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Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Hapoel Tel Aviv 94-90 in the deciding game 3 of their series to win its 56th Israeli league championship and first since 2021 on Tuesday night. Wade Baldwin IV (22 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists and 1 block), Lorenzo Brown (22 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists), Roman Sorkin (13 points, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks) and Alex Poythress (12 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assists) led the scoring for the champions, while J\u2019Covan Brown (31 points, 2 rebounds and 8 assists), Tomer Ginat (14 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 assist), Xavier Munford (13 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists) and Jordan McRae (12 points, 1 rebound, 2 steals and 1 assist) battled hard for Hapoel.<\/p>\n

Here are a few of my reflections from the game.
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Lorenzo Brown – Photo Credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div>
\nThe Good: The Backcourt<\/strong>
\nMaccabi\u2019s Brown and Baldwin have arguably the best backcourt in Europe this season. Brown was named to the All EuroLeague First Team and Baldwin was named to the All EuroLeague Second Team, Baldwin was named to the All Winner League Second Team and he was also named the MVP for the Winner League finals series. On Tuesday night, they showed themselves as keys to Maccabi\u2019s championship.<\/p>\n

Brown had 11 points in the first quarter alone, getting the team back after a shaky start, with Hapoel scoring the first 7 points of the game before Brown scored Maccabi\u2019s first bucket nearly two and a half minutes into the game. He also started the scoring off in the third quarter with a huge 3-pointer to get Maccabi out to a 7 point lead after 30 seconds.
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Wade Baldwin – Photo Credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div>
\nThat quarter was huge for both Baldwin and Brown, with Baldwin scoring 10 points and 4 assists and Brown adding 5 points and 1 assist. They also helped get other players into the game in a quarter which Maccabi won 33-26, including a memorable pass from Baldwin to Jake Cohen (3 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block) who then put up the alley-oop for Sorkin with a little under three minutes remaining in the quarter.<\/p>\n

Then, after Maccabi gave up a 15 point lead in the final quarter to let Hapoel get ahead by 2 points with a little under three minutes remaining in the game (more about that in The Bad below), it was Baldwin and Brown who steadied the ship to score the last 11 points for Maccabi to clinch the championship.
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Oded Katash – Photo Credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div>
\n\u201cWe felt at the beginning of the game that we didn\u2019t start well, we slowly got into the game\u201d Maccabi coach Oded Katash said. \u201cWe managed to control a bit, but the seven-eight minutes until the end of the game, whenever their run started, we simply felt that we needed one or two minutes to finish the game and there the pressure appeared again. But we showed character, I\u2019m so proud of the players, the staff and they deserver it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels great,\u201d Brown said after the game. \u201cI\u2019m mores happy for my teammates. Everyone is happy, the organization is happy, so that\u2019s what it\u2019s about.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brown experienced some discomfort in the third quarter, but he knew that this wouldn\u2019t affect the team with the talent he had with him: \u201cI twisted my ankle in the third quarter, so I kind of slowed up after a while. But I\u2019ve got Wade Baldwin \u2013 what else can you ask for?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe game got into switching defense they had Onuako guarding me and Lorenzo, the two best guards in the EuroLeague and in the Israeli league for pretty much the entire season,\u201d Baldwin said. \u201cWe were missing, we were missing, we were missing. Our team was confident, we ended up still getting stops, I was able to hit a big shot and finish the game on free throws and continue to play on defense.\u201d
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Wade Baldwin – Photo Credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div>
\nUp until the shots at the end of the game, Baldwin had made 3 of 8 free throws, which made for some nervous Maccabi fans in the crowd when he went to the dying minutes of the game. However, he made 4 of 4 in the last couple of minutes to prove why he is one of the best players in Europe.<\/p>\n

\u201cTake a deep breath, say that this is for the championship and shoot the shot \u2013 that\u2019s all that was on my mind,\u201d Baldwin said of the last plays of the game. \u201cThis team has had confidence in me putting the ball in the hole all year, I have confidence in myself and that\u2019s what I do.\u201d
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Tomer Ginat – Photo Credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div>
\nThe Bad: The Last Quarter<\/strong>
\nAfter their big third quarter, Maccabi took a 75-64 lead into the final 10 minutes. When Bonzie Colson (9 points, 9 rebounds, 1 steal, 2 assists and 3 blocks) hit two free throws a little over two minutes into the final frame, the yellow & blue fans could taste victory. Hapoel didn\u2019t get the message and what followed was a 17-0 run over the next five minutes of play, with Maccabi suddenly finding itself down 83-85 after J\u2019Covan Brown hit a 3-pointer with a little under three minutes remaining, it seemed like the reds were going to win their first Israeli league championship since 1969 in enemy territory \u2013 and everyone watching at that point could have been forgiven for thinking that would happen. As we know, Maccabi recovered and lifted the trophy at the end of the night, but it could very well have gone the other way if Hapoel had continued with the momentum that they built over that five-minute period.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t know it was 17!\u201d a surprised Colson responded when asking about Hapoel\u2019s run. \u201cLike I said, they\u2019re a talented team. We knew it wasn\u2019t going to be easy, but we stuck with the game plan, our leaders all the way this whole year have been great, making the right decisions and they came through.\u201d
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Bonzie Colson – Photo Credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div>
\n\u201cI don\u2019t think I can say the words that were going through my head,\u201d Cohen said of the tense period in the last quarter. \u201cIt was not fun. But then you have someone like Wade Baldwin who, makes a big shot puts the team on his back and that MVP is well-deserved because of what he did in those last two minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt definitely got me up on my heels, it was tough,\u201d Jarell Martin (2 points, 2 rebounds and steal) said. \u201cBut our team, we dug down deep and when it mattered we came through and we fought and we conquered.\u201d
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Hapoel Tel Aviv fans – Photo Credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div>
\nThe Ugly: Off Court Dramas<\/strong>
\nOff the court, there have been lots of dramas in this series surrounding physical violence, verbal abuse, lighting flares inside stadiums and other unwanted distractions from the game. While last night the game wasn\u2019t delayed, there were still incidents of fans attacking players (and players reacting), flares being ignited and curses being shouted out by fans from both teams. I don\u2019t want to get into the details, because I\u2019m sure there\u2019ll be a lot to discuss over the summer break on this topic, but it really put a stain on the end of the season, which should have been all about celebrating what Israeli basketball has to offer.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s put aside all the things that happened around the game, of course we\u2019re against all physical and verbal violence,\u201d Katash said of the everything that happened off the court. \u201cWe need to learn \u2013 as a league, Israeli basketball needs to know to clean up these things. Because what happens on the court \u2013 and the respect between the players and between the coaches \u2013 deserves a cleaner atmosphere. The basketball here is great and fun. We need to make conclusions, learn from it and clean it up on both sides.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Israel Basketball Association and the Winner League, as well as the clubs, will have a lot to work on over the summer. Let\u2019s hope that there is a gameplan in place by the time the 2023-24 season tips off.
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Lorenzo Brown, Bonzie Colson and Wade Baldwin – Photo Credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div>
\nUp Next: Off Season<\/strong>
\nAs Maccabi goes into the offseason celebrating, we will be bring you news of developments regarding the roster and everything else that you need to know in preparation for next season. In the meantime, there\u2019s still plenty of basketball for us to enjoy, including the FIBA Women\u2019s EuroBasket in Israel and Slovenia, which begins on Thursday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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