In the battle of the four and Mars!
The “yellows” defeated their opponents in Patras without encountering any major difficulties Apollo with a score of 82-74, improving to 9-7 after 16 games Basketball League. Now, Aris turns to the very difficult match with Olympic for the quarter-finals of the Greek Cup (17/2, 15:45).
In the first half o Apollo was very competitive and kept the match in the balance, but from the third quarter o Mars he took complete control and finally reached victory without being threatened.
For the winners, an excellent performance was made by Note with 24 points, while 19 was added by Elaiza Mitrou-Long and 10 o Chevez Goodwin. For the Patrinos, who dropped to 3-13, 16 points were scored by Griffin and 14 o Silla.
The match
The Thessalonians entered the match better and with their protagonists Note and Netzipoglou they led early with a score of 7-11. The home team responded by equalizing with Davis at 15-15, before going ahead with him They walk (17-15). In the end, the first period ended at 20-17 with his three shots Mastrogiannopoulos.
In the second quarter, Mars upped his performance, taking the lead with Christides and Mitrou-Long (25-28), before the latter formed the +5 for the Thessalonians (25-30). The home team responded with two consecutive 3-pointers Candy they took the lead again (31-30). Aris with Note again went to +4 (31-35), but once again the Patrinos had a reaction with two long shots in a row Griffin they went ahead (37-35). Finally, a basket by Note made it 37-37 at halftime.
The third period was the best for the visitors. Until the middle of the quarter, the match remained balanced, but somewhere there Aris left with Horkler at +6 (44-50) and a little later o Note form +8 (44-52). THE Mitrou-Long with a three-pointer he made it 48-58, before bringing the Thessalonians to +11 (49-60), with the third period ending at 49-61.
The home team went on a very quick 5-0 run to start the fourth period Bogri and Griffin, down to 7 (54-61), with Horkler to cut their “legs” with a three-pointer (54-64) and the Goodwin to write 54-66. Apollon did not give up and made a partial 4-0 with Silla (58-66). Despite this, Aris was not worried and escaped again with +13 (58-71). From then on, the home team couldn’t mount a response and eventually suffered defeat with a score of 82-74.
The quarters: 20-17, 37-37, 49-61, 74-82
Detailed match statistics here
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