{"id":88355,"date":"2023-05-31T21:27:11","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T21:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=88355"},"modified":"2023-06-01T07:24:35","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T07:24:35","slug":"hapoel-tel-aviv-demolish-hapoel-jerusalem-as-mcrae-stars-to-snatch-home-court-advantage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/hapoel-tel-aviv-demolish-hapoel-jerusalem-as-mcrae-stars-to-snatch-home-court-advantage\/","title":{"rendered":"Hapoel Tel Aviv demolish Hapoel Jerusalem as McRae stars to snatch home court advantage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u05e4\u05dc\u05d9\u05d9\u05d0\u05d5\u05e3 2023, \u05d7\u05e6\u05d9 \u05d2\u05de\u05e8 1: \u05d4\u05e4\u05d5\u05e2\u05dc \u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05e9\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd - \u05d4\u05e4\u05d5\u05e2\u05dc \u05ea&quot;\u05d0 86:55\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SLe5bY0Ubn4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>Hapoel Tel Aviv stole home court advantage from Hapoel Jerusalem with a 86-55 victory<\/strong> at Pais Arena in the Holy Land Capital on Wednesday night. Prior to tipoff, Hapoel Jerusalem fans celebrated Aleksandar D\u017eiki\u0107 being awarded with the Winner League coach of the year award and Zach Hankins being named the Winner League MVP. However, that\u2019s where the celebrations ended for the home team on this evening.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_88317\" style=\"width: 2058px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88317\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9865.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9865.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9865-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9865-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9865-610x610.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9865-440x440.jpeg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-88317\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aleksandar Dzikic &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nDanny Franco\u2019s squad came out like a house on fire to begin the game and quickly built up a 40-23 lead at halftime thanks to Jordan McRae who paced the Tel Aviv Reds over the course of the opening 20 miuntes. Things went from bad to worse for Aleksandar Dzikic\u2019s team in the second half as Levi Randolph and Khadeen Carrington couldn\u2019t buy a basket while Xavier Munford and J\u2019Covan Brown joined McRae by scoring in double digits to close out the 31-point win.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_88281\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88281\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9856.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9856.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9856-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9856-610x610.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9856-440x440.jpeg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-88281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Xavier Munford &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nThe teams now have a break until game 2 of the best-of-three series on Saturday night. Hapoel Jerusalem will be looking to send the series back to a third game in Jerusalem, while Hapoel Tel Aviv will be looking to sweep the series and return to the Winner League finals for the first time since 2005.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_88291\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88291\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9842.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9842.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9842-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9842-610x610.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9842-440x440.jpeg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-88291\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jordan McRae &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nJordan McRae (20 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists), Xavier Munford (16 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block) and J\u2019Covan Brown (11 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists) led the scoring for Hapoel Tel Aviv, while Speedy Smith (18 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal) and Zack Hankins (10 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 blocks) were the sole Hapoel Jerusalem players in double figures.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_88287\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88287\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9850.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9850.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9850-610x407.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-88287\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Danny Franco &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n\u201cWe have a good team,\u201d Hapoel Tel Aviv coach Danny Franco said after the game. \u201cThe score differential does not reflect the difference between the two teams. It does show that we did good work in this game, but in a series each team has the ability to respond. Jerusalem have already beaten us at home this year, which everyone remembers. Not one point from our advantage tonight will help us in the next game, unfortunately. We need to do everything again from the start and this game is done with.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_88293\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88293\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9840.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9840.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9840-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9840-610x610.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9840-440x440.jpeg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-88293\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aleksandar Dzikic and Speedy Smith &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n\u201cCredit to Hapoel Tel Aviv \u2013 they kicked our asses,\u201d Hapoel Jerusalem coach Aleksandar D\u017eiki\u0107 said after the game.<br \/>\nHapoel Jerusalem captain, Itay Segev, expressed the same sentiments: \u201cNo excuses. This is the first time that we were broken all soon, the time was so great.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_88295\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88295\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9841.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9841.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9841-610x407.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-88295\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jordan McRae &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n\u201cWe just played incredibly hard,\u201d McRae, the player of the game, said. \u201cWe know what this team is capable of, everybody knows, they\u2019ve been killing it all year. So for us to come out and just play as hard as we did, I\u2019m proud of us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing, we just played hard. As long as we\u2019re playing hard, we\u2019re going to make some shots, we\u2019re going to miss some shorts, that\u2019s all a part of the game. Tonight I happened to make some shots, my teammates put me in the rights spots and we came out of it with a good win.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_88299\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88299\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9833.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1024\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9833.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9833-610x488.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-88299\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jordan McRae &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nOf McRae, Franco said: \u201cI\u2019ll say that he had a good game and when Jordan is good he contributes to many aspects on the court, with assists, ability to rebound rebounds, beyond points, also defensively. I can speak about how fantastic his game was, but I\u2019m sure that he will be happy \u2013 and he knows that I\u2019ll also happy \u2013 if we win the series, because we haven\u2019t done anything yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWatch it, admit it, try to learn from it and go out and try to win the next game. We have several days now to think about what went wrong and why,\u201d D\u017eiki\u0107 said of putting the game behind them and focusing on the next game.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_88311\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88311\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9821.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1024\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9821.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9821-610x488.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-88311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Danny Franco &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n\u201cIf the points differential in the game tonight helps us going forward \u2026 statistics don\u2019t interest me,\u201d Franco said. \u201cWe have a game on Saturday which will start at 0-0. Of course, we don\u2019t want to return here [for a game 3], Jerusalem is capable of causing that to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s playoff time, everyone is in focus, the focus is hard,\u201d McRae said. \u201cAs good as this win was, we haven\u2019t done anything yet. It was a great win, we\u2019ll celebrate it for 5-10 minutes, and then we\u2019ll prepare for the next game.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hapoel Tel Aviv stole home court advantage from Hapoel Jerusalem with a 86-55 victory at Pais Arena in the Holy Land Capital on Wednesday night. Prior to tipoff, Hapoel Jerusalem fans celebrated Aleksandar D\u017eiki\u0107 being awarded with the Winner League coach of the year award and Zach Hankins being named the Winner League MVP. 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