After a great first half with a 50-34 lead, Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv had to make a special effort to record its sixth win of the season, 82-75 over Hapoel in the Tel Aviv Derby, played in the Usishkin Hall.
Maccabi, without the injured Udrih, opened with 14-0 and 24-5 and ended the first quarter 31-17 up. The second quarter was even (19-17) and in the third, David Blatt's players scored only 12 points and Hapoel came back to 62-56. The lead was cut to 62-60 and three minutes from time 74-71. But five consecutive pts from Tal Burstein, made sure of Maccabi's win.
Lior Lubin was the MVP with 23 pts, 4 rbds and 2 ass. Other scorers: Vujcic 17 (11 rbds), Lewis 10, Burstein 9, Saffar 8 (8 rbds), Shelef 6, Sharp 4, Goree 3, Halperin 2. Top scorers for Hapoel: Naor 19, Kease 18, King 11 (8 rbds).
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