He survived the “thriller” with Ari and Karditsa sees a stay

In a dramatic match with many fluctuations, Karditsa defeated Aris 78-77 in overtime in the Thessalian city for the 18th game of the Basket League and reached four victories.

Note with a personal 4-0 streak gave Aris a +4 in a poor offensive game in the first five minutes of the match. Evans took the situation into his own hands and made it 6-4 and 9-6 for Thessaly with the long shots. Galinat took the “baton” and led 12-8 and 14-11 and Sanogo ended the first period at 16-16.

Aris maintained a +2 at the beginning of the second period, but Karditsa responded with a 5-0 run and began to maintain a +2 to +4 lead by its Americans. The “yellow” three-pointers brought the tie, but a 5-0 run by the players of Nikos Papanikolopoulos brought the score to 36-35 at the end of the half. The Thessalians had 8/11 2-pointers and 14 rebounds and the Thessalonians had 17 rebounds, but they had poor shooting and field goal percentages.

With Galinat in front, Karditsa maintained a +2 to +4 at the beginning of the third period. With a 4-0 run, Aris took a +1 lead, taking advantage of the slow pace and low score and Schizas brought it 48-50. In the last two minutes, Netzipoglou with a 4-0 streak led the “yellows” 6-0 for 50-56 at the end of the thirty minutes.

Note maintained +8 for the players of Yannis Kastritis at the beginning of the fourth period, but Aris initially with a 5-0 run and later with a 4-0 reduced -2 ​​and -1 respectively. Goodwin “woke up” aggressively and maintained +2 to +3 for the Thessalonians. Galinat with a personal streak brought +1 for Karditsa at 2’05” before the end and the “yellows” started to miss consecutive three-pointers without the hosts taking advantage of it. Thus, Athenaiou with 1/2 shots made it 69-67, but Goodwin tied it at 69-69 at 8”, but he missed a shot, but Pridget’s missed 3-pointer at 2” sent the match into overtime .

Horkler and Notte gave Aris +2 and +3 at the start of the extra five minutes, but Pridgett went on a 4-0 run of his own to make it 75-74, with both teams having too many turnovers in that period. . Toliopoulos made it 75-76 at 1’31” before the end. Agravanis hit one of the two shots he made, but Evans followed up on the missed second to make it 78-76 at 1’06”. Mitrou-Long hit one of two shots to make it 78-77 at 27”. The error in Karditsa’s attack gave Aris the opportunity to attack in the 7th minute, but Note’s long three-pointer gave the victory to Thessaly.