{"id":436358,"date":"2025-04-03T19:11:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T17:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=436358"},"modified":"2025-04-03T19:11:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T17:11:35","slug":"eurocup-semifinals-mvp-yam-madar-hapoel-shlomo-tel-aviv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/eurocup-semifinals-mvp-yam-madar-hapoel-shlomo-tel-aviv\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurocup Semifinals MVP: Yam Madar, Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After spectacular performances in the first two games of the series and gutting out some key plays despite a knee injury in Game 3, Yam Madar<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv<\/a>\u00a0earned the honor of being the MVP of the BKT EuroCup Semifinals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Madar finished with the highest PIR of any player in either semifinal series after averaging 16.3 points, 5.3 assists and 1.7 steals for a PIR of 20.7. He was the semifinals’ leader in steals, ranked second in assists and tied for third in scoring.<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old returned to Hapoel, which he first starred for as a teenager, during the season with the explicit goal of winning the EuroCup to claim a berth in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. And in the win-or-go-home semifinal series, he carried Hapoel at times.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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In Game 1, Madar tallied 20 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists in a narrow loss\u00a0before posting 21 points, 9 assists and 4 steals to lead Hapoel to a Game 2 victory.<\/p>\n

Madar sustained a knee injury in that game and his participation in Game 3 was in doubt until the afternoon of the Game 3. He was quiet in the first half, but then contributed 8 points and 2 assists in the second to help Hapoel wrest away the game and series.<\/p>\n

“I came back for this. I am the happiest person in the world,” Madar told Israel Hayom, the EuroCup rightsholder in Israel after the game.<\/p>\n

“I came to this game on one leg. I hoped I would be okay. I didn\u2019t know how I would feel. I received a [painkiller] shot to be able to play\u2026 There were huge baskets. I think it was great that we knew as a team where to go. We didn\u2019t panic.<\/p>\n

“We got huge baskets from [Antonio] Blakeney and [Marcus] Foster and almost every time they responded within 7 seconds. We stayed focused and knew what we needed to do on offense. We trusted each other and that brought us the series and to the EuroCup Finals.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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