Sad AEK, lost in Riga and is in danger of being eliminated

Despite its difficult victories in the Stoiximan Basket League, the AEK remains seriously ill. The “Union” also lost in its third match at Basketball Champions League, with 92-76 from the Stripe in Latvia. So he is a tail in the fourth group and if he finishes there he will be excluded early from the tournament, staying out of the play in that will be given by the second and third groups to qualify for the “16”.

His team is tragic Stefanou Deda in the first 13 minutes, found himself losing 39-22. He improved a bit and approached six in the third quarter (52-46), but with the defense coming from everywhere, not only did he not complete the overthrow, but he also lost by a margin. Now the match of November 15 with the Latvians in Liosia has a “final” character.

He was rescued Nikos Pappas with 22 points, he also fought Ian Hamer with 13 points and 8 rebounds. Jalen Riley with 25 and Ron Curry with 19 points stood out from Riga that got its first victory.

The match

Colom, Flionis, Angola, Hamer and Griffin started the match for AEK, with Riga “hitting” from the beginning in its weakness near the basket. Riley’s series of three-pointers, however, were the ones that brought the hosts to +8 (12-5, 15-8) forcing Stefanos Dedas to get an early timeout. This did not change the image of the “Union” that, receiving a total of five consecutive three-pointers, was found to be chasing double-digit differences (25-11).

Pappas offered some solutions to the attack coming from the bench, but with the defense “bleeding” and the hosts bombing (7/10 three points), the distance increased to 39-22 at the beginning of the second period. Two consecutive shots by Colom allowed the “yellow-blacks” to reduce (39-27), while with the three-pointer of Petropoulos the difference fell to nine (41-32), two and a half minutes before the halftime, which ended 46-34.

Three-pointers from Colom and Griffin led AEK to -6 (46-40) at the start of the third period. Riga resisted the offensive rebounds and… Riley with a weapon (57-46), while with two incredible three-pointers from Ate and Hammonds, they broke away again (65-51). The “Union” found a score, mainly from long shots, but the defensive wound had reopened and the quarter ended with the Latvians at 68-56.

Instead of a final counterattack in the last period, the “yellow-blacks” presented a picture of dissolution and saw Riga escape with 82-64 and end the match gaining a significant lead to finish over AEK.

Ten minutes: 27-15, 46-34, 68-56, 92-76

See here the statistics of the match.

Referees: Zurapovic (Bosnia), Gilmaz (Turkey), Calatrava (Spain).

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