{"id":31362,"date":"2011-09-13T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-13T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/starting-off-right-maccabi-beats-haifa-88-63-in-pre-season-game\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T08:39:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T05:39:40","slug":"starting-off-right-maccabi-beats-haifa-88-63-in-pre-season-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/starting-off-right-maccabi-beats-haifa-88-63-in-pre-season-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting Off Right: Maccabi beats Haifa 88 \u2013 63 in Pre-Season Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P align=left><FONT face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><FONT size=2>By Amy Samin<\/FONT> <\/FONT><\/P> <P align=left><FONT face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><FONT size=2>In their first pre-season scrimmage leading up to the 2011 \u2013 2012 season, Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv defeated Maccabi Haifa 88 \u2013 63 in Nokia Arena. There was a lot to be impressed by, especially when it came to the three big men, Sofo Schortsanitis, Devin Smith, and Richard Hendrix, who displayed great ability under the baskets. Devin Smith and Yogev Ohayon, both of whom wore the yellow for the first time, demonstrated excellent shooting and game management.<\/FONT> <\/FONT><\/P> <P align=center><IFRAME height=330 src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XZrRlHkPYlM\" frameBorder=0 width=425 allowfullscreen><\/IFRAME><\/P> <P align=left><FONT face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><FONT size=2>Guy Goodes started the game with Jordan Farmar, Jon Scheyer, Devin Smith, David Blu and Sofo Schortsanitis. The game opened with a bucket and one from Sofo in the paint. Sylven Landesburg of Haifa evened things up at 3 \u2013 3 after a minute. Smith responded with a three pointer of his own at the other end of the court following two from the foul line by Haifa\u2019s Tyler Wilkerson. Smith then pulled down two offensive rebounds, and Farmar scored off an assist from Scheyer to put Maccabi up 11 \u2013 9 after three and a half minutes. Shawn James and Guy Pnini came in for Sofo and Devin halfway through the period. Farmar scored one from the charity stripe, then Sean Williams drained a three for Haifa, tying the score at 12 all with four and a half minutes left in the quarter.<\/FONT> <BR><\/P><\/FONT> <P align=left><FONT face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><FONT size=2>Greek newcomer and veteran point guard Theo Papaloukas came into the game for Scheyer, leading an offensive play that ended in a three by Pnini off an assist from Farmar. Ohayon, who was also making his first appearance with Maccabi, sent a slick assist to Hendrix who had also entered the game. James made a nice steal at half court and finished with a basket plus foul to make it 19 \u2013 12. A dunk by Haifa\u2019s Daniel Aiden stopped Maccabi\u2019s scoring run at 9 \u2013 0 and made it 21 \u2013 14 at the end of the first quarter.<\/FONT> <\/FONT><\/P> <P align=center><IMG border=1 hspace=0 alt=\"\" align=baseline src=\"https:\/\/www.maccabi.co.il\/mtpic\/20110913%200079.jpg\"><\/P> <P align=left><FONT face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><FONT size=2>Haifa started out strong in the second quarter and narrowed their deficit to just one point, 21 \u2013 20, thanks to points by Landesburg. A coast-to-coast assist from Hendrix to Pnini put an end to the visitor\u2019s run, but Avi Ben-Chimol stepped up for Haifa, scoring on a fast break and leading Goodes to call for a time out with the score 23 \u2013 22, Maccabi, two and a half minutes into the period. Sofo added three points with a basket and one, and Ohayon followed that with a steal and bucket, raising the score to 28 \u2013 22 within the space of 20 seconds. Smooth moves by Landesburg and a basket plus free throw from Williams kept Haifa close; halfway through the quarter the score was 29 \u2013 27.<\/FONT> <BR><\/P><\/FONT> <P align=left><FONT face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><FONT size=2>Points from downtown by Blu helped a little, but were soon answered by three by Landesburg, making it 32 \u2013 30 with three and a half minutes left in the half. Blu and Farmar missed some shots, but James dumped in a nice putback to make it 34 \u2013 30 with two minutes left. Team captain Tal Burstein came into the game and scored six straight points, putting Maccabi up 40 \u2013 31 with a minute left. Smith dropped in a shot, but it was Landesburg who set the score at the end of the half: 42 \u2013 32.<\/FONT> <BR><\/FONT><\/P> <P align=left><FONT face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><FONT size=2>At the start of the third quarter four straight points by Hendrix, who added a lot of strength under the basket, made it 46 \u2013 32. Scheyer executed a nice drive to the basket and drew the foul, adding one from the line. James scored on a fast break off an assist from Burstein, taking the score to 49 \u2013 32, two and a half minutes in to the half. Williams scored for Haifa to call a halt to the 9 \u2013 0 run Maccabi had built since the start of the half, and Ben-Chimol made it a ten point game, 51 \u2013 41, in the middle of the period.<\/FONT> <\/FONT><\/P><FONT face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"> <P align=center><IMG border=1 hspace=0 alt=\"\" align=baseline src=\"https:\/\/www.maccabi.co.il\/mtpic\/20110913%200007.jpg\"><BR><\/P><\/FONT> <P align=left><FONT face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><FONT size=2>Farmar made some great plays, including an assist to Hendrix for the basket and one, giving Maccabi a 55 \u2013 41 lead. James showed strong moves under the basket on his way to double figures and kept Maccabi\u2019s lead firmly in place. Young Tamir Ariely broke the drought for Haifa, but Hendrix was quick to respond at the other end with a dunk off an assist by Ohayon. Landesburg continued to dominate Haifa\u2019s offense, refusing to allow Maccabi to break open a bigger lead. Ohayon scored after a slick assist by Pnini, but it was Ben-Chimol who scored the final shot of the quarter, making it 63 \u2013 49, Maccabi.<\/FONT> <BR><\/P><\/FONT> <P align=left><FONT face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><FONT size=2>Maccabi\u2019s first points in the fourth quarter came off a nice drive to the basket by Blu after two minutes of play, 66 \u2013 49. Ohayon played tough defense, while Papaloukas dished to Sofo under the basket, and later flew up the court to score and extend Maccabi\u2019s lead to 72 \u2013 51, forcing Haifa to call a time out three minutes into the final period. Sofo came up with a nice steal on an inbounds, and Theo translated that into points from an assist by Ohayon.<\/FONT> <BR><\/FONT><\/P> <P align=left><FONT face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><FONT size=2>Theo and Ohayon continued to display a smooth partnership with a coast-to-coast play, and Pnini drained another three to make it 81 \u2013 58 with three minutes left in the game. Smith also scored from outside the arc. Maccabi reaped the benefits from an unsportsmanlike call against Haifa, 86 \u2013 63 with a minute and a half on the clock. Hendrix scored the final points of the game, giving Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv an 88 \u2013 63 victory over Maccabi Haifa in their first pre-season scrimmage.<\/FONT> <BR><\/FONT><\/P> <P align=left><FONT size=2 face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><B><U>Boxscore:<\/U><\/B><\/FONT><\/P> <P align=left><FONT face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><FONT size=2>Maccabi: Hendrix 12 points, 8 rebounds; Smith 12 points, 7 rebounds; Schortsanitis 12 points, 5 rebounds; James 10 points, 8 rebounds; Pnini 10 points; Blu 7 points, 8 rebounds; Ohayon 6 points, 6 assists; Farmar 6 points, 4 assists; Burstein 6 points, 6 rebounds; Papaloukas 6 points; Scheyer 1 point.<\/FONT> <\/FONT><\/P> <P align=center><IMG border=1 hspace=0 alt=\"\" align=baseline src=\"https:\/\/www.maccabi.co.il\/mtpic\/20110913%200566.jpg\"><\/P><FONT face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"> <P align=center><BR><\/P><\/FONT> <P align=left><A href=\"https:\/\/www.samintranslations.com\/\" target=_blank><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><U>www.samintranslations.com<\/U><\/FONT><\/A><FONT size=2 face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"> <\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv got a good start on 2011 \u2013 2012 with a pre-season victory over Maccabi Haifa, 88 \u2013 63.  Hendrix, Smith and Schortsanitis were outstanding with 12 points each.  James added 10 points and 8 rebounds; Pnini also contributed 10 points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"custom_author":[],"class_list":["post-31362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-54"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31362"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":496377,"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31362\/revisions\/496377"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31362"},{"taxonomy":"custom_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/custom_author?post=31362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}