Maccabi Tel Aviv needed some late-game heroics from Deni Avdija to notch a 67-66 win over Hapoel Tel Aviv in Game 1of their quarterfinal derby on Saturday night.
The Reds controlled the game from the get-go, but a 20-10 fourth quarter from Ioannis Sfairopoulos’s squad handed the yellow-and-blue a slim one-point victory.
