Maccabi Tel Aviv to Face Hapoel Tel Aviv in Winner Cup Final After Dominating Hapoel Jerusalem
Translated & summarized from N12 by baba
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- Maccabi Tel Aviv beat Hapoel Jerusalem 88-71 to reach the Winner Cup final.
- The final will be a derby between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv.
- The win came after Maccabi's poor 0-3 start in the Euroleague.
- Ife Lundberg, Ousmane Brissett, and Roman Sorkin were key scorers for Maccabi.
- Hapoel Jerusalem committed 19 turnovers in the game.
Maccabi Tel Aviv secured a spot in the Winner Cup final by defeating Hapoel Jerusalem 88-71 in Holon on Sunday. The victory sets up a Tel Aviv derby against Hapoel Tel Aviv for the title. This win comes just two days after Maccabi's significant Euroleague loss to Panathinaikos, which marked a 0-3 start to their Euroleague season, a first in the club's history. Despite falling behind by double digits in the first half, Maccabi rallied, led by strong performances from Ife Lundberg, Ousmane Brissett in the fourth quarter, and Roman Sorkin. Lundberg, who had a slow start to the season, finished with 14 points, including a perfect 4-of-4 from three-point range in the decisive fourth quarter. Brissett contributed 17 points, and Sorkin added 16 points. Maccabi's coach Oded Katash saw his team outscore Hapoel Jerusalem 29-17 in the final quarter. Hapoel Jerusalem, coached by Sasha Obradovic, committed 19 turnovers in the game, compared to Maccabi's 9.
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