Won our 1st Game aginst Beer Sheva

Tuesday November 6th 2007 - Our first win 90-83 of the season at home in Romema against Beer Sheva. A tremedous come back victory against a worthy opponent. Down by 13 points starting the 4th quarter - Maccabi Haifa Heat played with desperation and determination in securing their first victory of the season. We outscored Beer Sheva 34-14 in 4th quarter to win by 7 points. Our bench came in and pressed and change the pace and outcome of the game. We held our first opponent below 50% shooting from the 3 point line. This win was despartely needed by our team for their self confidence. We are hopeful this victory will propel our team to better play with more self confidence. Our fans enjoyed a well played game with the excitement of a significant come back.

Tough Lost At Romema to Megido

Saturday November 3rd 2007 - We lost our third game in a row, this one 78-80 at home to Megido. This is a game we felt we would win, we were up by 13 points in second quarter and did not hold the lead at home. We strongly thought we were the better team, but this is why the game is palyed and score is kept. We lost on a last second shot, from a long outlet pass to a player on the run for a short bank shot. We had our center playing deep, but he was slow in reacting to the long outlet pass. Our defensive player responsible for guarding the opponent who scored did not keep his body between the opponent and the basket, basic basketball defense.
I do not think the defensive lapse in the final seconds is why we lost. Without the defensive lapse in final second we probably would have lost in overtime. The trend in our lack of defense started in 3rd qtr and continued into 4th qtr. We allowed Megido to make six 3pt shots in the 4th quarter and take the lead, this is why we lost the game. Once again poor 3 pt defense.