Hapoel Tel Aviv Makes EuroLeague History With Player Accolades
Translated & summarized from Arutz Sheva by baba
Hapoel Tel Aviv's Antonio Blakeney and Elijah Bryant were named co-Players of the Week in the EuroLeague after a major win against Anadolu Efes. This marks the first time in EuroLeague history two players from the same team have won the award within the first eight rounds. Hapoel Tel Aviv also became the first team to achieve four such awards in the same early-season span, with Bryant winning three.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Hapoel Tel Aviv's Antonio Blakeney and Elijah Bryant named EuroLeague Players of the Week.
- This is the first time two players from the same team won the award in the same round.
- Hapoel Tel Aviv is the first team with four Player of the Week awards in the first eight rounds.
- Elijah Bryant has won the award three times this season.
- The team achieved this after defeating Anadolu Efes 118-88.
Hapoel Tel Aviv has achieved a historic milestone in the EuroLeague, Europe's premier basketball competition. For the first time in the league's history, a team has had two players named co-Players of the Week in the same round within the first eight rounds of the season. This remarkable feat was accomplished by Hapoel Tel Aviv's Antonio Blakeney and Elijah Bryant following their dominant 118-88 victory over Turkey's Anadolu Efes.
Both Blakeney and Bryant registered an impressive performance index rating of 35 points in the game. This achievement places Hapoel Tel Aviv in elite company, joining Italian club Siena (2002) and Spanish giant Real Madrid (2017) as the only teams to have two players simultaneously receive the Player of the Week award.
Furthermore, Hapoel Tel Aviv has set another EuroLeague record by becoming the first team ever to secure four Player of the Week awards within the initial eight rounds of a season. Of these four accolades, Elijah Bryant has been instrumental, earning the award three times. This string of individual honors suggests Hapoel Tel Aviv is on track for a historic season.
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