Prometheus was dragged to Tel Aviv and is fourth in the playoffs

In a very bad day in all its lines, Prometheus was dragged 69-108 by Hapoel in Tel Aviv for the 18th and final matchday of the second group of the Euro Cup and with 11-7 will definitely go as fourth in the “16”, after needed a +18 win to hope for third place, combined with Turk Telecom’s result against Buduchnost in Ankara on Wednesday, with the Israelis awaiting the same match to see if they finish second or third.

The Israelis reached +18 in the first half and gradually increased the difference to reach +32 and +39 in the final.

Leading the winners were Howard with 23, Zinat with 18, Onuaku with 16 and Manford with 11 points. From Patrinos, Thomason was rescued with 16 and Kulboka with 14 points.

The match

Manford and Onuaku took advantage of the huge problems of the Patrinas in their racket and reached 8-5 with the many assists and continuous rebounds. Manford with a 5-0 run brought the 13-5 to the bad defense of the players of Yannis Christopoulos, who were trying to foul the home team’s players and were receiving easy points from the shots of the Israelis. Zalmanson led 19-9, but the Prometheus regionals found their “hand” and with three consecutive three-pointers reduced the score to 19-16. With the fourth in a row, Thomason was down 22-19, but the racket problems reappeared and Hapoel went on a 6-0 run, led by Zalmason, to end the first quarter at 28-19. Hapoel had 6/7 shots and 5/7 two-pointers.

On a 7-0 run, Hapoel made it 25-19 at the start of the second period and, led by Onuaku, maintained +15 to +16 in that period, with the right choices inside the Greek racket and consecutive attacks down from the Greek basket. A 6-0 run by Hapoel led by Howard made it 47-24, with the home team scoring 35 points on the two-pointer. Zeenat made it 51-27, reaching 10 points, and a personal run by McRae made it 57-29, to finish the half at 59-31 with a partial score of 31-12. Hapoel had 23/29 2-pointers, 7/9 shots and 21 rebounds. Prometheus was 6/12 from 3-point range and just 10 rebounds, but also a disappointing 4/15 from 3-point range.

McRae’s three-pointer in the first phase of the third period made it 62-31 for the Tel Aviv team, and the difference was up and down +29 to +31 during this period. Onuaku kept the “baguette” in scoring for the home team, despite a 9-0 run by the visiting Patrinas, which cut it to 67-46 and with a partial score of 9-6, the quarter ended at 76-52.

With a personal 5-0 run by Hoarne at the start of the fourth period, Hapoel reached 81-52. Prometheus responded with a 5-0 run for 81-57, but Hoard continued his “crescendo” and with a personal 6-0 run made it 87-57 and reached 21 points. With a 10-0 streak, Hapoel reached +39 and was leading the young Patrina players who had entered the court to a historic sweep. Prometheus answered with a 4-0 run for 99-64, but received the same one for 103-64 and the match ended at 108-69.