{"id":98909,"date":"2023-11-29T08:46:50","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T08:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=98909"},"modified":"2023-11-29T08:46:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T08:46:50","slug":"zalmanson-hapoel-tel-aviv-battle-for-top-spot-in-eurocup-holon-look-to-get-back-onto-winning-track-in-bcl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/zalmanson-hapoel-tel-aviv-battle-for-top-spot-in-eurocup-holon-look-to-get-back-onto-winning-track-in-bcl\/","title":{"rendered":"Zalmanson &#038; Hapoel Tel Aviv battle for top spot in EuroCup, Holon look to get back onto winning track in BCL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Holon return to continental play on Wednesday when the Reds take on Besiktas<\/strong> in EuroCup action (20:00) while the purples tipoff against Bursaspor in Basketball Champions League play.<\/p>\n<p>Danny Franco\u2019s Hapoel Tel Aviv will welcome the Turkish club to Pionir Hall in Belgrade which has served as its home away from home since the start of the war with Hamas as they will look to keep the positive momentum rolling after defeating Badalona 103-99 last week.<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 another significant challenge ahead of us against a quality team,\u201d the bench boss began. \u201cIt\u2019s true that this is our \u2018home\u2019 game, but when we are far away from Israel, from our supporters and our fans, it\u2019s clear that we do not have any sense of \u2018home\u2019. Despite the difficult but understandable feelings of being away from Israel for an extended period of time, the players will do their best and give everything possible in order to make those watching back at home happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hapoel will be hosting children from the Gaza periphery as they had done at their road game in Paris while Franco and the entire club have been following the release of the hostages back in Israel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery day we are excited and are following the release of the hostages and demand that all of them be returned home now!\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_84234\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-84234\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0_-5918292770580183792_121.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0_-5918292770580183792_121.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0_-5918292770580183792_121-610x407.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-84234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Idan Zalmanson &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nVeteran center Idan Zalmanson also spoke about the upcoming clash, \u201cWe got back to ourselves with a win last week over Badalona. But just as we are about to return home to Israel to begin the Israeli league season we want to continue to battle for the top spot in the standings against a quality and aggressive opponent that has played very well up until now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hapoel Holon will travel to Laktasi in Bosnia and Herzegovina where they will visit Bursaspor<\/strong> after having spent a few days back in Israel after close to two months and the outbreak of the war.  <\/p>\n<p>Last week, Amit Sherf\u2019s squad fell at Rio Breogan and will look to imporve upon the 2-1 record as well as getting back onto the winning track.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_98548\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98548\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-2-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-98548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-2-4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-2-4-610x407.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-98548\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amit Sherf &#8211; Photo credit: BCL<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n\u201cThis game will be key,\u201d Sherf began. \u201cWe have to come into the game very focused as Jordan Floyd and Anthony Brown can create for themselves along with Michael Young at the 4 who can score which will demand of us to be aggressive on every single possession. Offensively, we need to take advantage of their relatively heavy bigs and create a quick, fast flowing game while attacking the paint at every opportunity in order for us to come back with a win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to take this opportunity to share the joy that the team felt when they heard about the release of the Brodetz family who are fans of the team and we all wish for the release of the other hostages who we are committed to supporting as well as the IDF soldiers who are guarding the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Holon return to continental play on Wednesday when the Reds take on Besiktas in EuroCup action (20:00) while the purples tipoff against Bursaspor in Basketball Champions League play. 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