2018 Israeli Basketball Premier League Final Four

2018 Israeli Basketball Premier League Final Four
	The Menora Mivtachim Arena hosted the Final Four
Season	2017–18 Israeli Premier League
Tournament details
Arena	Menora Mivtachim Arena ; Tel Aviv
Dates	June 10–14, 2018
Final positions
Champions	Maccabi Tel Aviv (52nd title)
Runners-up	Hapoel Holon
Awards and statistics
MVP	Alex Tyus
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The 2018 Israeli Basketball Premier League Final Four, for sponsorship reasons the Winner League Final Four, the concluding tournament of the 2017–18 Israeli Basketball Premier League. It was the eight Israeli Final Four. The event was held in the Menora Mivtachim Arena, Tel Aviv from June 10 until June 14, 2018.^[1]

Maccabi Tel Aviv won the title for the 52nd time after beating Hapoel Holon 95–75 in the Final.^[2] Alex Tyus was named the Final Four MVP.^[3]

Results

Bracket

Semifinals		Final

June 10

Maccabi Tel Aviv	98
		June 14
Hapoel Tel Aviv	74
		Maccabi Tel Aviv	95
June 11
		Hapoel Holon	75
Hapoel Holon	80

Hapoel Jerusalem	76

Semifinals

June 10, 2018	Maccabi Tel Aviv	98–74	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 21–16, 24–20, 31–14
Sport 5	Pts: Tyus & Pargo 18 Rebs: Tyus 9 Asts: 6 Players 3 PIR: Tyus 30	Boxscore	Pts: Banks 16 Rebs: Gaffney 6 Asts: 3 Players 3 PIR: Banks 20	Arena: Menora Mivtachim Arena Attendance: 10,383 Referees: Sefi Shemesh, Gili Cohen, Dan Yalon

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	2	Jeremy Pargo	18	3	3
G	7	DeAndre Kane	6	4	0
G/F	5	Michael Roll	7	3	3
F/C	15	Jake Cohen	5	4	3
C	9	Alex Tyus	18	9	1
Reserves:
F	1	Deshaun Thomas	17	6	3
G	30	Norris Cole	13	3	3
G	12	John DiBartolomeo	12	7	3
G/F	50	Yovel Zoosman	2	1	0
F	8	Deni Avdija	0	0	1
F	4	Karam Mashour	DNP
F/C	18	Itay Segev	DNP
Head coach:
Neven Spahija

M. Tel Aviv

H. Tel Aviv

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	22	Jerel McNeal	6	4	3
SG	14	Raviv Limonad	10	2	3
SF	8	Rafi Menco	9	1	2
PF	3	Tony Gaffney	10	6	2
C	54	Matt Howard	5	3	0
Reserves:
G	1	Adrian Banks	16	2	3
PF	41	Tomer Ginat	10	5	1
PG	0	Tywain McKee	8	1	1
F/C	7	Daniel Aidan	0	0	0
G	9	Dor Wachner	0	0	0
G	10	Noam Hason	0	0	0
G	21	Shahar Amir	0	0	0
Head coach:
Danny Franco

June 11, 2018	Hapoel Holon	80–76	Hapoel Jerusalem	Tel Aviv
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 24–21, 20–14, 14–21
Sport 5	Pts: Holloway 24 Rebs: Hamilton 10 Asts: Hamilton 4 PIR: Holloway 27	Boxscore	Pts: Perperoglou 19 Rebs: Howell 12 Asts: Eliyahu 3 PIR: Howell 16	Arena: Menora Mivtachim Arena Attendance: 10,383 Referees: Omer Esteron, Kfir Mualem, Ofer Manheim

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

G	6	Tamir Blatt	3	2	3
G	0	Tu Holloway	24	1	3
F	25	Jordan Hamilton	21	10	4
F/C	1	T. J. Cline	0	0	0
C	35	TaShawn Thomas	12	7	1
Reserves:
F	10	Guy Pnini	12	5	2
F/C	11	Joe Alexander	3	4	0
G	5	Chanan Colman	3	0	1
G	12	Shlomi Harush	2	1	0
G	8	Harel Dadon	DNP
F	18	Tom Sapir	DNP
Head coach:
Dan Shamir

Holon

Jerusalem

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	11	Bar Timor	7	3	2
SG	2	Jerome Dyson	18	3	2
SF	21	Tarence Kinsey	9	4	1
F/C	14	Richard Howell	8	12	2
C	13	Ronald Roberts	9	4	1
Reserves:
F	7	Stratos Perperoglou	19	3	0
PF	8	Lior Eliyahu	6	5	3
PG	12	Yogev Ohayon	0	5	2
G	10	Yotam Halperin	DNP
PG	27	Kalin Lucas	DNP
C	36	Ram Elias-Pour	DNP
F	44	Michael Moshkovitz	DNP
Head coach:
Oded Kattash

Final

June 14, 2018	Maccabi Tel Aviv	95–75	Hapoel Holon	Tel Aviv
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 28–17, 19–14, 21–16, 27–28
Sport 5	Pts: Cohen 18 Rebs: Tyus 15 Asts: Kane 6 PIR: Cohen 26	Boxscore	Pts: Holloway 20 Rebs: Hamilton 9 Asts: Alexander & Colman 3 PIR: Holloway 17	Arena: Menora Mivtachim Arena Attendance: 10,383 Referees: Amit Balak, David Romano, Elad Leibovich

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	2	Jeremy Pargo	7	2	4
G	7	DeAndre Kane	10	10	6
G/F	5	Michael Roll	15	2	3
F/C	15	Jake Cohen	18	6	0
C	9	Alex Tyus	10	15	3
Reserves:
G	30	Norris Cole	13	5	3
G	12	John DiBartolomeo	13	1	0
F	1	Deshaun Thomas	9	7	0
F/C	18	Itay Segev	0	0	0
G/F	50	Yovel Zoosman	0	0	0
F	4	Karam Mashour	DNP
Head coach:
Neven Spahija

M. Tel Aviv

Holon

2017–18 Israeli Premier League champions
Maccabi Tel Aviv 52nd title

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

G	6	Tamir Blatt	12	2	1
G	0	Tu Holloway	20	0	1
F	25	Jordan Hamilton	7	9	1
F	10	Guy Pnini	5	2	1
C	35	TaShawn Thomas	4	5	2
Reserves:
G/F	41	Glen Rice Jr.	14	4	2
F/C	11	Joe Alexander	13	5	3
G	5	Chanan Colman	0	3	3
F/C	1	T. J. Cline	0	0	0
G	12	Shlomi Harush	0	0	0
G	8	Harel Dadon	DNP
F	18	Tom Sapir	DNP
Head coach:
Dan Shamir

Winning roster

2017–18 Maccabi Tel Aviv roster

Players

Coaches

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Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.
F	1	Thomas, Deshaun	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
PG	2	Pargo, Jeremy	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
F	4	Mashour, Karam	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
G/F	5	Roll, Michael	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
G	7	Kane, DeAndre	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
G/F	8	Avdija, Deni	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
C	9	Tyus, Alex	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
G	12	DiBartolomeo, John (C)	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
F/C	15	Cohen, Jake	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)
F/C	18	Segev, Itay	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
G	30	Cole, Norris	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
PF	43	Bolden, Jonah	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
C	45	Parakhouski, Artsiom	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)
G/F	50	Zoosman, Yovel	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
PG	55	Jackson, Pierre	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)

Head coach

Neven Spahija

Assistant coach(es)

Athletic trainer(s)

Regev Fanan

Team manager

Nikola Vujčić

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

References

Specific

^ "חצי גמר הפיינל פור יפוצל ליומיים בליגת ווינר סל". basket.co.il (in Hebrew). June 4, 2018. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
^ "Final Four - Winner League Final: M. Tel-Aviv Vs UNET Holon". basket.co.il. June 14, 2018. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
^ "צפו: אלכס טיוס נבחר למצטיין הפיינל פור". basket.co.il (in Hebrew). June 14, 2018. Retrieved June 15, 2018.

General

IBA's official website (Hebrew)

[1] "חצי גמר הפיינל פור יפוצל ליומיים בליגת ווינר סל". basket.co.il (in Hebrew). June 4, 2018. Retrieved June 11, 2018.

[2] "Final Four - Winner League Final: M. Tel-Aviv Vs UNET Holon". basket.co.il. June 14, 2018. Retrieved June 15, 2018.

[3] "צפו: אלכס טיוס נבחר למצטיין הפיינל פור". basket.co.il (in Hebrew). June 14, 2018. Retrieved June 15, 2018.

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