Israeli Basketball is Pretty Intense
When Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv face off, things get crazy.
That’s the main message we can take away from what happened last night, when Maccabi center Sofoklis Schortsanitis charged into the crowd to try to beat up a Hapoel fan. Madness ensued. Israeli fans raged.
Watch the whole incident below:
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