An Israeli team begins a tour against NBA teams, believing games provide hope during a war at home
Yehu Orland wore a shirt honoring a close friend who was killed two days earlier defending Israel, and cried a little Thursday night when his country’s national anthem played before a game in Brooklyn.
But the coach of Maccabi Ra’anana believes continuing his team’s tour against NBA clubs while his country is at war was the right decision.
“We are the first team that is playing since the war started and nobody will break Israel, because we are a strong nation,” Orland said before the game.