Five days after qualifying for the Euroleague Final Four, Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv made it to the Premier League playoff semi finals with a 124-85 win over MB9 Ramat Hahsaron. Thus Maccabi completed a 3-0 sweep. The semi finals will open on May 9.
The visitors led 10-8 but at the end of the first quarter Maccabi held a 33-25 lead at at half time 59-45. At the end of the third the lead was 90-61 and finally a 39 pts win.
Maccabi had excellent shooting percentages especially in three pointers with 17 from 27 (63%). Saras & Derrick Sharp had 4 triplets each. Maccabi recorded also 35 assists.
Scorers for Maccabi: Bluthenthal 22 & 7 rbds, Parker 20, Sharp 16 & 5 assists, Burstein 14 & 9 ass, Jasikevicius 12 & 7 ass, Baston 12 & 13 rbds, Shelef 10 & 7 ass, Halperin 8, Vujcic 8, Ben Chimol 2. The injured Thomas did not play.
Top scorers for Ramat Hasharon: Wells 20 & 10 rbds, Sissoms 15, K. Johnson 12.