PAOK fought throughout the match against Strasbourg, but lost 79-80 to the French team in Pylaia in their second match for the play-offs of the BCL, remaining out of the “16” of this year’s tournament.
“Dikefalos” was at -10 in the first half and +10 in the third period, but “paid” the poor peripheral defense and 1/3 shots of Di Leo in the last second, after missing the opportunity to send the match at least to extension.
Eddie with 19, Roberson with 16 and Bohachik with 12 points stood out for the French, while for “Dikefalos” the leaders were Jones with 15, Jankovic with 12 and Rivers with 10 points.
The match
PAOK started strong and reached 7-6 with the selections of Mantzaris. There, however, the poor defense of “Dikefalos” gave the opportunity to the Strasbourg peripherals to find the solutions with the three-pointers and with a series of 8-0 to lead 13-7 starring Eddie. The latter brought 9-18, but PAOK with a series of 5-0 reduced to 13-18. There, the bad choices and the bad defense inside the racket brought many shots for the French, who reached 13-23, to complete the first ten minutes at 15-23. PAOK had 7 rebounds, while Strasbourg had 13/18 shots on the field during this period.
At the beginning of the second period, both teams played correctly in the opposing rackets and this kept the French at +4 to +5. Lansdowne brought the +7 for Strasbourg. With two consecutive three-pointers, Strasbourg reached 22-35 starring Eddie, reaching 13/21 shots. PAOK with a series of 7-0 took advantage of the hasty choices of Strasbourg and reduced to 29-35 and Jankovic’s three-pointer brought 32-37. The consecutive misplaced three-pointers of the French helped Kamarianos to reduce to 34-37 at the end of the half, with “Dikefalos” having 13/33 shots and Strasbourg 13/26.
At the beginning of the third period, both teams were nervous and misplaced and Strasbourg managed to maintain a small lead after continuous mistakes of both teams. At 39-42, the bad until then Di Lio took the situation in his hands and helped with seven consecutive points PAOK to make a series of 11-0 and lead 50-42. Jankovic and Mantzaris with their creations and points kept +8 and Rivers brought +10, taking advantage of most of the mistakes of Strasbourg, which managed to reduce to 55-49 starring Mitchell and Eddie’s long three-pointer. at 57-52 at the end of the thirty minutes.
Rivers kept the +6 for PAOK at the beginning of the fourth period and with the right choices of Jones in the French racket the +5. Roberson’s three points reduced to 67-65 and Eddie’s to 69-68, but the accuracy of the shots brought 72-68 for “Dikefalos”. With a series of 4-0, Strasbourg tied at 72-72, but Toliopoulos made it 74-72. Lansdone’s goal-foul brought 74-75 for Strasbourg, but Kamarianos responded with a layout for 76-75. Roberson’s three shots brought 76-78, but Kamarianos answered for 78-78. Love was charged with an offensive foul and Roberson made it 78-80. Di Lio missed a two-pointer, but he won a foul on the three-pointer at 1.8 ”, but he scored on one of the three shots and gave the victory to Strasbourg with 79-80.
Quarterfinals: 15-23, 34-37, 57-52, 79-80
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