With Carter’s “orgies”, Lavrio subdued Nizhny in overtime!

With a heart and a fighting spirit, Lavrio subdued Nizhny! Christos Serelis’ team reached a difficult but very important victory over the Russians with 95-86 in overtime (80-80 rules) at the Peace and Friendship Stadium, thus rising to 2nd place in the third group with record 2-1, now touching for good the qualification to the next round of the Basketball Champions League!

The team of Eastern Attica reached a … breath from the defeat, but the shot of Geromichalos in 1 ” sent the match to extra time, where the hosts completely dominated and with Vassilis Mouratos to lead the effort in the extra five minutes reached the pink card. Thus, Lavrio became the third Greek team after Aris in the 2016/17 season and Prometheus 2018/19 to win the first two home games in the institution.

Top for the winners o Tyson Carter with 35 points (13/20 inside the field, 5 / 8tr.), 6 assists and 2 steals, keeping Lavrio in the match at times when the Russians seemed to control the match. Up close and personal Μουράτος with 15 points and 6 assists, as well as Kaklamanakis (10p., 13p.).

For the Russians who fell to 0-3, stood out Strebkov with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

The match



Great pace at the start of the match, with both teams turning the match into an … informal three-point contest. With Nizhny finding two long shots in her first attacks, she was ahead 5-6 and a little later 7-8 in 3 ‘. Then Lavrio speeded up with him Tyson Carter to be in the … twilight zone ran one series 19-5, raising the difference for the first time to double digits for 26-13 at 6 ‘. In fact, during this period, the 23-year-old guard of Lavrio counted 12 points with 3/3 three points!

Driven by the frantic pace that the match had acquired, the players of Christos Serelis fell into some mistakes and bad choices in defense, with the result that the Russians gnawed the difference and with a series of 7-0 to close the quarter in minimum value of the difference (28-27).

The good defense of the team from Novgorod continued in the second period, keeping the hosts only in 5 points in the first 5 minutes of the quarter, thus escaping to +4 (33-37 in 15 ‘). Carter’s entry on the floor gave a new “breath” to the Greek attack with one series 13-5 (5 of his own points, one assist) Lavrio went ahead 46-42 in 18 ‘. In the last two minutes, Lavrio took out the defenses, going to halftime with a small but equally important difference of five points for 49-44.

A different setting in the beginning second half, with the game going at a slow pace with errors and lost attacks from both sides. With baskets of Freemanis and Strebkov Nizhny brought the match to a draw (49-49 in 23 ‘).

Lavrio’s first points came four minutes after the start of the quarter with Carter’s shots, while the first shot inside the field for Christos Serelis’s team came in the 25th minute with Lewis’s alley-oop nailing for 55-51. The energy taken by Alexandros Nikolaidis then in defense and attack enabled Lavrio to escape with +6 (59-53 in 27 ‘). Somewhere there, however, two consecutive mistakes gave the Russians the right to reduce to the basket (59-57), with the ten minutes ending with 62-59.

In the fourth and last period, Lavrio decided to “clear” the case of victory as soon as possible. Entering with his foot pressed on the “gas” and thanks to the three-pointers of Nikolaidis and Carter, but also the two-pointer of Lewis, he ran a series of 8-0 for the +9 and 72-63 in 33 ‘). However, the Russians once again tonight “came back” and with a quick series of 7-0 brought the match to a draw for 77-77 at 60 ”. Carter put Lavrio ahead with a big two-pointer, with Strebkov performing from the top a little later, “freezing” the SEF for 80-79 in favor of Nizhny in 4 ”. In the reset, the Geromichalos won a foul, scored only in the second shot for 80-80 with the game leading to overtime.

His “star” shone there Vassilis Mouratou, who with tremendous energy on both ends of the floor (7 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 defense that led to steps of the opponents), led Lavrio to an individual score 15-6 for the final 95-86.

The quarters: 28-27, 49-44, 62-59, 80-80, 95-86 (par.)

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