He beat the wounded AEK with an unstoppable Francisco and Peristeri went to the final bwin!

In the final of the Greek Cup for the first time in its history, it qualified Pigeon bwinprevailing 77-65 her AEKin the first semi-final of the Final-8 of the competition!

The match was a big derby for 35 minutes, with Vassilis Spanoulis’ team escaping in the last five minutes, taking advantage of the fatigue of AEK, which lined up with many absentees (Mitchell, Madsen, Koniari), while during the match they lost with injuries and the Strelnieks (pulled adductor), Williams (sprain).

Absolute protagonist for the winners o Francisco, who scored 33 points and hit the decisive baskets thanks to which his team created the big difference in their favor, entering the “final stretch” of the match. Very good performance from him too Kaselaki (11 points, 9 rebounds), while for AEK they stood out Miles (21p, 6 rebounds) and Jankovic (11 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists).

The match

THE AEK took the lead in the opening moments of the semi-final with his four straight points Jankovic, with Peristeri bwin responding with an 8-0 run, taking an 8-4 lead. Bilan collaborated with Francisco on the 13-9, while after consecutive three-pointers by both teams, Vassilis Spanoulis’ team took its maximum lead (+6, 21-15). Xanthopoulos and Miles reduced to 21-23 for AEK, with Coleman setting up the 24-21 of the first quarter.

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The pace of the match was slower in the second period, with McGriff to equalize for the Union at 24-24 with a three-pointer and put it ahead (26-24) with an impressive nail. Godikas put her in the match for the first time AEK at +4 (34-30), with Peristeri bwin scoring only 10 points in the second period and Union going to the locker room ahead with 39-34thanks to an improbable buzzer-beater three-pointer by him Miles!

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The third quarter started with Pigeon bwin to build a 10-0 streak and with Francisco as the protagonist, who reached 19 personal points, to take the lead with 44-39. Without a basket for almost three minutes, AEK then reacted and responded with a run of its own, regaining the lead (48-44), thanks to another 3-pointer by Miles. Hammer put the bwin Dove back in front 53-51, before the Williams configure it 53-53 at the end of the third quarter.

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THE AEK took a five-point lead early in the fourth quarter, but the Pigeon bwin he continued to find solutions, and thus the semi-final entered its “final straight” being in perfect balance (59-59). A three-pointer by him Kaselaki put Peristeri bwin ahead 62-60, before the terrible took action Franciscowho hit a 3-pointer from 8 meters to make it 67-62, then scored 9 more points in a row, leading his team to the big win, with 77-65!

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The quarters: 21-24, 39-34, 53-53, 65-77

The match statistics

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