Kolossos passed Lavrio and secured seventh place

Go through it Laurel and secured the seventh place in the regular season of the Basket League o Colossus (83-97).

Ilias Papatheodorou’s team was superior almost throughout the match and playing excellent basketball, especially in the offensive part, they left Attica with the double and in the playoffs they will face the second ranked team, Panathinaikos, with a home disadvantage.

Amazing performance by Kendall for the guests (31p.), who had worthy supporters Yiannopoulos (22p.) and Kofi (17 p.). The awesome day they found themselves in wasn’t enough Flag and Langeweinwith both scoring 22 points.

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The match

The hosts entered the game better and led 7-4. The response of the Rhodes team was immediate, where with an 8-0 they made it 12-7. Lavrio reduced to a point (18-19), a few minutes later, with Kolossos bringing the difference back to +6 (18-24) and in the first period finding him in front of the score with 25-22.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Ilias Papatheodorou’s team made it 32-22, but also 34-46, taking a double-digit difference. The players of Giorgos Limniatis reacted and made it 36-30 and despite the fact that they found themselves at -11 again, the two teams went to the break with 46-41 in favor of Kolossos.

The visitors started hotter in the second half and made it 57-46, with Lavrio bringing it down to 61-54 at 26′. At that point, the Kolossos players hit the gas, and with Kendall, Kofi and Yiannopoulos coming forward, they made it 71-55 at 28′. Lavrio’s response was immediate, with the third period ending with 74-65 in favor of the guests.

Flagg entered the last period hot and made it 74-71 with two well-placed 3-pointers. The Rhodes team increased the lead again, with Coffey making it 85-75 in the 35th minute and Kendall making it 87-78 a minute later. From that point on, the Colossus managed to manage their lead perfectly and took the victory 97-83, locking up the seventh place in the regular season of the Basket League.

The quarters: 22-25, 41-46, 65-74, 83-97

Detailed match statistics here

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