Slap of the terrible Prometheus in AEK and now… final with PAOK for four!

Prometheus put “fire” in the battle of the quartet!



Having an excellent fourth quarter, where the individual score was 25-12, the Patrinos prevailed 85-72 of AEK in “D. Tofalos” for the postponed match of the 19th game of the Basket League.

A victory with which the team of Yannis Christopoulos rose to 11-9 “lock” the six, avoiding one of Olympiakos or Panathinaikos in the first round of the playoffs, while at the same time, he put AEK in… adventures, regarding the foursome!

And this is because “Union” is in 4th place with 12-8 recordand while the next matchday he plays with PAOK in the packed Pylaia, on an important and historic night for the “Double Head of the North” due to the retirement of Branislav Prelevic’s shirt, while in the last matchday he plays with Olympic.

Leading for the winners was Cowan with 22 points and 12 assists, while Hogg was close behind with 17 points and 7 rebounds. For Elias Kanzouris’ team, Williams and Mitchell stood out with eleven points each.

The match:

Her start was very good AEK in the match, with the “Union” entering completely concentrated on both sides of the floor, bringing out energy and mood in defense and attack. With Jankovic and Gothika to make… a break on the “drawing board” by scoring 5 and 6 points respectively, the guests took the lead 15-8 at 5′.

The timeout that followed seemed to “wake up” his players Prometheus, who, through their good defense, but also the mistakes of the opponents, ran an impressive 13-2 run for 21-17 in the 9′! Papadakis’ shots gathered the difference for AEK, with the quarter ending with a score of 22-21.

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The start of the second period was explosive, with successive three-pointers by Ghikas, Koniaris and Kulbokas bringing the home team at +4 (28-26) at 12′, while a little later, o Cowan who found himself in a terrible night (9 points, 7 assists in the first half!), brought Patrinos to +5 (31-26).

Afterwards, AEK “nibbled” the difference, and with Flionis in the foreground brought the match to an even level (35-35) at 17′. His six collected points Hog they brought Prometheus forward again, with “Union” answering again and equalizing with Miles’ three-pointer (42-42) at 19′. In the final minute of the half, the home team went on a short 5-0 run, going into the locker room with the the 47-42.

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The team of Yannis Christopoulos entered the third quarter just as the first half ended. With Hogg and Cowan finding their way to the opposing basket, Prometheus went to +9 (51-42) for the first time, with Mitchell being the only “yellow and black” fighting on the other side.

In fact, Dagubic’s three-pointer and then the Serb’s two shots widened the difference at +12 and 60-48 in the 26th minute. Somewhere there, it fell… black on Prometheus, with AEK gaining energy through their good defense, gradually reducing the difference to three points, for the Kenny Williams with a three-pointer at 2” to do the 60-60 of the quartersigning the striking 12-0 streak of the “Union”!

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And while everything looked like we would have a derby in fourth and final period, Prometheus completely dominated the floor and escaped with twelve unanswered points at +12 for 72-60 in the 34th minute! The reaction of the visitors never came, with the Patrinos even reaching +15, in the end taking the victory with the final 85-72.

The quarters: 22-21, 47-42, 60-60, 85-72.

See here the Live of the match.