Even if it was ahead by +19 in the third period, Prometheus managed to beat Kolossos with a thousand efforts 80-76 in Patras for the 14th game of the Basket League and with an 8-6 record entered the privileged eight, where the Rhodians were already , but with the same record they now find themselves in fifth place in the table.
The players of Yannis Christopoulos gained the lead from the beginning and found themselves at 59-40, but in the fourth period a partial score of 6-16 of the “sea” brought the +1 of the players of Ilias Papatheodoros, but the composure of the home team in the last minutes he gave them the pink leaf.
The leaders of Patrina were Thomason with 24, Condit with 14 and Dangubic with 12 points. For the Rhodesians, James stood out with 18, Kofi with 15, Giannopoulos with 13 and Hatzidakis with 12 points.
The match
With Hogg as the star, Prometheus reached 7-2 at the start of the match and the foreigners from Patrina kept +1 to +3 for the players of Yannis Christopoulos in a bad match with a lot of misses and Moreira’s three-pointer completed the first quarter at 11-12.
The lead changed at the beginning of the second period, but there Thomason got “fire” and led the hosts to a 15-0 run with co-star Dangubic and the difference “jumped” to +12 with the accuracy from the perimeter and the many surprises that they brought the home team’s many rebounds. Thomason’s 3-pointer made it +13 and Dangubic’s +14, and with the difference at +12 to +14, Thomason made it 46-32 at the end of the first half. The hosts had 23 rebounds and 12 assists and the visitors had 20 rebounds.
Kulboka’s three-pointer made it +17 at the start of the third period, but a “crescendo” by James reduced it to -13 and -12, having taken over the scoring entirely for the Rhodians during this period. The Americans of Prometheus brought +16 and +17 with the regional shots and Dangubic brought +19 with the streak of Patrina reaching 5-0. Kolossos found the solutions for a 6-0 run and -13 and Kofi brought it 60-49 at the end of the quarter.
Condit brought +13 at the beginning of the fourth period, but the consecutive three-pointers of Yiannopoulos brought -3 for the “seamen”, who entered the match for good. Hatzidakis cut it to 66-65, with the individual score in the fourth period having reached 6-16 for Ilias Papatheodorou’s players, who had improved their percentages in peripheral shooting and had reached 39 rebounds and 18 assists, leaving in quick attacks.
Patrinoi found the solutions inside the opposing racket and maintained +1 to +3. Dixon took a 72-71 lead with 2 minutes to go, but Cowan responded with a 3-pointer to make it 74-72 at 1:07. Dixon missed a three-pointer and Condit made it 76-72 at 48”. Coffey made it 76-74 at 27” and Condit 78-74 at 21”. Katsivelis missed a three-pointer at 14”, but Kofi won a foul at 10” and with two shots it was reduced to 78-76. Katsivelis fouled Kulbokas and the Lithuanian with two shots made it 80-86 at 8”. Katsivelis missed another three-pointer and Prometheus won.
The quarters: 11-12, 46-32, 60-49, 80-76
The statistics
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