page_title: Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.
section_title: 1980s
hierarchical_section_title: Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. / Through the decades / 1980s
caption_attribution_description: עברית: קווין מגי, במסגרת משחק הכדורסל בין קבוצות מכבי ת"א נגד הפועל גליל עליון באולם בכפר בלום
context_page_description: Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C., known for sponsorship reasons as the Maccabi “Playtika” Tel Aviv, is a professional basketball club based in Tel Aviv, Israel. The team plays in the Israeli Premier League and internationally in the EuroLeague.
  The club started in the mid-1930s, as part of the Maccabi Tel Aviv Sports Club, which had been founded in 1906.
  With 6 EuroLeague championships, one Adriatic League championship, 54 Israeli League championships, 44 Israeli State Cup titles, and 7 Israeli League Cup titles, Maccabi has been the most successful basketball team in Israel, and is also one of the most successful basketball teams outside of North America. Players such as Tal Brody, Miki Berkovich, Jim Boatwright, Kevin Magee, Earl Williams, and Aulcie Perry; and more recently, Derrick Sharp, Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Tal Burstein, Anthony Parker, and Nikola Vujčić, have been among the elite of Europe's basketball players.
context_section_description: 1 FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague), 1 FIBA Intercontinental Cup, 10 Israeli League championships, 8 Israeli Cups.
  A golden era of the Maccabi ball club. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Maccabi dominated the Israeli League, winning all 20 league championships in a row. Winning the FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague) title in 1981, and reaching the FIBA European Champions Cup Finals for four more times, in 1982, 1987, 1988, and 1989. Miki Berkovich 1971–75, and 1976–88, Motti Aroesti 1974–88, Doron Jamchi 1985–96 and 1999–2000, Kevin Magee 1984–90, Lou Silver 1975–85, Ken Barlow 1987–90, Aulcie Perry 1976–85, and LaVon Mercer 1988–95, were the superstars of that Maccabi run.
caption: Kevin Magee
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