Although the game started badly, o Prometheus showed his good face afterwards and defeated Slask 90-66 in “D. Tofalos” of Patras reaching 9 wins in 14 matches in its second group Eurocup.
The Poles led by +16 (9-25) in the first eight minutes, but Joe Thomason with 20 points in the half “trumpeted” the counterattack, which the hosts continued in the second half, reaching a comfortable victory.
Thomason with 20, Dangubic with 15, Simpson with 14 and Condit with 13 points stood out for the winners, while Alexander Dzieva had 19 points for the Eurocup tailbacks.
The match
The first eight minutes were nightmarish for Prometheus, as they found themselves at -16, 9-25, with Kolenda scoring 9p. and the hosts 1/7 three points. The Patrinos got serious, “gathered” the difference to a single-digit value, 18-27, at the end of the period and by completing a 22-2 run, they went ahead, 31-29. Thomason quickly reached 18p. and the difference reached six, 39-33. A two-minute lull allowed the Poles to go on an 8-0 run to pull ahead again, 39-41, but Yannis Christopoulos’ men closed the half with a 43-41 lead.
Capitalizing on Condit’s strength under the basket, Prometheus hit the gas and pulled away with a 52-44 lead. Gikas and Simpson put in their own stone and the hosts closed the quarter at +13, 67-54. Slask started the fourth period with a 5-0 that rattled the Patrinos with the reaction coming immediately. With consecutive points by Dangubic, they broke away again and, reaching 83-61, “cleaned up” the match.
Ten minutes: 18-27, 43-41, 67-54, 90-66
See here the statistics of the match
Referees: Vilius (Lithuania), Udyanski (England), Bittner (Germany)
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