With many solutions from the region, Prometheus defeated PAOK 90-69 at “Dimitris Tofalos” in the first match of the 17th season of the Basket League and reached a 10-7 record, entering the eight and leaving “Dikefalos” at 9- 8 temporarily in the quartet.
The players of Yannis Christopoulos gained double-digit differences from the beginning of the match and managed to maintain them in the second half in the zone defense of “Dikephalos”, reaching +25.
Leading the winners were Dangubich with 20, Thomason with 14 and Hogg with 11 points. For the “black and white”, Franke saved with 17 and Hunts with 13 points.
The match
The many and correct choices of both opponents in the two rackets kept the match tied in the first five minutes of the match. Then, the foreigners of Prometheus went on a 6-0 run to make it 16-10 for the Patrinos and Tsairelis finished the first quarter at 18-12.
Tsairelis made it 20-12 at the beginning of the second period and consecutive three-pointers made it 6-0 and +11 for the players of Yannis Christopoulos. With a 4-0 run, PAOK dropped to -5, but Patrina’s regional shots brought them back to +12. “Two-headed” responded with a 6-0 run and reduced to -6. Fotis Takaniou’s regional team reduced the score further with consecutive three-pointers to -2 and the half ended at +2 for the Patrinos, who excelled in shots from the field and rebounds.
Prometheus started with a 6-0 run for the Patrinas +8 at the beginning of the third period and with a 5-0 run the Patrinas reached +11. Riley dropped to -7 and the margin fluctuated between +7 and +9 for the Patriots during that time on the poor defense of the “Two-Headed”. Prometheus’ three-pointers brought a 7-0 run and +14 and +15 for the home team at the end of the quarter, after Takianos’ zone defense was punished by Christopoulos’ peripherals.
A 9-0 run by Prometheus against PAOK’s continued bad perimeter defense brought +24 for the home team which basically set the stage for the victory and Hogg brought +25 for the Achaeans, with Prometheus’ 20/33 two-pointers and 8/27 three-pointers by PAOK to make the difference in the attack, despite the minimal difference in rebounds. Cowan made it 83-60 and the difference ranged between +20 and +25 for the Patriots and the match ended at 90-69.
Source: Sport Fm
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