Nearly the Same Crowd Returns for Game 2 at Menora Mivtachim Arena
Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Tel Aviv met on Thursday night for Game 2 of the heated Israeli Basketball Premier League final at Menora Mivtachim Arena in Tel Aviv. The game followed Maccabi Tel Aviv’s win in Game 1.
Attendance was almost identical to the opener. After 8,278 spectators came to the first game, 8,252 fans were in the arena for Game 2, including 1,000 yellow-clad Maccabi supporters.
The crowd saw a fast, tense first quarter. Hapoel opened with a 0:14 run, but Maccabi answered with its own surge, and the period ended tied 20:20. The report was published on June 18, 2026, at 21:22.
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