“Black out” and frame defeats for Hercules

Not even now Hercules broke the pomegranate!

“Giraios” managed to take the lead at the beginning of the fourth period, overturning a difference of 19 points, but was eventually defeated 92-83 from the Leiden, so go to 0-4 in the fifth group of the FIBA ​​Europe Cup and to be excluded from the continuation of the event.

The first scorer for the team of Stergios Koufos was Douglas with 23 points and 9 rebounds, with Kouzeloglou to have 15p.

From the Dutch, who improved their record at 2-2, the top were the fans Bree and Mikalauskas with 15p. anyone.

Bad start for Iraklis in the match, with Leiden taking control early (6-12) and the picture not changing until the end of the first ten minutes (16-21). “Giraios” was close (20-26) in the first minutes of the second period, but then the Dutch went in their favor to +12 (20-32), in 15 ‘.

From that point on, the guests continued with the same good offensive rhythm and with the team of Thessaloniki facing difficulties, they went to the locker room with +14 (28-42).

At the beginning of the second half, Leiden escaped even at +19 (28-47), with Iraklis showing… pulse then and with a partial score of 13-2 reducing the difference to single digits (31-49), at 25 ‘. Since then, the pace of the match has risen sharply, but the guests maintain a safe distance until the end of the third period (52-63).

With a big “weapon” his defense, Iraklis started with a partial score 15-2 in the fourth quarter, taking the lead (67-65), in 33 ‘. However, the continuation was not proportional for “Giraios”, as it “stuck” aggressively, with the Dutch on the other hand pressing the gas and going again to +14 (71-85), at 38 ‘, where they essentially sealed the victory that came with the final 83-92.

The ten minutes: 16-21, 28-42, 52-63, 83-92

See here the statistics of the match

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