Molfetas from heaven shocked Hercules!

In a great match (on a purely competitive level and not on what happened on the stands) at “Ivanofio” Apollon Patras managed to escape with a huge victory against Hercules with 82-81, with the pink match sheet having the signature of Giannis Molfetas.

The experienced ace with an aggressive rebound and a basket at 1.2 ” before the end of the match, gave the victory to his team, which was ahead by up to 17 points (31-48), but the extremely hard-fought Iraklis, not only returned in the match, but was found embracing with the victory, before the Patras grabbed it.

Top for the winners was Coleman with 20p. (3 / 4tr.) And 6p. while he had great support from Davis (17p., 10r.), Diplaro (17p., 3 / 7tr.) and Tsalbouri (10p., 6r.).

On the other hand, the Leeds was the leader of “Giraios” with 16p. and 6r., with Douglas (15p., 9r., 6as.), Kouzeloglou (12p., 11r.) and Agravani (14p.).

The match

Apollon is clearly superior in the first minutes of the match, as after the first ID 6-6, the guests pressed the accelerator and with big shots by Chalbouris and Molfeta from 6.75 took the lead with 6-14, while with a new three-pointer this once from Diplaros, he also got a difference of 12 points (10-22). By the end of the season, Iraklis managed to clear the situation and with a three-pointer by Papadakis he formed the 20-26.

Agravanis and Leeds tried to give a spark to the hosts by reducing the difference to the lowest price (25-26), however the “bombardment” from the three-pointer continued from Patras, with Davis and Diplaros making it 27-36, while Coleman (31-44) also entered this rhythm. Davis gave Patras the biggest difference in the game (31-48), with “Giraios” gnawing the difference before the end of the half (36-49).

The reaction of the hosts really came in the third period, as despite the new three-pointer with the start of the season by Davis (36-52), they did not deviate from their plan, which was the best behavior in defense and the safest solutions in attack. and with Skordilis, the difference fell to a single digit number (43-52). With Kouzeloglou entering the offensive equation, but also Douglas, Agravanis giving their own help, Iraklis at 1’32 ” before the end reduced to 57-59. With the three-pointer of Filios it became 60-61, while Diplaros with two shots wrote the 60-63 of the third period.

For Patras it was a big bet to keep their composure in the big counterattack of Iraklis and they seemed to win it, as with the right choices in the attack they made the difference to seven points (62-69), however again Iraklis showed that he is not going to delivered. With Leeds dominating the ethers (68-71) and Douglas achieving the crucial three-pointer (71-71) at 2’56 ”, everything would be judged in the last three minutes in perfect balance of power. Coleman and Douglas engaged in a three-point duel (74-74), with the former taking it personally, again giving his team the lead with a lay-up (74-76) while with a great three-pointer at 55 ” from the American (74-79) ), Apollo now had a victory performance at “Ivanofeio”. This was followed by two shots by Kouzeloglou (76-79), one by Diplaros (76-80) and a big three-pointer by Papadakis (79-80) in the 24 ” before the end, which forced Vetoulas to get a time-out. In the end, the mistake by Diplaros was not avoided, with Agravanis giving the lead to Iraklis (81-80). However, in the phase that finally decided the match, Molfetas got the rebound in Davis’ air-ball, with Apollo escaping with a huge “double” (81-82).

Referees: Tsaroucha, Kardaris, Tsonos

The ten minutes: 20-26, 36-49, 60-63, 81-82

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