Hapoel and Rilski moving on to Game 2 of the quarterfinal play-offs

BC Hapoel Tel Aviv are facing BC Rilski Sportist in the second game from the quarterfinal play-of series of the 2011/2012 EUROHOLD Balkan League. Hapoel will be looking for the win in front of their home crowd in order to take the series to a decisive third game, while Riletso can secure a spot in the Final Four if they manage to win the game tomorrow night.   The first game a week ago in Samokov finished with an 83:78 win for Rilski Sportist, which gave them a 1-0 lead in the series. The Serbian duo Branko Mirkovic - Filip Vukosavljevic was the key reason for Riletso′s win, combining for a total of 50 points. Mirkovic had 27 points and 7 assists, while Vukosavljevic added 23 points, 8 rebounds and 2 steals. Hristo Zahariev had a solid all-around performance - 11 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocked shots and 1 steal.   Experienced guard-forward Cory Carr was on top of his game for Hapoel in the loss - 20 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals. Demontez Stitt scored 16 points, while Yonathan Skjoldebrand added 15 points off the bench. Matan Naor had 11 points, 5 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 blocked shot.   All eyes will be on Curtis Kelly tomorrow night, as he had a rare bad game in the loss in Samokov, finishing with 5 points and 3 rebounds, after falling in foul trouble early in the game. During the season so far he averages 17.3 points and 6.8 rebounds per contest.   With a win tomorrow night Rilski will secure their spot in the Final Four for the third time in four years, which can make them the third team with three appearances in the final tournament along with Levski and Feni Industries. However if Hapoel manages to win and tie the series, in the third game they will have a chance to become the second Israeli team in the Final Four, after Galil Gilboa.   The game is scheduled for 20.00 local time in Hadar Yosef tomorrow night (27th of March). Charlton TV and Sport Media TV will broadcast the match live, as on the Internet the game will be available at http://sportmedia.tv. The game officials will be Georgios Tanatzis (Greece), Sasa Maricic (Serbia) and Marius Ciulin (Romania).   Note: The game starts at 21.00 Bulgarian team, due to the time difference.