Upstart Hapoel Tel Aviv forced Anda Ramat Hasharon to a deciding fifth game in a semi-final that sent the winner to the league championship series. Early on, Hapoel's Dominique Canty got the newly anointed league MVP (Deanna Nolan) into foul trouble, just as she had in Game 3.

Hapoel was down by 10 when Ramat Hasharon 'cranked it down a notch', and the underdog started to chip away.

Sixteen seconds stood between Ramat Hasharon and the finals when Hapoel, down by 3, called timeout. Everyone in the building figured that Roi Izenberg was telling his team to get the ball to long-ball specialist Rada Vidovic.

Ramat Hasharon had two fouls to give and head coach Orna Ostfeld expected her team to foul. "We spoke of this option in one of the recent practices and said that if we were in that position, we'd foul. Deanna said that her approach is to trust the defense."

Ramat Hasharon didn't foul, Vidovic nailed the three, and Hapoel owned the OT - Goliath was slain. Asked about the game tying score, Nolan said 'we weren't thinking' She didn't have any regrets, but didn't like that "our own fans were booing us at the end of the game."

In the winner's lockerroom, Hoepel's Canty was heaping credit on her teammates. Her coach, meanwhile, called her 'the best guard in the league'.

"Deanna Nolan is a great player but right now what Dominique brought to the game", Izenberg said, "compared to what Nolan brought to her team, I think Dominique gave us a lot more. I'm not comparing anyone but I think Dominique doesn’t force herself on the game."

"I can only say this was our loss", said Ramat Hasharon point guard Liron Cohen. "You have to call the child by its name, and we lost the game today and the series. 16 seconds to go and we had two fouls to give and we allow a three, that broke us cause we opened the overtime really bad, they went up five and we just chased them from then."