Hapoel Tel Aviv Stars Receive Watches Before Dominant EuroLeague Victory

Hapoel Tel Aviv secured one of their best performances of the season, defeating Anadolu Efes 118-88. The team's stars, Antonio Blakeney and Elijah Bryant, were instrumental in the win, with Blakeney scoring 35 points and Bryant contributing 16 points and 12 assists. Both players finished the game with a performance index rating of 35.

It was revealed that both Blakeney and Bryant received watches as gifts before the game, a present that had been waiting for them since last season. The players, who were not with Hapoel Tel Aviv at the end of the previous season, selected their new timepieces shortly before the start of a double-round week in the EuroLeague, which includes an upcoming game against Dubai on Friday.

The article speculates whether these new watches provided an extra boost of energy for the players heading into the Anadolu Efes match. The watches were originally intended as a token of appreciation from the team's owner, Ofer Yanai, for a successful European season that concluded with a playoff appearance. Yanai had distributed watches to players during a celebratory dinner at the end of June, and he did not forget his two key players who performed exceptionally well on the court.