{"id":480835,"date":"2026-01-26T08:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T07:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=480835"},"modified":"2026-01-26T08:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T07:56:08","slug":"hapoel-tel-aviv-owner-ofer-yannay-confronts-referees-midgame-amid-player-safety-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/hapoel-tel-aviv-owner-ofer-yannay-confronts-referees-midgame-amid-player-safety-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Hapoel Tel Aviv owner Ofer Yannay confronts referees midgame amid player-safety concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1636\" data-end=\"1868\">An unusual scene unfolded in Hapoel IBI Tel Aviv\u2019s game against Hapoel Be\u2019er Sheva when owner <strong data-start=\"1730\" data-end=\"1745\">Ofer Yannay<\/strong> walked onto the court mid\u2013second quarter to confront the referees, with the contest already turning increasingly physical.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1870\" data-end=\"2222\">With Hapoel Tel Aviv trailing at the time, frustration grew on the bench and in the stands, and Yannay later framed his reaction around player safety. \u201cThree of our players Chris Jones, Tomer Ginat, and Bar Timor lost a tooth. We respect Be\u2019er Sheva and Rami Hadar, but this cannot happen. I do not want my players to get injured,\u201d he said, per Sport5.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2224\" data-end=\"2476\">Hapoel Tel Aviv regrouped despite the heated moment and secured a <strong data-start=\"2290\" data-end=\"2301\">112-108<\/strong> win, led by <strong data-start=\"2314\" data-end=\"2334\">Antonio Blakeney<\/strong> with 27 points and <strong data-start=\"2354\" data-end=\"2374\">Johnathan Motley<\/strong> with 23. Be\u2019er Sheva had four 20-point scorers: Cody Demps, Damian Dunn, C.J. Elleby and Yoav Vitlem.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">Yo no recuerdo nada igual.<\/p>\n<p>Ofer Yannay, propietario de Hapoel Tel Aviv, abandona su silla y entra en la pista a protestar a la mesa arbitral en la liga dom\u00e9stica.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iuEHfSdN5f\">pic.twitter.com\/iuEHfSdN5f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gerard Sol\u00e9 (@gsole14) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gsole14\/status\/2015548397940322697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tense second-quarter moment vs Hapoel Be\u2019er Sheva saw Ofer Yannay step onto the court to address officiating and physical play<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":480834,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[19],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-480835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-israele","typology-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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