[MaccabiTA]

After the end of the QFs with a tight 5th game of maccabi-bney hasharon it's time for the final four.

Semi-finals (may 25th) -nokia arena

Galil Gilboa vs. Hapoel Jerusalem 79-69
Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Barak Netanya 104-78

Final (may 27th) -nokia arena

Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Galil Gilboa 77-99 (50-42)

Games results and top scorers

Galil Gilboa- Hapoel Jerusalem 79-69 (20-19, 35-41, 58-52)
Top scoreres Galil: Pargo 13 , Dowell 11 , Izreali 10, Kadir 10
Top scorers Hapoel: Hunter 16 , Simmons 14 (11 Rebs) , Naimi 12

Maccabi Tel Aviv- Barak Natanya 104-78 (29-14, 60-32, 84-51)
Top scorers Maccabi: Pnini 16 , Limonad 14 , Wisniweski 14, Perkins 14 (6 Rebs, 7 asts) , Anderson 12
Top scorers Natanya: Washam 26 , Pinock 20.

This post has been edited by MaccabiTA: 28 May 2010 - 12:26 PM

[Roy M]

Stopid event. MTA must withdraw from it.

This post has been edited by Roy M: 18 May 2010 - 02:33 PM

[Sagenas]

It seems that Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Barak Netanya last game was good. Today I have read that Maccabi have won very hardly. I would like to watch that game. Does anyone know some torrent trackers where I could find this ant ohter games of Israel and other games, which leagues isn't very popular.

[Roy M]

Sagenas, on 18 May 2010 - 02:52 PM, said:

It seems that Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Barak Netanya last game was good. Today I have read that Maccabi have won very hardly. I would like to watch that game. Does anyone know some torrent trackers where I could find this ant ohter games of Israel and other games, which leagues isn't very popular.

MTA vs. Nethanya will surly will be here:
www.nana10.co.il

[Sagenas]

Roy M, on 18 May 2010 - 03:27 PM, said:

MTA vs. Nethanya will surly will be here:
www.nana10.co.il

thank you.

[MaccabiTA]

The first game starts in ~20 mins.
Hapoel Jerusalem vs. Galil-Gilboa

Live broadcasts for both games on Sport5.co.il (official broadcast so it's suppose to work pretty good)

2nd game in 20.55 local time (about 3 hours 15 mins from now) also live on sport5.co.il

[MaccabiTA]

Semi finals scores: Galil-Jerusalem 79-69, Maccabi-Natanya 104-78

The first game wasn't too impressive, both teams were stressed and not well prepared, maybe the long time between playoffs and final four affected them. But to the 2nd half Galil came way more focused then Hapoel, they wanted more and they played smarter. Horrible free throw shooting, Galil with 15/28 Hapoel with 18/33. Hapoel seemed to be coming back in the end but they've wasted every chance they had, another season jerusalem proves to be the eternal loser of the Israeli basketball

The second game was one-sided from the beginig, the only time Natanya was close was when it was 0-0... Maccabi opened strong and pretty much closed the game aroud the 12th min. About three minutes left in the 2nd qtr it was 56-26. The only word I can find to describe that is rape Maccabi shut the mouths of Natanya's people who were talking too much for a small team, Maccabi responded on court. 28 minutes of pure garbage time and a nice calm practice for the final against Galil.

[kobimel]

Hapoel sucked this season (even more than last season), they don't deserve to be in the Finals (not even in the Final Four). Galil/Gilboa deserved it way more, good luck to Katash vs Maccabi, and I hope to see him on the lines next season instead of the inept Goodes.

[Roy M]

kobimel, on 26 May 2010 - 05:17 PM, said:

Hapoel sucked this season (even more than last season), they don't deserve to be in the Finals (not even in the Final Four). Galil/Gilboa deserved it way more, good luck to Katash vs Maccabi, and I hope to see him on the lines next season instead of the inept Goodes.

If you are Katash: Will U came to Malcha instead of Galil?
Galil in the Euro-Cup, nice budget next season...

Why should he come to a stress place like Jerusalem?

This post has been edited by Roy M: 26 May 2010 - 07:42 PM

[kobimel]

Roy M, on 26 May 2010 - 07:41 PM, said:

If you are Katash: Will U came to Malcha instead of Galil?
Galil in the Euro-Cup, nice budget next season...

Why should he come to a stress place like Jerusalem?

He's been at Galil for 5-6 years, if he wants to advance his career he has to go to a team with more European tradition, which is known around Europe, with very high goals, a team with more pressure involved, sure. If he wants to be a truly great coach, he has to prove that he can handle pressure and stress. Even Haim Ohayon said that he wouldn't stop Katash from going to Jerusalem because he knows it's a bigger stage for Katash to prove himself on.

[Roy M]

kobimel, on 26 May 2010 - 09:15 PM, said:

He's been at Galil for 5-6 years, if he wants to advance his career he has to go to a team with more European tradition, which is known around Europe, with very high goals, a team with more pressure involved, sure. If he wants to be a truly great coach, he has to prove that he can handle pressure and stress. Even Haim Ohayon said that he wouldn't stop Katash from going to Jerusalem because he knows it's a bigger stage for Katash to prove himself on.

Even I can accept that katash need promotion, I don't think that Jerusalem is a "advance".

[MaccabiTA]

The final in less than 3 hours from now. will also be live on Sport5.co.il

[kobimel]

Galil/Gilboa are the champions!!!!! Unbelievable.

[Roy M]

kobimel, on 27 May 2010 - 11:26 PM, said:

Galil/Gilboa are the champions!!!!! Unbelievable.

No, they R the "Copel Cup" holders.

[kobimel]

Roy M, on 28 May 2010 - 12:05 AM, said:

No, they R the "Copel Cup" holders.

[MaccabiTA]

Well... I would say they deserved it but they didn't, a league shouldn't end with final four, it is well known what this finalfour is for, taking the championshim from maccabi, well mission accomplished, I would congratulate galil but it seems like it would make more sense to congratulate koppel, so congratulations koppel and go f*** yourself.
I hope maccabi will withdraw from the Israeli league. It's a fuckin league! Not a cup, it's suppose to end fairly, with playoffs, it doesn't make any sense that a team works hard all season long, finishes with 21-1 record an only loss is at hardest away game with 2 OTs and than Galil has better second half and POOF did you see this 7 months effort dissapear?

[Sagenas]

The biggest problem is that there only one game in the final. However, Macabbi failed what a failure Congrats to the champions

[kobimel]

Maccabi were the best team in the regular season, so they got the #1 seed in the playoffs and faced the #8 seed, which is supposed to be the weakest team in the playoffs (wasn't this year). It's not like what they did the entire year was for nothing; they got the #1 seed in the 1/4 finals and then faced the #4 seed in the Final Four, which is the weakest team in the Final Four.

Look at the NBA: it doesn't matter how good the best team's record is, it doesn't matter whether they lost 1 game or 20, if they have the best record they get two things: 1. They face the weakest team in the playoffs (like Maccabi) 2. They get home court advantage (which Maccabi has anyway!!!).

How is it that nobody in Europe or in the NCAA complains about the Final Four? Just Maccabi! Barcelona had a near perfect season and they could have lost to Olympiacos or Partizan in the one game in the Finals...I didn't see them complaining about the system.

[Belzebub]

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Mister Gershon seems to me a person with a very big mouth who makes sure he always has a good assistant who does the work for him while he takes the credit. And in the meantime he hurts the reputation of the club he works for. The incident in the nba charity game, the racist speech against blacks. How can you let a person like that run a club like Maccabi Tel Aviv.

[MaccabiTA]

kobimel, on 28 May 2010 - 04:38 PM, said:

Maccabi were the best team in the regular season, so they got the #1 seed in the playoffs and faced the #8 seed, which is supposed to be the weakest team in the playoffs (wasn't this year). It's not like what they did the entire year was for nothing; they got the #1 seed in the 1/4 finals and then faced the #4 seed in the Final Four, which is the weakest team in the Final Four.

Look at the NBA: it doesn't matter how good the best team's record is, it doesn't matter whether they lost 1 game or 20, if they have the best record they get two things: 1. They face the weakest team in the playoffs (like Maccabi) 2. They get home court advantage (which Maccabi has anyway!!!).

How is it that nobody in Europe or in the NCAA complains about the Final Four? Just Maccabi! Barcelona had a near perfect season and they could have lost to Olympiacos or Partizan in the one game in the Finals...I didn't see them complaining about the system.

In both euroleague and NCAA the system wasn't made especially to hurt one team and take championships from it. That's the difference, and maccabi doesn't have the home court ad. In the FF, other teams got (or can get) as much fans as maccabi.
Don't act like you don't know that, the whole FF shit was made ( and he said that loud and clear) to take the championship away from Maccabi, now if it was made as part of an idea to serve the whole league I could get it, but it is well known playoffs could make more money for teams from tickets and tv rights, they do this shit, even though it's against the sense of every sane person, and why? To take the championship from maccabi, that's not very fair.