AEK cleared the mighty Kolossos and leaves for… the final with Galatasaray!

The positive results continue AEK!

The team of Elias Kanzouris achieved its third consecutive victory in all competitions, winning with a score of 95-89 Colossus of Rhodes. In this way, AEK rose to 11-7 in the Basket League and made four again, tied with Peristeri bwin! Now, Union turns to the match of the year with Galatasaray for Champions League (15/3, 19:30).

H AEK had an amazing day offensively and had the lead for most of the game, getting away with 16 points at one point (74-58). Nevertheless, Mr Colossus again showed a very competitive face, did not give up the game and dropped the difference to 5 (89-84), finally losing in the details of the last minutes.

An improbable match for the Union was made by Kenny Williams. The American had 21 points on 9/9 2-pointers, providing big solutions in the final minutes when the Colossus threatened an upset. Kostis Gondikas also had his best match with the yellow and black, who scored 17 points with 7/9 from the field. They were also in double figures Jankovic (14p.), Strelnieks (12p.), Flionis (10p.) and Oriole (10 p.).

From Kolossos, who fought a lot but fell to 8-9 and remains eighth, an amazing match was played by Starks with 20 points, while 12 had o Dixon and from 11 o’clock Moreira, Katsivelis and Coffey. There is concern in the Rhodes team for Dixon, who was injured in the last minutes and limped off.

The match

THE AEK the game started very strongly and with their protagonists Williams and Godika who scored 4 points quickly led with a score of 8-0. Colossus raised its performance with Moreira and Katsiveli started to reduce, making it 10-6, before o Dixon he makes a three-pointer for 10-9 and Moreira makes it 10-11. Williams continued to be hot and put AEK back in front 17-13, scoring five straight points, with Oriole to take over and write 21-16. The first quarter ended with a three-pointer by Chrysikopoulos for 23-19.

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The Colossus with Smith was trying to reduce the score at the beginning of the second quarter, but the Jankovic scored back-to-back points to make it 32-26. THE Starks responded with an 8-0 run of his own, which gave Kolossos a +3 lead (32-35), before Flionis tied it with a three-pointer of his own to make it 35-35. THE AEK with Miles and Jankovic recovered a small +3 (40-37), but the visitors answered again for 40-41. The battles on the racquets were impressive and the match continued to be a derby until the break, with both teams going to the locker room with the score very close (51-46).

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THE AEK at the start of the second half, he got away with +8 thanks to a goal foul by Godikas (56-48), with Flionis scoring a three-pointer to make it 59-50 and Gothika to score another basket forming the first double-digit difference in the match (61-50). The collapse of the Colossus continued, with the Greek center nailing again for 65-50. The Rhodesians ran a small 4-0 for 65-54, but Gondikas was unstoppable and scored for 67-54. With his five point streak Strelnieks, the difference rose to 16 for the first time (74-58). His team Elias Papatheodorou however, he had a reaction, with Starks and Katsivelis reducing the score to 74-65. The third period ended with a score of 81-68.

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THE Colossus struggled early in the fourth quarter, cutting to 10 with Dixon and Smith (83-73), before Young made it 83-76 with a 3-pointer. The Rhodians were reduced even more, when o Dixon wrote in 85-80. THE AEK he was trying with Flionis to escape, but Kolossos was finding answers and kept the difference low (89-84). The Union found the solutions it was looking for with him Williams, increasing her lead to +9 (93-84). The American scored another basket and made it 95-86, ending the match, which had a final score of 95-89.

The quarters: 23-19, 51-46, 81-68, 95-89

Detailed match statistics here