The visitors overcame missing a pair of starters to win in Slovenia
Jerusalem 'playing for each other' stormed to another win
Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem went to the Slovenian capital severely depleted, missing forward Justin Smith and center Austin Wiley. Entering this game, Smith was posting 11.6 points and 4.6 rebounds and Wiley was team's top rebounder with 7.8 per game and scoring 7.0 points.
Those were significant numbers, especially on the glass to make up, but Jerusalem never blinked and ran past Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana 83-94, registering its fourth win of the season.
We showed to ourselves we are a team," head coach Yonatan Alon was thrilled after the game. "We are supporting each other, we are playing for each other, sharing the ball great. Scoring 94 points is not easy without the big guys."
His team outrebouned the hosts 38-36 and the visitors also made 13 triples, compared to 9 by Cedevita.
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"Anytime you play on the road it is a tough to win," game hero Jared Harper said. "I felt like we had a good overall game as a team."
Harper finished with 30 points, and also had 5 assists.
Still, the Jerusalem's star found things his team can improve on.
"We kind of let up at the start of the fourth quarter, kind of let them back in the game."
Jerusalem had a 25-point lead in the opening minute of the fourth, but let the hosts get within 12 points with 3 minutes to go. However, Cedevita never got closer than the 11 points, which was the final margin, in what ended up being a comfortable win for Jerusalem.