Despite leading by as much as 26 points in the home matchup with Colossus of RhodesThe PAOK he got nervous in the last minutes, but still managed to get the win with 89-82for its 16th matchday Basketball League.
Thus, the “Two-Headed of the North” returned to positive results after the previous week’s defeat against Ionian, improving the record to 9-7 and climbing to the 3rd place in the standings. On the other hand, Kolossos fell to 8-7, while also losing the margin by which it had defeated PAOK in the first round game.
Top for the winners are Franke (21 p.), Polly (15pt. with 4/6 three-pointers) and Hunts (14p), while for the guests they stood out Coffee (20p, 16 reb.) and James (16 points, with 5/6 three-pointers).
The match
Better start from Colossus, who went 3-9 in the first three minutes. Then, PAOK reacted and with partial scores of 11-1, went to +4 (14-10), in the 6th minute. From that point on, the hosts were in control and thanks to three pointers they closed the first period at +13 (29-16).
The “Two-Headed of the North” continued at the same rate in the second quarter, increasing the difference to +25 (44-19), at 15′. Until the end of the first half, nothing changed in the image of the match, with the hosts going to the locker room with +19 (52-33).
PAOK’s… party continued in the second half, with Franke and Margaritis sending them to +26 (66-40), in the 25th minute. In the following minutes, the Lykogiannis players relaxed, with Kolossos taking advantage of this and trimming the difference (67-52) at the end of the third period.
The Rhodesians had the momentum of the match at the beginning of the fourth quarter and with Kofey as the protagonist they came close to -12 (74-62), in the 33rd minute. Slaftsakis gave PAOK a temporary “breather”, but Yang’s three-pointers reduced the difference to single digits (76-68) in the 35th minute. With a 4-0 run, the hosts went to +12 (80-68), with the visitors responding with their own 8-0 (82-74), until the 37th minute. entering the “final stretch” of the match, Kolossos came close, reducing it to 86-82 with a three-pointer by James and shots by Coffey, but PAOK held on and finally got the victory with 89-82.
The quarters: 29-16, 52-33, 67-52, 89-82
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