Iraklis defeated Ionikos 89-84 in Ivanofeio in a postponed match of the Basket League and reached the three victories, “catching” the Nikaians in the standings in the attempt of both to escape from the last positions.
“Giraios” went to “commit suicide”, after leading +21 in the third period, having the lead throughout the match, but in the fourth period the series of Kouros Segura’s players brought the match to the “roulette” of shots, with both teams performing a total of nine during this time.
Leading for the team of Costas Mexas were Douglas with 25 and Kouzeloglou with 23 points. For Ionikos, German stood out with 27 points and was assisted by Rice with 13 and Mustafa with 11 points.
The match
Starring Mustafa, Ionikos found the solutions in Iraklis’s racket and maintained the +3 at the beginning of the match. A 7-0 series of Iraklis with the superiority in the rebounds and starring Garrett brought the 13-9 for “Giraios”, with the Greeks of Costas Mexas bringing the +5 and the three-pointer of Douglas brought the 22-16 in the completion of the first ten minutes.
Papadakis’s three-pointer brought it to 27-19 at the beginning of the second period and Goulridge to +10. Kouzeloglou took advantage of the defensive inactions of the Piraeus team and brought it 35-24. Ionikos improved its defense, took the rebounds and made a series of 5-0 for 35-29, but the aggressive polyphony of “Giraios” brought the 8-0 series and 43-29, with the three-pointer of Kouzeloglou completing the half time at 49-32.
With a 4-0 streak at the beginning of the third period, Iraklis reached +21 and, despite the 5-0 streak of Ionikos, found the solutions. With a 5-0 series, Ionikos reduced to 55-42 starring Gondikas, but there Douglas spoke and, with a personal series of 7-0 from the periphery, brought 62-42 and he maintained +18 to +20 for the “Old Man”. At 69-48, a 7-0 series of Ionikos with aggressive polyphony completed the thirty minutes at 69-55.
With a series of 4-0 at the beginning of the fourth period, Ionikos reduced to 69-59 and entered the game for a while, but the Hercules regional brought +14. With a series of 5-0, Ionikos reduced to 77-69 with its foreigners and Rice’s three-pointer brought 80-72. At 81-72, a 5-0 run by the Nikaians reduced to 81-77 at 59 ” and suddenly we had a derby, with German’s three-pointer making it 81-80 at 49 ”. Douglas’ shots brought 83-80. Rice similarly reduced to 83-82 half a minute before the end.
Stamatis with his own shots brought 85-82. Giouzelis continued the “crescendo” of accurate shots for 85-84 at 11 ” and again Stamatis from the line brought 87-84, while Douglas with two more brought the final 89-84.
THE TEN MINUTES: 22-16, 49-32, 69-55, 89-84
HERCULES: Stamatis 7 (1), Garrett 6, Agravanis 7 (1), Kouzeloglou 23 (5/6 two points, 4/4 three points, 6 rebounds), Douglas 25 (1/3 two points, 6/11 three points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists ), Wolritz 7 (5 rebounds), Skordilis 5 (9 rebounds), Taylor 6 (1), Charitopoulos, Papadakis 3 (1)
IONIC: Mustafa 11 (1), German 27 (7/10 two points, 3/11 three points, 5 assists), Athineou 10 (2 three points, 7 assists), Gondikas 10 (8 rebounds), Hougaz 6 (6 rebounds), Hatzikyriakos, Tzolos , Giouzelis 7 (1), Rice 13 (3)
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