THE AEK and Pigeon bwin claim the first ticket to the final of the first Cup Final 8 today at “Dyo Aorakia” (15:45, ERT3, News Bulletin 247, sport-fm.gr). The motivation is very strong for the two gladiators.
THE “Join” prevailed by fire and iron of Panioni in yesterday’s quarter final with 93-88 in overtime losing in the same game with injuries Achille Mitchell and Isaiah Miles. These two losses were added to those of Alex Madsen, Dimitris Mavroides and Antonis Koniaris, making the task very difficult for his team Ilias Kanzouris to reach the 13th final in its history in the institution and to dream of its sixth title and third in Heraklion after those of 2018 and 2020. Godikas and McGriff are essentially the only tall players available for the “yellow and black”.
On the contrary, the Pigeon bwin had a very convincing performance in the 77-64 win over PAOK in the quarter-finals, dominating after the first few minutes (when he found himself losing, 4-13). His team Vasilis Spanoulis relied on her excellent defense and the starry of Marcus Denmon, while reaching the semi-final full and with mood for revenge against the team that beat them twice already this year in the Basket League (80-84 in Peristeri and 68-64 in Liosia). The western suburbs club are reaching the semi-finals for the third time in their history, after 2004 and 2020, and are aiming to reach the final for the first time.
The prehistory:
Seven meetings count between AEK and Peristeri bwin in their history in the Cup, with “Enos” having the lion’s share with five victories. However, for the first time the two teams meet at such an advanced point of the season.
05/08/1982 (Round of 16): Peristeri-AEK 65-79
15/03/1983 (Round of 16): Peristeri-AEK 71-66
26/10/1988 (Round of 16): Peristeri-AEK 65-83
06/09/1998 (Second Phase): AEK-Peristeri 85-68
16/09/1999 (Second Phase): Peristeri-AEK 44-53
22/09/2010 (Second Phase): AEK-Peristeri 57-87
26/12/2021 (Quarterfinal): AEK-Peristeri 90-77
Source: Sport Fm
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