Three days after Barcelona & four days before Sopott, Pini Gershon & his playershoped for an easy outing against the bottom team in the Super League. But Mickey Berkowitz that made the champions to work hard before winning 110-88. Maccabi left out Anthony Parker & Nikola Vujcic and until the end of the third period it looked like an expensive gamble. Maccabi led 31-21 at the end of the first quarter. Ramat Hasharon came back to 34-32 and at half time 51-45. Two minutes into the third and 55-55. The visitors took a 62-60 lead and increased it to 67-61. Two Solomon`s three pointers made it 67-67. Maccabi`s defense turned aggressive and enabled them top go on a 14-2 run to lead 75-69 and 77-74 at the end of the period. From 80-77 Maccabi ran 13-0. With three minutes to go Solomon made it 101-79 and that was that. Stats: 2 pts – Maccabi 59%, Ramat Hasharon 46%, 3pts – Maccabi 48% (12-25), RH 40%, FT – Maccabi 75%, RH 67%. Rebound – Both teams on 35. Assists – Maccabi 16, RH 14, Steals _ Maccabi 15, RH 11, Blocked Shots – Maccabi 5, RH 1. The spectators elected Will Solomon as MVP with 26 pts in 69% FG (4-8 for three) & 6 assists. But Jamie Arnold had the highest valuation (35) with 24 pts in 70% FG, 10 rbds & 2 steals. Tal Burstein continued where he left in Barcelona with 22 pts (4-6 for three) in 64% FG, & 5 rbds. Three other Maccbai players scored in double figures: Sharp 14, Baston 13 & 6 rbds & Penney 11 pts. Sharon Shason & Yaniv Green played but did not score. Top player for Ramat Hasharon was Terence Shannon with 27 pts & 5 rbds. Brandon Hughes added 21 pts (5-9 for three).