The Israeli league is just crazy,teams that used to be at the bottom of the table can find themself at the playoffs! beside 3 teams (Maccabi T.A,Holon,Bnei Hasharon) all other teams are about the same level.

Tonight's game is between two teams that want to secure their place in this league for the next season,both are coming off a good run,winning last game and showing much better basket ball.

I'll start with Galil,which brought back Katash as Head coach and with him they won their last 2 games,both at difficult courts and against teams that are trying to get into the playoffs,Galil's biggest problem was their weak and soft defense,and by looking at the last 2 games stats you can think that Katash improved that in the team,but as i see it,Galil faced 2 teams that they has good matchups against,and even more importent,they already won them even when playing bad.I rank Katash as one of the worst headcoachs in the league,he is young inexperience coach,with clearly offensive mind.

Afula Won only 2 ouf of their 6 home games in the begining of the season,but the last two they won,a month ago against the same Galil,by 14 points and last game against Jerusalem,with these wins Afula got back their strongest weapon which is their fans,what used to be one of the hottest courts in the League become quiet and empty after the weak start,but now the fans are back.Another key player also is back into good shape - Hanan Colman,and that's a huge thing for Afula.

Afula had good matchups against Galil in the last 2 meetings between the teams,and tonight its clear for both teams that the winning team will make a huge step into staying in the league for another year,with the home fans,the improvement in the home games and the fact that they won in the last 2 meetings,all of these are leading me to pick Afula +1.

Pick : Afula +1
Odds : 2.00
Stake : 5 / 10
Bookmaker : Pinnacle
Date : 2008-04-13
Match Result : 91-85
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