{"id":32723,"date":"2012-09-30T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-30T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/maccabi-wins-paris-cup-with-69-63-win-over-galatasaray\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T08:44:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T05:44:24","slug":"maccabi-wins-paris-cup-with-69-63-win-over-galatasaray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/maccabi-wins-paris-cup-with-69-63-win-over-galatasaray\/","title":{"rendered":"Maccabi Wins Paris Cup with 69 \u2013 63 Win over Galatasaray"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0pt; \"> \t<span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; \">By Amy Samin<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0pt; \"> \t<span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; \">In their final pre-season game, Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv defeated Galatasaray 69 \u2013 63 and claimed the Paris Cup. Nik Caner-Medley led five players in <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; \">double figures with 14 points, and was chosen MVP of the tournament. The team will return to Israel Monday afternoon and begin preparing for Tuesday\u2019s quarterfinal game against Hapoel Eilat in the Israeli Winner-Sal Cup tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center; \"> \t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ARPxEphY63o\" width=\"425\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0pt; \"> \t<span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; \">Starters in Sunday\u2019s ga<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; \">me were Shawn James, Nik Caner-Medley, Ricky Hickman, Yogev Ohayon, and team captain Guy Pnini. Former Maccabi player Milan Ma\u0107van gave the Turkish team an early 3 \u2013 0 lead and Maccabi had trouble finding a response until Pnini and David Logan put Maccabi up 6 \u2013 5 halfway through the quarter. With two minutes remaining Galatasaray retook the lead, but Pnini scored from downtown to put Maccabi back on top, and Giorgi Shermadini added a bucket and 1. A three by Galatasaray\u2019s David Hawkins tied the score 15 \u2013 15 at the end of the period.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0pt; \"> \t<span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; \">Caner-Medley kicked off the second quarter with points from outside the arc, while drives to t<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; \">he basket by Shermadini and Ohayon put Maccabi\u2019s lead at 22 \u2013 18. James displayed his skills at both ends of the court, and together with Caner-Medley put Maccabi up 29 \u2013 20 five minutes into the period. The talented center added two more, and Hickman\u2019s NBA-range three put Maccabi\u2019s lead in double digits: 38 \u2013 28 at the half.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0pt; \"> \t<span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; \">Galatasaray opened strong in the third quarter, slicing their deficit in half, 38 \u2013 33 after two minutes of action. Caner-Medley found the basket again, but the Turkish team downed tw<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; \">o straight three pointers to reclaim the lead on a 15 \u2013 3 scoring run, 43 \u2013 41 at the halfway mark in the period. King of Clutch Pnini downed a key triple from the corner to put the lead back in Maccabi\u2019s hands. Five key points from Logan and a three pointer from James in the corner made it 54 \u2013 46, Maccabi, at the end of the third period.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0pt; \"> \t<span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; \">Another three from Pnini got the final quarter started and put Maccabi\u2019s lead<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; \"> back into double figures, but Galatasaray fought their way back to 58 \u2013 55 after three minutes of play in the period. Maccabi responded with five points, but the Turks managed to stay close \u2013 though thanks largely to Hickman not too close. In the end, Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv came away with a 69 \u2013 63 win over Galatasaray and claimed their first title of the season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0pt; \"> \t<span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; \">BOXSCORE<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0pt; \"> \t<span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; \">Caner-Medley 14 points; Shermadini 12 Points; Pnini (3 of 4 from three, 6 rebounds) and James 11 points each; Logan 10 points; Hickman 7 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists; Ohayon 4 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists. Itay Segev and Idan Zalmanson played but did not score. Moran Roth, Devin Smith, Sylven Landesberg and Lior Eliyahu did not play.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0pt; \"> \t<span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; \"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; \">\n<p dir=\"LTR\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0pt; \"> \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.samintranslations.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; \">www.samintranslations.com<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First title of the season: Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv won the Paris Tournament with a 69 \u2013 63 victory over Galatasaray of Turkey. 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