Euroleague

Real Madrid eliminates Hapoel Tel Aviv

Despite a 3-1 playoff series ouster, the Reds take plenty of positives from 1st Euroleague season.

|ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN
IT WAS a successful debut campaign of Euroleague basketball for Hapoel Tel Aviv, which saw its season end with a 3-1 quarterfinals series loss to Real Madrid.
Hapoel Tel Aviv

Hapoel Tel Aviv stays alive vs Real Madrid in Euroleague quarterfinals

“It’s almost impossible to beat one of the top teams in the competition five straight times, but we came close. Congrats to Hapoel and now we move on to try and win the series in four games.”

|ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN
IT IS going to require quite a turnaround for Elijah Bryant and Hapoel Tel Aviv to overcome their 2-0 deficit to Real Madrid in their Euroleague quarterfinal series.

Hapoel Tel Aviv staring down 0-2 Euroleague quarterfinal hole vs Real Madrid

Dimitrios Itoudis’s squad came out with a ton of energy early, thanks to impressive play on the inside by Dan Oturu, as Hapoel grabbed a 42-40 advantage at halftime.

|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.

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

A hoops journey: Eilat to Toronto to Spain

Jordan Loyd reflects on his time in Israel, his NBA experience with Raptors and decision to play in Europe

NOVEMBER 7, 2019ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN
JORDAN LOYD returned to Tel Aviv happy to be with Valencia in the the Euroleague. However his experience this season is unlikely to top last year’s, when he was a member of the NBA Champion Toronto Raptors

Ex-NBA star's fond feelings for former coach David Blatt

Russian big man reflects on relationship with Israeli from national team and NBA’s Cavaliers

OCTOBER 10, 2019ByJOSH HALICKMAN
DAVID BLATT (inset) had Timofey Mozgov on the Russian national team and with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the center has nothing but praise for his former coach

Maccabi TA among Euroleague contenders

New format and revamped rosters the top storylines in elite continental basketball competition

OCTOBER 3, 2019ByJOSH HALICKMAN
OMRI CASSPI (center) scored 13 points for Maccabi Tel Aviv last night, but the yellow-and-blue lost 89-83 at Khimki Moscow in its Euroleague opener

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.