The return to victory was celebrated on Saturday afternoon (04/02) by bwin pigeon, winning hard and with… a lot of stress 75-69 of Apollo of Patras at “Andreas Papandreou”, for the 15th game of the Basket League.
The guests presented a competitive face throughout the match, however, the quality of Vassilis Spanoulis’ players “spoke” at the critical points of the match. Somehow, Peristeri ended a two-game losing streak, climbing to third place in the standings with a 9-6 record.
Leading for the winners was Miro Bilan with 14 points and 13 rebounds, while closely followed by Francisco and Kaselakiswith 14 and 11 points respectively.
For the Patrinos, who experienced their seventh consecutive defeat in the championship and remained in tenth place in the standings (3-12), stood out Antonio Davis J. with 20 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.
The match:
The pace of the match at the beginning of the match was very good, with Balance sheet and Francisco to find easy points, for his +4 Pigeon bwin (11-7) at 4′. Apollo then skyrocketed his performance on both sides of the floor, with Antonio Davis J. to get… on fire and with 13 personal points to tip the tide in favor of Patrina, closing the first quarter at +6 and 25-19!
In fact, the guests, with an impressive nailing of his Silla in the first attack of the second period they increased the difference for the first time at +8 (19-27). However, the reaction of Peristeri was immediate, with an impressive 15-0 run through polyphony in the attack, they not only changed the image of the match, but also took the lead in the score with 34-27 at 15′
At that point in the match, it was clear that Vassilis Spanoulis’ team had taken control of the match. Despite the efforts of Griffin and Fillipakos for Apollo, the home team maintained a small margin of safety going into the locker room ahead with a score of 41-38.
Peristeri entered the second half very strongly, thanks to the three-pointers of Denmon and Persedis at the beginning of the third period, they escaped with +9 (49-40). The good image of the hosts, both in defense and in attack, allowed the Peristeri team to take the lead for the first time with +12 (57-45 at 27′), closing the quarter in front with a score of 64-53.
With Ibrahim Silas dominating the paint and Griffin following him with a difficult 3-pointer, Apollon ran a fast 9-2 streakdropping to four points (66-62 at 35′). The trio of Francisco, Bilan and Denmon gave the hosts offensive solutions for +7 (71-64) in the 38th minute, but Griffin’s shots sent the difference again at +4 (71-67)a minute and a half before the finale.
Miro Bilan and Francisco, however, proved to be cool from the shooting line and made no mistake, as a result of which the bwin Dove reached the pink match sheet with final score 75-69.
The quarters: 19-25, 41-38, 64-53, 75-69.
See here the statistics of the match.
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