{"id":45169,"date":"2021-11-16T09:17:17","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T09:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=45169"},"modified":"2021-11-16T10:24:52","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T10:24:52","slug":"van-vliet-scores-in-the-clutch-on-belgium-heritage-night-to-help-herzliya-to-the-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/van-vliet-scores-in-the-clutch-on-belgium-heritage-night-to-help-herzliya-to-the-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Vliet scores in the clutch on Belgium Heritage Night to help Herzliya to the win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A little bit of North America came to Herzliya this week. For the first time ever the Israel Premier League and one of its clubs held a special \u201cHeritage\u201d and in this case, Bnei Herzliya put on an elaborate \u201cBelgium Heritage Night\u201d on the evening they played against Hapoel Jerusalem as each squad featured a Belgium player in Andy Van Vliet for the hosts and Retin Obasohan for the Reds. Both players will also play for the Belgium National Team with games coming up in less than two weeks in World Cup qualifying.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to tipoff, Belgium Ambassador to Israel Jean-Luc Bodson was honored while a local school orchestra performed both the Belgium National Anthem as well as Israel\u2019s National Anthem, HaTikva.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_45128\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45128\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/465217A5-F4C4-47E4-AE66-4DB9FFF16328.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"734\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/465217A5-F4C4-47E4-AE66-4DB9FFF16328.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/465217A5-F4C4-47E4-AE66-4DB9FFF16328-300x215.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/465217A5-F4C4-47E4-AE66-4DB9FFF16328-768x551.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/465217A5-F4C4-47E4-AE66-4DB9FFF16328-610x437.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-45128\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Bnei Herzliya<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nWith a fabulous atmosphere surrounding the event, Herzliya took the upper hand from the get go and as Jerusalem interim coach Yotam Halperin said the game was already won by the hosts in the first half <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3oufq0F\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">as they chalked up a 85-79 win<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Babb was unstoppable from the outset for Herzliya while Chinanu Onuaku and Quinton Hooker scored important baskets throughout the clash. While Obasohan tried in vain to keep Jerusalem afloat with 19 points and 7 rebounds, it was Van Vliet who drilled home a pair of crucial triples late in the final frame to wrap up the victory for Oren Aharoni\u2019s squad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a very important player for us,\u201d the winning coach began. \u201cHe really did a lot of great things for us near the end of the game. Jerusalem went to a small lineup and he made the big shots.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_45173\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45173\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MOLD8403-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MOLD8403-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MOLD8403-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MOLD8403-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MOLD8403-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MOLD8403-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MOLD8403-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MOLD8403-610x407.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MOLD8403-1080x720.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-45173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy Van Vliet &#8211; Photo Credit: Basket.co.il<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nVan Vliet who finished the night with 16 points and 8 rebounds went 7\/11 from the field and was coined by General Manager Zufer Avdija (yes, the father of Deni) over the summer as a similar player to the great Toni Kukoc. <\/p>\n<p>The Belgian\u2019s performance was also admired by both his teammates and rivals as Quinton Hooker knows the importance of a player like Van Vliet, \u201cHe does what he does, he makes shots and makes plays. He\u2019s hit big shots in earlier games for us too and it was all of us playing for each other and the crowd. Being that it was Belgium night it was great for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His Belgium National Team teammate Retin Obasohan spoke about the 26-year old\u2019s bright future after arriving in Israel following a season in the Lithuanian League.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_45122\" style=\"width: 764px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45122\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/D04EA5A6-B935-4987-B1B5-50702AFB8A3B.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"754\" height=\"1024\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/D04EA5A6-B935-4987-B1B5-50702AFB8A3B.jpeg 754w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/D04EA5A6-B935-4987-B1B5-50702AFB8A3B-221x300.jpeg 221w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/D04EA5A6-B935-4987-B1B5-50702AFB8A3B-610x828.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 754px) 100vw, 754px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-45122\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Retin Obasohan and Andy Van Vliet &#8211; Photo Credit: Basket.co.il<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n\u201cAndy is my brother as we are from the same city and we play on the National team together. I\u2019m excited for his upside and he really showcased it today playing in and out, putting it on the floor, making good passes and shooting 3\u2019s as well as taking advantage of the mismatches in the post. He is a versatile player and I believe in his upside and I think the sky\u2019s the limit for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the sky\u2019s the limit for Herzliya as they have impressed many around the league with their tough play, however, coach Aharoni\u2019s squad may need a bit more depth in order to compete with the big boys later on in the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were playing without Shawn Dawson who was injured and that is why I started Dori Sahar who I hope we will see dividends later on. We are also working with Sandy Cohen and I have faith in both of them. I want us to continue being a hard working club that can win every week in this tight and tough league.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Herzliya may have beaten an incomplete team in Jerusalem who need to make some serious changes to their poorly constructed roster, they were dismantled a couple of weeks ago by Maccabi Tel Aviv. However, Hooker feels that there was a missing ingredient to their play against the Yellow &#038; Blue, \u201cWe came out flat against Maccabi and we let them be the aggressor whereas tonight we imposed out will and I think that is what is going to be the difference maker for us this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite falling to Herzliya, Obasohan was very appreciative to everyone involved who put the special evening together, \u201cI want to say thank you to the Winner League and everyone involved in setting this up. This was a very special moment and I never experienced anything like that where I am in a foreign country and have my own country appreciated, welcomed and celebrated like that. It was special.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_45117\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45117\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/74480370-E219-4E7A-86C2-55E6CB939DAB-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/74480370-E219-4E7A-86C2-55E6CB939DAB-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/74480370-E219-4E7A-86C2-55E6CB939DAB-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/74480370-E219-4E7A-86C2-55E6CB939DAB-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/74480370-E219-4E7A-86C2-55E6CB939DAB-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/74480370-E219-4E7A-86C2-55E6CB939DAB-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/74480370-E219-4E7A-86C2-55E6CB939DAB-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/74480370-E219-4E7A-86C2-55E6CB939DAB-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/74480370-E219-4E7A-86C2-55E6CB939DAB-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-45117\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Retin Obasohan &#8211; Photo Credit: Basket.co.il<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nHowever, sports are a results driven business coming down to wins and losses he explained, \u201cA basketball game is a 40 minute ball game. That is something we need to learn from as this game isn\u2019t won in the first, second or third quarter and you have to play the full game. You can\u2019t win otherwise. This is a hard lesson we have to take.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou got to battle with the guys you have and all you need is all you got. You have to give it all with all your heart. I believe in the guys in the lockerroom and I believe in our front office and our coaches. I believe that with who we have we were more than capable of winning the game. I am not one to make up excuses. We didn\u2019t show up and we didn\u2019t play our best basketball and that is reflected in the score.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_45171\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45171\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MOLD8499-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MOLD8499-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MOLD8499-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MOLD8499-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MOLD8499-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MOLD8499-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MOLD8499-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MOLD8499-610x407.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MOLD8499-1080x720.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-45171\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy Van Vliet &#8211; Photo Credit: Basket.co.il<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nWilly Workman knows that there are no easy roads to success for Jerusalem and they just have to working hard while reflecting on what Halperin brings to the team, \u201cThere are no big magic secrets in basketball. Tomorrow we got practice, we will wake up have a cup of coffee and work hard, work with enthusiasm and be grateful that we play basketball. He\u2019s a player\u2019s coach and he played the game for so long there is no situation that he didn\u2019t experience as a player so he can relate to everything we go through.  I wish we could have gotten him the win tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But on a night that saw a real celebration of culture and sports, Hooker recognized what the real impact that was being made on the community at large was, \u201cIt\u2019s amazing to play in such a great atmosphere. The crowd is amazing and you see the young faces here wearing our jerseys. It is just a fun environment, we played hard as a team and we came out to the win.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A little bit of North America came to Herzliya this week. For the first time ever the Israel Premier League and one of its clubs held a special \u201cHeritage\u201d and in this case, Bnei Herzliya put on an elaborate \u201cBelgium Heritage Night\u201d on the evening they played against Hapoel Jerusalem as each squad featured a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":45177,"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":[4487,397,4199],"class_list":["post-45169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-holy-land-hoops","tag-andy-van-vliet","tag-belgium","tag-retin-obasohan","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>Van Vliet scores in the clutch on Belgium Heritage Night to help Herzliya to the win - 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\/van-vliet-scores-in-the-clutch-on-belgium-heritage-night-to-help-herzliya-to-the-win\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Van Vliet scores in the clutch on Belgium Heritage Night to help Herzliya to the win - Sports Rabbi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A little bit of North America came to Herzliya this week. 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