{"id":58907,"date":"2022-06-02T07:42:45","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T07:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=58907"},"modified":"2022-06-02T07:42:45","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T07:42:45","slug":"aharoni-and-herzliya-dethrone-maccabi-with-chemistry-and-commitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/aharoni-and-herzliya-dethrone-maccabi-with-chemistry-and-commitment\/","title":{"rendered":"Aharoni and Herzliya dethrone Maccabi with chemistry and commitment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bnei Herzliya did the unthinkable and knocked Maccabi Tel Aviv right off of their throne as defending Israel Basketball League champs coming back from an 0-1 hole to take their semifinal series 2-1. After a game one loss, Oren Aharoni\u2019s squad recorded two absolutely spectacular performances to send the yellow-and-blue to the golf course while Herzliya punched there ticket to the finals with a dominating 96-74 win.<\/p>\n<p>The visitors took the bull by the horns and walked right into Yad Eliyahu, a place that they had not beaten Maccabi Tel Aviv in all season long and put the hammer down right from the get go taking a quick lead and never looking back in a showing for the ages. Many people may be surprised that the yellow-and-blue imploded against Herzliya as they are considered to be the top of the top, the creme a la creme of Israeli basketball, but for those who have watched Maccabi all season long, the defeat comes as no surprise.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u05d1\u05dc\u05ea\u05d9 \u05e0\u05d9\u05ea\u05df \u05dc\u05e2\u05e6\u05d9\u05e8\u05d4: \u05e6&#039;\u05d9\u05e0\u05d0\u05e0\u05d5 \u05d0\u05d5\u05e0\u05d5\u05d0\u05e7\u05d5 \u05e0\u05d9\u05e4\u05e5 \u05e2\u05d5\u05d3 \u05e9\u05d9\u05d0 \u05de\u05d5\u05e2\u05d3\u05d5\u05df\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nnRilLKB5T0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nThe same can be true about Herzliya as anyone who have watched them play this campaign knew that they sport arguably the best player in Israel in center Chinanu Onuaku who had another incredible 25 point, 15 rebound and 5 assist showing. Onuaku, whose brother Arinze was a one-time Maccabi Tel Aviv player was able to do as he pleased in the paint, scoring at will against a soft defense that looked as if they had very little interest to mess it up with the big man. What is even more telling about the poor interior defense is that Herzliya scored 44 of their 96 points in the paint. Add to that a demolition on the boards to the tune of 42-33 and you have a recipe to success on one side and disaster on the other.<\/p>\n<p>But the real secret to Herzliya\u2019s success isn\u2019t just Onuaku inside but the entire team who sports multiple players in double digits every single game as they move the ball around at lighting speed, always looking for the open man and the best opportunity to score. They rarely if ever just chuck the ball up and hope for the best, an attribute that Maccabi Tel Aviv couldn\u2019t get away from.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_58884\" style=\"width: 2058px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58884\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/CA138DC6-58C5-4E3E-87FE-C30B4043A22E.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1619\" class=\"size-full wp-image-58884\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/CA138DC6-58C5-4E3E-87FE-C30B4043A22E.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/CA138DC6-58C5-4E3E-87FE-C30B4043A22E-300x237.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/CA138DC6-58C5-4E3E-87FE-C30B4043A22E-1024x810.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/CA138DC6-58C5-4E3E-87FE-C30B4043A22E-768x607.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/CA138DC6-58C5-4E3E-87FE-C30B4043A22E-1536x1214.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/CA138DC6-58C5-4E3E-87FE-C30B4043A22E-610x482.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/CA138DC6-58C5-4E3E-87FE-C30B4043A22E-1080x854.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-58884\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oren Aharoni &#8211; Photo Credit: Basket.co.il<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s a key for us as rot who we are, our identity,\u201d Herzliya bench boss Oren Aharoni explained. \u201cWe are team that likes to play together and the best players like to make everyone around them better. They are players with high IQ\u2019s in Chris Babb, Chinanu Onuaku, Quinton Hooker and others. They all look for the right pass and here again we had five players in double digits. I\u2019m very proud that Shawn Dawson had a great game after a bit of a tough go, but credit to the all of the players that got him into the game. They are smart players who like to pass the ball.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not in Aharoni\u2019s wildest dreams did he ever think that his team would be able to walk into Maccabi\u2019s home arena and not only close out the series, but close it out by over twenty points along with taking two of three games against a Euroleague team as Herzliya sent them packing.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could have never dreamed of such a result. I was prepared for a though game and that Scottie Wilbekin (22 points) would take on a lot. But that is the greatness of our team, to be able to do the right thing at the right time. We were so focused all game long other than a mistake here or there. The players executed and they deserve a huge amount of credit.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_58868\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58868\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/B9937EBE-1D38-4F6F-9FD8-552B1B29E610-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2158\" class=\"size-full wp-image-58868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/B9937EBE-1D38-4F6F-9FD8-552B1B29E610-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/B9937EBE-1D38-4F6F-9FD8-552B1B29E610-300x253.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/B9937EBE-1D38-4F6F-9FD8-552B1B29E610-1024x863.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-58868\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Quinton Hooker &#8211; Photo Credit: Basket.co.il<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nAfter the game one loss, Aharoni had been second guessed as to why the club listed point guard Quinton Hooker who had not played in some time due to an injury in place of DJ Cooper who had been excellent in his stead. But the coach believed that this was the right move for the team and he was more than justified after winning the series and seeing Hooker run the offense like a well oiled machine depots having missed a significant amount of time. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really thankful,\u201d Hooker began. &#8220;It was a long tough few months and I have a great staff that helped me get back. It was a long time getting back into things. DJ Cooper did an amazing job, they made the decision and they trusted me. I\u2019m thankful that I can play this game and when they called my name I was ready as I had been practicing 4-5 weeks beforehand. I\u2019m thankful to be out there.\u05f4<\/p>\n<p>Over on the Maccabi side of the ledger there was plenty of disappointment coming from the the entire club after the loss knowing that they won\u2019t be able to win a 5th Israeli league championship in a row. The squad had issues a plenty all season with plenty of good games and performances to go along with, well some that left something to be desired.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_58415\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58415\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/05389B9C-E4C3-4C3E-A709-8588A1E98A39.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-58415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/05389B9C-E4C3-4C3E-A709-8588A1E98A39.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/05389B9C-E4C3-4C3E-A709-8588A1E98A39-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/05389B9C-E4C3-4C3E-A709-8588A1E98A39-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/05389B9C-E4C3-4C3E-A709-8588A1E98A39-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/05389B9C-E4C3-4C3E-A709-8588A1E98A39-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/05389B9C-E4C3-4C3E-A709-8588A1E98A39-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-58415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Avi Even &#8211; Photo Credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nAvi Even, who moved down the the scouting department to take over as the interim head coach after Ioannis Sfairopoulos was let go in the middle of the season did the best that he could, but his inexperience on the bench along with a wet behind the ears staff didn\u2019t do the club any favors. While Maccabi went on a great run to get into the Eurolegue playoffs on adrenaline as they took advantage of the Russian clubs being suspended, at some point that adrenaline will run out and that is what occurred as some of the players looked as if they were treating the playoff games and in this case a do or die match as a regular season contest. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we got back into the Israeli league from the Euroleague playoffs, we had issues,\u201d Even said. \u201cOur energy level dropped after those games. It was a season with lots of ups and downs and we didn\u2019t have consistency. While we had some great games in the Euroleague and huge wins in Barcelona we also lost in the Cup semifinals and now in a playoff series.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The coach also referred to the task he took when he was asked to take over the coaching reins, \u201cI came into a challenging situation with this club. I came in with all of my heart and that I was going to give 100%. I came here to fight until the end. We achieved a great goal (in getting to the Euroleague playoffs) but we didn\u2019t achieve next one. Any time I will be called upon to help, I will do so. I came to do the best that I could and I feel that I did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the main problems that plagued Maccabi was the inconsistency which saw them go on numerous streaks throughout the season, with good and bad. Another issue was the lack of commitment by some of the players which was seen on numerous occasions and was something that Avi Even spoke about time and time again, that there needed to be commitment.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_58485\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58485\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2476A55F-417F-49E3-8FB0-D61D6E34E262.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-58485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2476A55F-417F-49E3-8FB0-D61D6E34E262.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2476A55F-417F-49E3-8FB0-D61D6E34E262-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2476A55F-417F-49E3-8FB0-D61D6E34E262-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2476A55F-417F-49E3-8FB0-D61D6E34E262-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2476A55F-417F-49E3-8FB0-D61D6E34E262-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2476A55F-417F-49E3-8FB0-D61D6E34E262-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-58485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jake Cohen &#8211; Photo Credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nFinally and perhaps most critical of them all was the chemistry or lack of within the team as veteran Israeli forward Jake Cohen said following the game when asked if he could elaborate on what captain John Dibartolomeo said a couple of weeks ago that the team\u2019s issues were beyond basketball. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s something that we\u2019ve been struggling with all year. I\u2019ll have a better answer once I\u2019ve stopped playing but I don\u2019t want to throw anyone under the bus, we didn\u2019t have the chemistry as a team and it\u2019s very hard to overcome. It\u2019s something that bothered me all season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Maccabi will now look to pick up the pieces and bid adieu to many of their players and welcome in new ones, the yellow-and-blue will also be looking to bring in a new coach for the upcoming season as a number of names have already begun to float around. <\/p>\n<p>One of those names should be Oren Aharoni, Herzliya\u2019s coach who worked in the Maccabi youth department for many years and will now try to do the unthinkable in winning the league title.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_58427\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58427\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DA44CD0D-7558-4C48-A9AC-460EF20F8CFE.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-58427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DA44CD0D-7558-4C48-A9AC-460EF20F8CFE.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DA44CD0D-7558-4C48-A9AC-460EF20F8CFE-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DA44CD0D-7558-4C48-A9AC-460EF20F8CFE-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DA44CD0D-7558-4C48-A9AC-460EF20F8CFE-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DA44CD0D-7558-4C48-A9AC-460EF20F8CFE-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DA44CD0D-7558-4C48-A9AC-460EF20F8CFE-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-58427\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oren Aharoni &#8211; Photo Credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n\u201cThere is a lot of pressure at Maccabi\u2019s youth department and I\u2019m not a person that looks back. After last season I felt that it was the right move to leave and continue my career. I\u2019m happy that I was able to help players develop at Maccabi but I\u2019m also very proud of the players here at Herzliya.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlaying in the final is new for me,\u201d Aharoni continued. \u201cWe had a lot of peaks this season and we have played some very tough games along with winning the Israel State Cup. We have such a great bunch of guys. They are players who come and work hard every single day and never miss a practice, do the video work that they need to and do whatever they need to. We have gone on such a good journey with players who are so committed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bnei Herzliya did the unthinkable and knocked Maccabi Tel Aviv right off of their throne as defending Israel Basketball League champs coming back from an 0-1 hole to take their semifinal series 2-1. After a game one loss, Oren Aharoni\u2019s squad recorded two absolutely spectacular performances to send the yellow-and-blue to the golf course while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":58911,"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":[4818,129,4,4411],"class_list":["post-58907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-holy-land-hoops","tag-avi-even","tag-bnei-herzliya","tag-maccabi-tel-aviv","tag-oren-aharoni","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Aharoni and Herzliya dethrone Maccabi with chemistry and commitment - 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\/aharoni-and-herzliya-dethrone-maccabi-with-chemistry-and-commitment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Aharoni and Herzliya dethrone Maccabi with chemistry and commitment - Sports Rabbi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bnei Herzliya did the unthinkable and knocked Maccabi Tel Aviv right off of their throne as defending Israel Basketball League champs coming back from an 0-1 hole to take their semifinal series 2-1. 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