Hapoel mutated on both ends in the second half to suffocate Trento

Despite allowing a 12-4 run early in the game and trailing 40-37 at halftime, Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv was able to react in the second half and outscored its opponent 20-41 to cruise to a 60-78 win that secured its place in the 7DAYS EuroCup Playoffs.
"Mentally I think we struggled a little bit in the first half," Hapoel head coach Danny Franco recognized in the press conference. "But we picked it up defensively in the second. That effort on defense helped us win in a game that we didn’t play our way on offense."
Trento averaged 71.4 points per game, the fewest of all teams this season, before this game, but had scored 40 in the first 20 minutes, something Hapoel needed to stop. And it did, as the visitors limited their opponent to 7-of-32 field goal shooting (21.8%), which also shifted the momentum on offense.
After being held scoreless from outside the arc in the first half, the visitors managed to score their first triple right after the break through Xavier Munford and went 4-of-10 on three-pointers and 9-of-11 on twos in the last 20 minutes.
"We actually played defense [in the second half]," Hapoel center Chinanu Onuaku stressed after the win. "We got stops, and it helped us getting in offense, getting easy buckets and more flow on offense."