Israeli League Quarterfinals, Game 1: April 29 - May 2, 2012
Yogev Ohayon - Maccabi ElectraThe Israeli League playoffs opened with two home wins and as many road warriors in the best-of-three quarterfinals series. Maccabi Electra lived up to the expectations by thrashing BC Habikaa 99-76 in Tel Aviv on Wednesday. Keith Langford and Yogev Ohayon paced the winners with 16 points apiece. Shawn James and David Blu each added 15, Devin Smith had 14 while Lior Eliyahu got 10 in an easy home win for Maccabi, that led 47-42 at halftime, boosted its margin to 79-57 after 30 minutes and never looked back. Hapoel Jerusalem survived a tough test by edging Hapoel Unet Holon 78-73 in the Holy City on April 29. D.J. Strawberry led the winners with 17 points. Yuval Naimy and Ramel Bradley each added 14 for Hapoel. Ron Lewis had 24 points for Holon, that led 57-61 after 30 minutes but Hapoel rallied to win the game. In other games, Eldan Ashkelon edged Maccabi Rishon Lezion 63-64 behind 15 points from Tony Skinn while Maccabi Ashdod defeated Altshuler Shaham Gilboa Galil 72-77 with 24 points from Josh Carter.


Record Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
1 Maccabi Electra (1) 99 May 7 *May 10
0 BC Habikaa (8) 76 - -
1 Hapoel Jerusalem (4) 78 May 6 *May 10
0 Hapoel Holon (5) 73 - -
0 Gilboa/Galil (2) 72 May 7 *May 10
1 M. Ashdod (7) 77 - -
0 M. Rishon (3) 63 May 6 *May 10
1 Eldan Ashkelon (6) 64 - -

Quarterfinals Playoffs round games
Game 1 Maccabi Electra vs. BC Habikaa 99-76 May 2
Game 1 Gilboa/Galil vs. M. Ashdod 72-77 April 30
Game 1 M. Rishon vs. Eldan Ashkelon 63-64 April 29
Game 1 Hapoel Jerusalem vs. Hapoel Holon 78-73 April 29
Game 2 BC Habikaa vs. Maccabi Electra 0-0 May 7
Game 2 M. Ashdod vs. Gilboa/Galil 0-0 May 7
Game 2 Eldan Ashkelon vs. M. Rishon 0-0 May 6
Game 2 Hapoel Holon vs. Hapoel Jerusalem 0-0 May 6
Game 3 Maccabi Electra vs. BC Habikaa 0-0 *May 10
Game 3 Gilboa/Galil vs. M. Ashdod 0-0 *May 10
Game 3 M. Rishon vs. Eldan Ashkelon 0-0 *May 10
Game 3 Hapoel Jerusalem vs. Hapoel Holon 0-0 *May 10
Monday, May 07, 2012
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