Euroleague

Blueprint vs breakdown: Hapoel Tel Aviv’s plan delivers, while Maccabi pays the price

As EuroCup champs, Hapoel was given a one-year temporary license, so to speak, to the Euroleague, and anything after that was not guaranteed unless the Reds advanced to the playoffs.

|ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN
VASILIJE MICIC and Hapoel Tel Aviv are headed to the Euroleague playoffs in their first season in the competition, while Maccabi Tel Aviv’s continental campaign is over.
ISH WAINRIGHT (left) and Hapoel Tel Aviv overpowered Maccabi Tel Aviv 99-88 in the displaced Euroleague derby between the clubs in Belgrade.

Hapoel Tel Aviv clinches Euroleague playoff berth with derby W over Maccabi in Serbia

Antonio Blakeney started to find the bottom of the basket, while Lonnie Walker responded to keep the yellow-and-blue close, but Collin Malcolm was unstoppable down the stretch as Hapoel took the win.

|ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN
MACCABI TEL AVIV guard Lonnie Walker found his form to score a game-high 25 points in the yellow-and-blue’s 103-89 Euroleague win over Anadolu EFES.

Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi Tel Aviv make crucial Euroleague wins ahead of derby

Hapoel up to 4th place in Euroleague with win over Panathinaikos • Maccabi continues late-season push for Play-In.

|ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN
CLAUDIO COLDEBELLA reflects on Maccabi Tel Aviv’s turbulent season as the club battles adversity on and off the court in its push toward the Euroleague playoffs.

Between war and wins: Maccabi Tel Aviv’s Euroleague playoff push fueled by resilience - interview

Recently, Maccabi General Manager Claudio Coldebella spoke with Giuseppe Nigro of La Gazzetta dello Sport in Italy, sharing some of the successes he has experienced this season.

|ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN

Avdija, Israel finding form in European U20s

Blue-and-white meets Montenegro in round-of-16 after conquests of Ukraine, Italy following loss to Serbia

JULY 16, 2019ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN
DENI AVDIJA (left) and Yam Madar (right) have paced Israel through three games of the FIBA Under-20 European Championship, with Avdija averaging 17.3 points, nine rebounds and six assists and Madar putting up 18.7 points and 8.7 assists per game heading into the round-of-16 in Tel Aviv.

Tricky road test for Maccabi Tel Aviv at Real Madrid

Maccabi won two of its first three road games, but has lost the past three against Barcelona, CSKA Moscow and Panathinaikos.

JANUARY 5, 2018ByALLON SINAI
Maccabi Tel Av iv forward Jonah Bolden has been superb on the defensive end, but the shorthanded yellow-and-blue needs him to snap his sixgame streak of single-digit scoring against Real Madrid in Spain.