Maccabi Tel Aviv Beats Hapoel 80–73 in EuroLeague Derby

Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Hapoel Tel Aviv 80–73 on Thursday, November 12, in their first EuroLeague derby of the season. The round 11 game took place at the Spyros Kyprianou arena in Limassol, Cyprus. The victory ended Maccabi's four-game losing streak in European competition and lifted its EuroLeague record to three wins and eight defeats. Oded Kattash's team built a 23–13 advantage in the opening quarter before Hapoel cut the gap to 25–21 at the first break. Maccabi extended its lead in the second quarter and went into halftime ahead 41–33. Dimitris Itoudis's Hapoel opened the second half with a 10–2 run to draw level at 43–43, then moved ahead 50–45. After a timeout, Maccabi answered with eight consecutive points, including three-pointers from Roman Sorkin and Bonzie Colson. Another Colson three helped Maccabi finish the third quarter with a 56–52 lead. Hapoel regained the advantage with five unanswered points at the start of the fourth quarter, but Colson responded with a four-point play. The clubs were meeting for the third time in roughly a week and a half, following their domestic league derby and the Winner Cup final. On Monday, November 9, Maccabi had beaten Hapoel 86–75 in Holon to win the Winner Cup after overturning a 23-point deficit.