Hapoel Jerusalem and Ironi Nahariya advanced to the Israel Basketball State Cup final by defeating Maccabi Rishon Lezion and Ness Ziona, respectively, in a pair of entertaining semifinal contests on Monday night.
The showdown is slated for Thursday night at Yad Eliyahu in the presence of the President Reuven Rivlin, as Jerusalem will be defending the championship that it won last season while the Northerners will be making their first-ever appearance in the final.