{"id":29997,"date":"2010-09-26T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-26T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/maccabi-finishes-fourth-after-tough-loss-to-st-petersburg\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T08:35:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T05:35:20","slug":"maccabi-finishes-fourth-after-tough-loss-to-st-petersburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/maccabi-finishes-fourth-after-tough-loss-to-st-petersburg\/","title":{"rendered":"Maccabi Finishes Fourth After Tough Loss to St. Petersburg"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Amy Samin<\/FONT>

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Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv finished fourth in the Alexander Belov Tournament in St. Petersburg after a 90 \u2013 82 loss to former Maccabi coach Zvika Sherf and his Spartak St. Petersburg team.
Perkins finished with 22 points and 8 rebounds, Burstein scored 12.<\/FONT>

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For the final practice game before heading home, Maccabi head coach David Blatt led off with Doron Perkins, Chuck Eidson, Guy Pnini, Richard Hendrix, and Sofoklis Schortsanitis.
Time after time, Maccabi took advantage of Sofo\u2019s physicality under the basket, and he responded with seven quick points, giving Maccabi an early 9 \u2013 7 lead.<\/FONT>

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But St. Petersburg was able to grab the advantage, 18 \u2013 13 when former Hapoel Jerusalem star Dijon Thompson dunked and scored nine points.
Veteran player Henry Domer\u00e7ant got hot, scoring seven of St. Petersburg points in an 8 \u2013 0 scoring run, which put the home team up 24 \u2013 15 at the end of the first period.<\/FONT>

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The Russian domination continued at the start of the second quarter as well, with newcomer Pero Antic causing problems for Maccabi under both baskets.
Spartak\u2019s lead swelled to 30 \u2013 19.
St. Petersburg continued to control the boards, and were able to slice through Maccabi\u2019s defense to maintain their lead.
Blatt called Tal Burstein, Lior Eliyahu and David Blu off the bench and put Sofo back in the game; the latter continued to score and Maccabi whittled the lead down to ten, 36 \u2013 26. At the other end, Domer\u00e7ant and Thompson were on fire, and a huge bucket by Miha Zupan gave St. Petersburg back a double digit lead.
With three minutes left until halftime, Sherf\u2019s team led 43 \u2013 30.
Eidson and Perkins forged an 8 \u2013 0 scoring run for Maccabi, and the period ended with the score 43 \u2013 38.<\/FONT><\/P>

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A three pointer from the corner by Burstein set Maccabi\u2019s deficit at a mere four points, 52 \u2013 48, though Spartak had no trouble moving the ball in the paint.
Fortunately for Blatt, Perkins scored nine points in the third quarter (after scoring only seven in the entire first half), and the lead see-sawed between four and eight points for the remainder of the period.<\/FONT>

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In the fourth quarter Maccabi got back into the game, with the entrance of Yaniv Green, Burstein, and Elishay Kadir who contributed points and excitement.
Kadir and Burstein brought the score to 72 \u2013 70 with four and a half minutes remaining.
Domer\u00e7ant and Burstein exchanged baskets, though Spartak held on to a fragile 75 \u2013 74 lead with 3:20 on the clock.
A three pointer by Anton Ponkrashov broke open a five point lead for the Russians, who protected their lead for the remainder of the game and came away with third place in the Alexander Belov Tournament with a 90 \u2013 82 victory over Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv. <\/FONT>



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Box Scores<\/B><\/FONT><\/P>

Maccabi: Perkins 22 points, 8 rebounds; Burstein 12 points; Sofo 11 points; Blu 9 points; Green 8 points, 4 rebounds; Hendrix 7 points; Eidson 6 points, 6 assists; Pargo 5 points; Kadir 2 points.<\/FONT>





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