211; Photo Credit: Basket.co.il<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nThe bench boss also talked about one of the club\u2019s newcomers Kameron Taylor who scored 5 points in 22 minutes of play, \u201cThe team is new and I have to admit I haven\u2019t used Kameron the right way until now. He played very well today and he has quality. Sometimes I also have to learn the team and rotations. We didn\u2019t have a lot of games before the season we didn\u2019t have a chance to build these thing. The players are learning me and I am learning the players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iftach Ziv reflected on the victory, \u201cIt was clear how important it was for us to come out prepared for this game after Red Star. We were able to put the game plan in place. Causing turnovers is something that we want to do this season and we would like to do what Red Star did to us. We want to be the best defensive team. What we did today is something we want to do in every game whether it\u2019s in the Euroleague or the Israeli league.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_42215\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42215\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/246E2DAC-9F6A-46FA-B590-3B6FD8FB5991-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2110\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/246E2DAC-9F6A-46FA-B590-3B6FD8FB5991-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/246E2DAC-9F6A-46FA-B590-3B6FD8FB5991-300x247.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/246E2DAC-9F6A-46FA-B590-3B6FD8FB5991-1024x844.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/246E2DAC-9F6A-46FA-B590-3B6FD8FB5991-768x633.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/246E2DAC-9F6A-46FA-B590-3B6FD8FB5991-1536x1266.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/246E2DAC-9F6A-46FA-B590-3B6FD8FB5991-2048x1688.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/246E2DAC-9F6A-46FA-B590-3B6FD8FB5991-610x503.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/246E2DAC-9F6A-46FA-B590-3B6FD8FB5991-1080x890.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-42215\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iftach Ziv &#8211; Photo Credit: Basket.co.il<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nElad Hasin, the Haifa coach also commented on the loss, \u201cThis was a very bad game of ours as to how we played and if you turnover the ball 25 times against Maccabi you can\u2019t win. I don\u2019t know if it was Maccabi\u2019s aggressiveness but it was a s\u2014\u2014y game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Keenan Evans playing against his former club, Jalen Reynolds and Derrick Williams got busy for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the first quarter as Scottie James and Kadeem Allen made sure to keep the game close at the Yellow &#038; Blue took a slim 19-18 lead after ten minutes of play.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_42217\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42217\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/C4D026D3-E651-472D-8F5F-A75CAD4A6B69-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1721\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/C4D026D3-E651-472D-8F5F-A75CAD4A6B69-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/C4D026D3-E651-472D-8F5F-A75CAD4A6B69-300x202.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/C4D026D3-E651-472D-8F5F-A75CAD4A6B69-1024x688.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/C4D026D3-E651-472D-8F5F-A75CAD4A6B69-768x516.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/C4D026D3-E651-472D-8F5F-A75CAD4A6B69-1536x1032.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/C4D026D3-E651-472D-8F5F-A75CAD4A6B69-2048x1376.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/C4D026D3-E651-472D-8F5F-A75CAD4A6B69-610x410.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/C4D026D3-E651-472D-8F5F-A75CAD4A6B69-1080x726.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-42217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spencer Weisz and Kameron Taylor &#8211; Photo Credit: Basket.co.il<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nWilliams opened the second quarter with a baseline jumper while John Dibartolomeo went 3\/3 from downtown to help Ioannis Sfairopoulos\u2019s squad outscore the Carmel Reds 18-7 and grab a 41-26 advantage at halftime.<\/p>\n<p>Maccabi continued to pour on the offense to start the second quarter as Iftach Ziv, Reynolds, Kameron Taylor and Evans bumped the lead up to 62-37 after thirty minutes of action. Allen and James tried to cut the lead but Ziv and Jake Cohen closed out the 25-point victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maccabi Tel Aviv took out their Euroleague frustrations on Hapoel Haifa as the Yellow &#038; Blue downed the Carmel Reds 84-59 in the opening game of the Israel Basketball League 2021\/22 season. 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