He did the overthrow and Lavrio was saved, the Ionian is “drowning”.

With a surprising individual score of 23-8 in the fourth period, Lavrio overturned the -20 against Ionian Platon and, defeating Nicaeotes 90-82 for the 21st game of the Basket league, secured the 5th place in the division, leaving in a difficult position Kostis’ team, which is now waiting to see what Karditsa will do on Sunday in SEF against Olympiakos to revive its hopes, in view of the last game of the regular season.

The Nicaeans reached +20 at the end of the first half and +8 at the end of the third quarter, but they received a “storm” in the fourth period, they fell behind with -10 and were unable to react.

For the winners, Lanzeville stood out with 26, Nikolaidis with 24, Flagg with 13 and Zaras with 11 three-pointers. For the home team, Lacey stood out with 15, Simmons, Lenell with 14 and Arsenopoulos, Hawkins with 13 points.

The match

Ionikos reached a 4-0 lead at the beginning of the match, but the visitors responded with their own 6-0 run with offensive versatility in the basket. The Nicaeans responded with a 9-0 run led by Lennel and reached 13-6, with the American’s three-pointer bringing +8. With Zara’s personal 6-0 run, Lavrio tied the score at 17-17, but Simmons took the situation into his own hands and brought +5, with the first quarter ending at 26-20.

With Hawkins as the protagonist, Ionikos maintained +5 to +7 at the start of the second period and Arsenopoulos’ three-pointer brought +10. The difference was now up and down between +8 and +10 for the hosts, but the consecutive three-pointers of the Americans brought him a 12-0 run and 51-31 at the end of the half with the good percentages of Kostis’ players and the many rebounds of the hosts .

Lavrio’s two consecutive three-pointers reduced the score to -14 at the start of the third period, but on the other side, the home team’s three-pointers maintained +15 to +18. The visitors were spending on three-pointers, which were accurate, but they could not deal with their opponents in their racket. However, a 5-0 run by Lavrio made it 66-55 and Nikolaidis’ 3-pointer made it 68-60 at the quarter.

Lavrio’s consecutive 3-pointers at the start of the fourth period made it 8-0 and 68-68 for the team from the eastern suburbs, and now we had +2 and the guests tied in a “thriller”. Lavrio initially led by +1, Nikolaidis’ three-pointer made it 75-80 and Flagg’s made it 76-83 in the 3′ before the end for the individual score 8-23 for Giorgos Limniatis’ team. The two teams failed to score for a minute and a half, but then, Lavrio reached +10 with a 4-0 run. Capelan made it 81-88 at 47” and Flagg’s shot made it 81-89 at 29”. Capelan answered in the same way for 82-89 and Koloveros wrote the final 82-90.

The quarters: 26-20, 51-31, 68-60, 82-90

The statistics