Season Gam 3 Preview: Defending Champs Hapoel Holon

Hope everyone is doing well... we have a very important league game tonight, as we host our first league game against the defending champions of the league, Hapoel Holon.  Hapoel Holon beat Maccabi Tel Aviv for the Israeli Championship last year in a huge upset.  Although they don't really return anyone off that championship team, we have seen them on film, and they are pretty good.  They are a real quick, undersized team, who can hurt you by taking you out of your offensive sets, and really trying to get the game going at an uncomfortable pace.  They have quick feet and quick hands, and they utilize those strengths by trapping pick and rolls, and pressuring the ball.  Fortunately for us, we have a bunch of different guys who can handle defensive pressure, so I don't think it will give us as much trouble as it has the other teams.  They are 2-0 in league as well, so whoever wins tonight will be in a first place tie with Maccabi Tel Aviv after the weekend.  It's a late start tonight 8:30pm Israeli time, so I probably won't post an update about the final until tomorrow.  If you want to watch the game, they have video online available at www.trianglefs.com.  The only thing is the game won't be shown until 8 hours after the start time, so on the east coast it will start at 9:30pm, Arizona will be 7:30pm, and Cali will be 6:30pm.  The reason why they do that is because they don't want to compete with NFL games.  Alright, well, I will be back tomorrow with an update, hopefully tellin' you all how we knocked 'em off, and are sittin' on top of the league standings.