He made a coup, but Prometheus could not stand in Ankara

Even if it tied from -17 in the third period, Prometheus lost in Ankara to the strong Ankara 75-85 for the 15th matchday of the Euro Cup and reached 9-6 its record in the second group of the competition, with the Turks they move to 10-5 in second place in the group.

Ankara was in control of the match and reached +17, Prometheus with individual scores of 11-4 and a 7-0 streak tied with Kulboka’s consecutive three-pointers, but there they accepted the Turks’ streaks and lost.

For the Turks, Bouteig stood out with 21, Grant with 19, Sestina with 18 and Taylor with 12 points. Culboca with 7/11 three-pointers was sensational with 23 points, supported by Thomason with 17 and Condit with 11 points.

The match

The amazing defense of the Ankara players against the attacking assets of Prometheus did not let the players of Yannis Christopoulos find solutions at the beginning of the match. Thus, the many solutions of the Turks in the native racket brought 9-2 and 17-4 with Eric and Bouteig the protagonists in this period. Thomason with a personal run reduced the score to 17-8 and a 5-0 run by the Patrinas made it 20-14, with the home team’s perimeter shots ending the first quarter at 25-17.

With personal actions of Kulboka, Prometheus reduced to 26-22 at the beginning of the second period, but there they received a 12-0 run for 38-22 by the Turks, who took advantage of the inertia of the Patrinas in rebounding, their continuous mistakes and their failure in the regional shots. Sestina’s 3-pointers made it 41-24 and later 44-28 for Ankara, despite Cowan’s Prometheus efforts. Bouteig took the “baton” in scoring and brought the score 49-33 with personal baskets. Prometheus went on a 5-0 run, but Taylor made it 50-38 in the first half. The Turks had 13/17 two-pointers, 9/13 shots and 17 rebounds, and the Patrinos had 10/14 shots and 12 rebounds.

Trailing 4-11 in the first five minutes of the third period, Prometheus cut to 54-49 on three consecutive 3-pointers by Kulboka, who reached 20 points in that span. With a 7-0 run and Kondit as the star player, Prometheus tied the game at 56-56, taking advantage of the Turks’ many steals and mistakes, respectively, and their surprises, which led to easy shots. A 4-0 run by Ankara made it 60-56 and the quarter ended 60-58 with Kondit.

A 5-0 run by Ankara at the start of the fourth quarter made it 65-58 and the Turkish team maintained +4 to +6 in that period after Kulboka was stopped from scoring from the perimeter. Grant took the situation into his own hands and initially led himself 69-61 and helped for 73-64 due to the poor defense of Prometheus in the racket. A 4-0 run by the players of Yannis Christopoulos reduced the score to 73-68. Ankara responded with its own 5-0 for +10 to the fatigue of the Greek team and the difference now went to +9 to +11 for the Ankara team for the final 85-75.

The quarters: 25-17, 50-38, 60-58, 85-75

The statistics