Maccabi started the game with Andrew Wisniewski, Alan Anderson, Guy Pnini, D\u2019or Fischer and Yaniv Green. <\/SPAN> In the early minutes of the third quarter, two Haifa players got unsportsmanlike calls, and Maccabi quickly built on the points earned there with a three-pointer from the corner by Anderson, taking their lead up to 52 \u2013 36.<\/p>\n <\/SPAN>But the rest of the period went downhill from there for Maccabi, and even Perkins couldn\u2019t lift Maccabi up. The final period got off to a slow start for both teams, and not a single point was scored until finally Pnini made a couple of free throws. <\/SPAN>Eidson followed up a nice assist to Fish under the basket with a pretty three from the corner, and Perkins added a layup to put Maccabi up 74 \u2013 60 with two and a half minutes left in the game. Box Scores Maccabi<\/SPAN><\/B>: Anderson 13 points; Bluthenthal and Limonad 12 points each; Perkins 11 points, 8 assists; Eidson 10 points, 8 assists; Green 9 points; Pnini 5 points; Fischer 4 points. Haifa<\/SPAN><\/B>: Jefferson 21 points; Rich 16 points; Hagag 11 points; Pellot-Rosa 7 points; Strong and Kozikaro 4 points each; Mizrahi and Ben David 2 points each; Tyler 1 point. Pini Gershon<\/SPAN><\/B>: \u201cWe didn\u2019t play well.
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<\/SPAN>Dror Hagag, Moshe Mizrahi, Jason Rich, Jeremy Tyler and Davor Jefferson started for the home team.
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<\/SPAN>With five minutes gone, the score was up to 33 \u2013 26.
<\/SPAN>Maccabi continued to play well, and points from outside the arc by Eidson and under the basket by Green helped Maccabi\u2019s lead grow to 14.
<\/SPAN>The Head closed that gap slightly, but the half ended with Maccabi Tel Aviv in the lead by eleven, 45 \u2013 34.<\/SPAN><\/P>
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<\/SPAN>The quarter ended with Maccabi clinging to a 58 \u2013 54 lead.
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<\/SPAN>That broke the ice, and Maccabi had a string of successful offensive plays that gave them back a double digit lead, 65 \u2013
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<\/SPAN>The game ended in a victory for Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv, 76 \u2013 68 over Maccabi Haifa.
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<\/SPAN>Wisniewski and Lasme played but did not score.
<\/SPAN>Mekel and Sharp did not play.
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<\/SPAN>In the first half, we could have scored a lot more.
<\/SPAN>We missed easy shots.
<\/SPAN>I tried various things, but for some of the players it was a physically tough game.
<\/SPAN>Bluthenthal started well but later his shots didn\u2019t go in.
<\/SPAN>Let\u2019s just say that the teams in the league are hoping his shots will be like that all season.\u201d