Israel

Regular Season Round 14: Maccabi Rishon - Maccabi T-A 49-72

Date: January 21, 2013
Winner League top team - Maccabi T-A (13-1) had no problems winning another game on Monday. This time they crushed sixth ranked Maccabi Rishon (6-8) in Rishon Le-Zion 72-49. The game without a history. Maccabi T-A led from the first minutes and controlled entire game increasing their lead in each quarter. They dominated on the defensive end, holding Maccabi Rishon to just 6 points in third and fourth quarters. Maccabi T-A forced 19 Maccabi Rishon turnovers. The best player for the winners was American center Shawn James (207-83, college: Northeastern) who had a double-double by scoring 12 points, 13 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 blocks. International Lior Eliyahu (206-85) chipped in 18 points and 5 rebounds. Maccabi T-A's coach David Blatt felt very confident that he used 11 players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. American forward Julian Wright (203-87, college: Kansas) produced 20 points and 6 rebounds and Jamaican-American power forward Adrian Uter (200-84, college: Hofstra, agency: Gross Zeev ISA) added 8 points and 8 rebounds respectively for the hosts. Maccabi T-A have an impressive 11-game winning streak. Defending champion maintains first position with 13-1 record. Loser Maccabi Rishon keeps the sixth place with eight games lost. They share the position with Hapoel T-A and Bnei Hasharon. Maccabi T-A will meet at home Maccabi Haifa (#3) in the next round, which may be the game of the day. Maccabi Rishon will play against Hapoel Tel-Aviv and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Top scorers:
Maccabi Rishon: J.Wright 20+6reb, L.Jones 9+4reb+2ast, A.Uter 8+8reb+3ast, N.Hanochi 6+8reb+3ast, O.Solomon 6+5reb, A.Ben David 0+4reb+1ast
Maccabi T-A: L.Eliyahu 18+5reb+3ast, S.James 12+13reb+4ast, Y.Ohayon 10+2reb+4ast, D.Smith 9+5reb, R.Hickman 7+2reb+5ast, S.Landesberg 7+4reb
gschID: 192994

  MACCABI RISHON (coach: Sharon Drucker)49
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
60 WQaDhU, zulaij 42 65-61 (18.0%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 0 1 5 8 6 8 6 6 0 85 61 5
1 HijIZha, XaUJij 40 4-3 (90%) 5-3 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 4 0 2 4 4 8 6 5 5 4 1 7 5
3 zIjRs, viJRQaZ 48 4-66 (89.4%) 6-3 (80%) 5-6 (5%) 8 8 3 8 6 4 8 5 8 4 7 8 5
2 tURQ, SdQaij 48 8-9 (82.1%) 5-6 (5%) 3-1 (11.9%) 4 0 2 4 6 9 6 6 6 4 2 60 5
66 AIlIBIj, PQ 82 8-0 (35%) 5-4 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 6 3 0 5 8 6 8 5 6 4 1 8 5
65 mRj giLad, SBaU 84 5-4 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 3 3 6 8 5 6 5 5 6 5 -6 5
7 giTsIj, AhiTj 7 5-4 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 5 5 -8 5
9 Sadij, gijaRl 0 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 6 8 5 4 5 5 5 5 6 5 -4 5
wIUil   85-05 (35.5%) 6-63 (9.6%) 1-7 (11.9%) 68 81 42 65 60 63 65 4 1 67 37 42  


  MACCABI T-A (coach: Oded Kattash)72
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
2 qlaFihu, vaIQ 87 2-63 (09.6%) 5-5 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 6 3 0 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 62 85 5
68 PhiFIj, YIDRL 87 3-1 (11.9%) 5-8 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 6 6 8 3 4 6 8 5 5 6 65 66 5
9 HaZVBij, eaZVF 87 8-0 (35%) 5-3 (5%) 4-3 (90%) 5 8 8 0 8 8 3 5 6 5 9 7 5
1 ABaUh, gRLaj 84 8-1 (44.4%) 6-8 (05%) 8-8 (655%) 6 3 0 5 8 8 8 5 5 6 7 65 5
64 OlijajaZ, giQVI 9 5-8 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 6 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 5 6 6 -6 5
0 ziBRs, AhiTj 87 0-2 (18.0%) 5-5 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 3 7 64 3 8 8 5 0 6 4 68 89 5
86 vijdRsMRQD, AFlLRj 62 8-0 (35%) 6-6 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 6 4 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 6 9 65 5
3 vIDij, giLad 61 8-0 (35%) 5-8 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 5 8 8 4 6 8 8 5 5 6 1 2 5
66 CijRQ-bRdlRF, XaVlis 66 6-6 (655%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 8 8 5
65 Ojaja, GuF 1 5-5 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 8 5 -4 5
7 eIUh, bIQij 1 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 5 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
wIUil   81-04 (37.6%) 8-64 (60.3%) 63-61 (29.0%) 7 82 49 85 63 60 68 1 4 68 98 74  



Terms:
Field Goals :  2PM-A  (2 point Field Goal made-attempts)     3PM-A  (3 point Field Goal made-attempts)   FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive)  DEF (Defensive)   TOT  (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed)  RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor)  AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes)  AST (assists)  ST (steals)   TO (Turnovers)   PTS (points)  RNK (ranking)