Israel

Regular Season Round 21: Hapoel T-A - Maccabi Ashdod 81-97

Date: March 6, 2017
Worth to mention about the upset in a game between Hapoel Tel-Aviv (10-11) and Maccabi Ashdod (7-14), which took place in Tel-Aviv. Higher ranked Hapoel Tel-Aviv lost at home to eleventh ranked Maccabi Ashdod 81-97 on Monday. The game without a history. Maccabi Ashdod led from the first minutes and controlled entire game increasing their lead in each quarter. They dominated down low during the game scoring 52 of its points in the paint compared to Hapoel Tel-Aviv's 24. Maccabi Ashdod forced 19 Hapoel Tel-Aviv turnovers and outrebounded them 38-25 including 28 on the defensive glass. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 28 assists. American Chase Simon (201-89, college: Detroit Mercy, agency: Three Eye Sports) nailed 22 points and 7 assists for the winning side and the former international Jake Cohen (208-90, college: Davidson) accounted for 20 points and 9 rebounds (on 8-of-10 shooting from the field). Maccabi Ashdod's coach Meir Tapiro used a ten-player rotation which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. American point guard Mark Lyons (185-89, college: Arizona, agency: Higher Vision Sports) came up with 19 points and 6 assists and point guard Tamir Blatt (180-97) added 14 points and 8 assists respectively for Hapoel Tel-Aviv in the defeat. Five Maccabi Ashdod and four Hapoel Tel-Aviv players scored in double figures. Maccabi Ashdod maintains eleventh place with 7-14 record. Loser Hapoel Tel-Aviv keeps the sixth position with 11 games lost. They share it with 3 other teams. Maccabi Ashdod will meet at home higher ranked Bnei Hasharon (#3) in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. Hapoel Tel-Aviv will play against Hapoel Jerusalem and it may be a tough game between close rivals.

  HAPOEL T-A (coach: Dimitris Itoudis)81
  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 +/-
8 vFIjs, biQV 48 8-3 (05%) 3-65 (35%) 4-3 (90%) 5 8 8 1 4 8 5 5 6 0 67 66 -69
63 vaBIjid, eiLaL 46 5-8 (5%) 8-4 (11.9%) 3-3 (655%) 5 6 6 4 8 0 6 5 5 4 65 68 -67
36 GajiU, wIBRQ 46 8-1 (44.4%) 6-6 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 6 3 0 6 4 8 8 5 6 4 9 1 -68
9 wuZVRQ, SlijdI 63 8-4 (11.9%) 5-6 (5%) 6-6 (655%) 5 8 8 5 5 6 5 5 5 6 0 0 -4
6 HITRll, eaZhiQd 64 5-4 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-8 (5%) 6 4 3 6 0 6 6 5 5 6 5 -3 -0
68 XiIQ, biUij 81 8-8 (655%) 6-8 (05%) 8-3 (05%) 5 6 6 6 4 3 8 5 5 5 7 66 -1
5 mijVs, SdQaij 80 3-0 (25%) 8-0 (35%) 4-3 (90%) 5 8 8 6 6 8 5 5 5 4 69 64 -4
1 mliUU, wiBaQ 67 5-5 (5%) 3-9 (09.6%) 8-8 (655%) 5 4 4 2 6 6 5 5 5 4 63 67 -1
84 qlais-OIuQ, eiB 7 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 3 0 5 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 -7
wIUil   68-81 (31.8%) 63-87 (32.4%) 60-86 (96.3%) 4 88 80 86 85 62 1 5 8 67 26 90  


  MACCABI ASHDOD97
  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 +/-
4 AaBIj, ChisR 41 4-66 (89.4%) 3-9 (09.6%) 3-0 (25%) 5 4 4 9 6 4 8 5 5 3 88 85 62
60 CIhRj, ziVR 89 9-9 (655%) 6-4 (44.4%) 4-4 (655%) 8 9 7 8 4 0 6 6 5 6 85 48 7
48 CiQBaZhiRl, ziZVaR 89 0-1 (24.4%) 5-5 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 4 4 1 3 8 6 6 5 5 6 68 85 9
3 KjITlRs, OQRsUIj 81 3-1 (11.9%) 3-2 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 5 3 3 6 4 8 4 5 5 5 85 86 69
77 caL, ofUiZh 80 8-4 (11.9%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 8 3 1 7 8 8 8 5 5 3 3 60 7
5 galliQd, KRLaj 81 4-0 (15%) 8-9 (82.1%) 6-6 (655%) 6 4 3 3 6 6 6 6 5 6 64 60 3
66 SQaRl, SdiB 63 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 -8 0
6 SlUaU, mRj 68 8-0 (35%) 5-5 (5%) 8-3 (05%) 8 4 0 6 8 4 6 5 5 8 1 9 66
61 washBij, XaBQId 1 5-5 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 6 5 -4 5
1 maQjfRld, PBRQ 6 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
wIUil   81-34 (15.0%) 66-89 (35.9%) 68-60 (25.5%) 65 82 42 82 62 69 66 8 5 63 79 680  



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)