a terrific performance by the guard – 14 points and 16 assists – gave Maccabi TA the win, 114-100. Green scored 21
<P class=MsoNormal style=”MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt”><FONT face=”Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif”>Will Bynum, who proved this season several times what a gifted athlete he is, had an amazing evening at Kfar Blum scoring 14 points and passing a league season record 16 assists, as Maccabi Tel Aviv beat Galil Elyon 114-100.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style=”MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt”><FONT face=”Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif”>Maccabi officially secured the first position of the regular season, and its opponent at the final four will be Ironi Nahariya or Galil Elyon.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style=”MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt”><FONT face=”Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif”>Yaniv Green, who started instead of injured Nikola Vujcic, led Maccabi with 21 points. Tal Burstein contributed 16 points and 8 assists, and Simas Jasaitis had a hot first half, in which he scored all of his 19 points.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style=”MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt”><FONT face=”Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif”>Thanks to Simas and Green Maccabi opened a double-digit lead, 28-15, but two baskets by Mosinzon made it 32-26 to Maccabi after one quarter.</FONT></P>
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Galil came close as one point from Maccabi in the third quarter, but Maccabi’s superb shooting from behind the arc helped the team pull away a nice victory’ 114-100.</FONT></P>
