In a dramatic final match, Prometheus defeated the local team 105-103 in Hamburg for the 13th game of the second group of the Euro Cup and mathematically qualified for the “16” of the competition, regardless of its results in the remaining five games of the first phase , now hoping for the top four of the group for home advantage.
The players of Yannis Christopoulos reached +10 in the third period, but in the fourth period they accepted individual scores and runs and found themselves at -1 in the last minutes, but Hogg and Kulboka in the last seconds gave him the pink card and the qualification.
The match
The two teams found many solutions within the two rackets with the many offensive options of the two coaches. A 4-0 run by the Germans made it 11-7, but Prometheus immediately found the answers with Hogg and Kulboka’s two consecutive 3-pointers that tied the game twice. The many solutions of the Germans gave them a 6-0 run and 22-16 with different protagonists for Hamburg, but the Americans and Kulboka’s third three-pointer brought the 4-0 run, but Polite’s indirect three-pointer brought the 26- 24 at the conclusion of the half.
Wohlfart led 28-24 at the start of the second period, but Prometheus found the solutions inside the racket and with a 5-0 run led 29-28 and with a new 5-0 run reached +4 with new protagonists from the bench. With a new 8-0 streak with very good two-point percentages, Prometheus reached +9, taking advantage of the many rebounds and misguided attacks of the home team and maintained +6 to +8 during this period. Kulboka’s shots made it +10, but the German’s consecutive three-pointers made it -4 to end the half at 48-54. Hamburg had 7/15 three-pointers and 12 rebounds and Prometheus 16/20 two-pointers and 15 rebounds.
Simpson brought +8 and +9 for Prometheus at the start of the third period and Kulboka’s three-pointer “unlocked” the players of Yannis Christopoulos in the counterattack of the Germans and brought +8 with the good percentages of Patrina outside 6.75 . Hamburg’s 5-0 run dropped to -5, but most of Prometheus’ solutions kept him at +5 to +7. Hamburg with a 7-0 run and offensive polyphony tied the score 69-69, but Hogg brought +3 to +4 again for Prometheus and, with most of the solutions from the perimeter, the guests “closed” the third quarter at 78-83 .
Christopoulos’ players took a 7-0 run to start the fourth quarter and found themselves down -2 and -3 on Meissner’s 3-pointer, but responded with perimeter shots for their own 10-0 run and +7, with Thomason to have taken the “baton” in three-pointers. Kulboka brought +8 and Prometheus was playing proper defense against his opponents’ screens. Childs on a 4-0 run continued his “crescendo” and dropped to -4 and Schorman’s triple dropped to -3.
Hindricks completed a 5-0 run for Hamburg’s 101-99 lead, but Kulboka’s 3-pointer made it 101-102. Hamburg made it 103-102, but Hogg with an offensive rebound made it 103-104 at 22”. Childs missed the individual effort due to the good defense of Dangubic and Kulboka’s shot in the 7th minute made it 103-105 and gave Patrinos the qualification.
THE DECADES: 26-24, 48-54, 78-83, 103-105
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