Game Kiryat Ata

We lost our second road game at Elizur Kiryat ATA 87 to 76. We lost game by 11 points after leading by 9 pts after first quarter, leading by 8 pts at half time. We were out scored in the 3rd quater by 7 points and went into the 4th quarter with a 1 pt lead. We were outscored by 12 pts in the final quarter. It appears our 3 pt defense is a major problem as well as conditioning. We used only 7 players in the game. To defend the 3 pt line takes commitment from the players that they will not leave the good outside shooters open. I am not sure if our team is coached to be aware of the opposing teams best 3 pt shooters and not to leave them open. Our team needs to become quicker, stronger and play smarter against 3 pt shooters. The National league appears to be a 3 pt shooting league and we are getting beat by 3 pt shooting(2 games now). Kiryat ATA shot 52% from 3 pt line(11-21), we shot 18% from 3pt line(4-22). Are we a bad shooting 3 pt team and Kiryat ATA a good shooting 3 pt team? I think the answer lies in how each team plays defense.

First League Game at Netanya

Lost our first league game on the road to Netanya by a score of 95 to 86. We took a 27 to 24 first quarter lead by scoring the last 5 points of the quarter. Netanya came out in the second quarter and score the first 12 points and went on to win the quarter 34 to 16, leading at half time by 15 points. Netanya maintain their lead until the last few minutes of game when we made a run, but it was too little too late.