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Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv won the Israeli National Cup for the sixth year running and for the 33rd time, beating Maccabi Givat Shmuel 96-83.
For Givat Shmuel it was first time in the final and they controlled the first quarter (27-19). At the half they still had a one point lead (40-39). A 9-0 run by Macabi in the third made it 64-57 and Givat Shmuel never came back. State president Moshe Katsav presented the cup to captain Gur Shelef.
MVP - Derrick Sharp with 18 pts (4-7 for three), 3 steals & 1 assist. Other leading scorers: Marcus Goree 18 pts, 9 rbds, Nikola Vujcic 17 pts, 8 rbds, 5 ass, Beno Udrih 13 pts, 6 ass, Tal Burstein 11 pts, 4 rbds, 2 ass, 2 stls.
For Givat Shmuel: Charles Minlend 24 pts, 8 rbds, Oren Aharoni 19 pts (5-8 for three), Kelly McCarthy 17 pts, 8 rbds, 3 stls.
10,000 spectators in Yad Eliyahu.