PAOK found the solutions in the second half and defeated Kolossos

PAOK defeated Kolossos 86-80 in the second half at “Palataki” for the 11th game of the Basket League and reached 4-6 its record, having one match less, while Rodites were in 7-4a, but remained in the first five.

The match had many fluctuations, with the two teams reaching double-digit differences, but with many series in the fourth period, “Dikefalos” reached +12 and “cleared” the match.

Starring in this were Jones with 20, Jankovic with 15 and Toliopoulos with 12 points. For the Rodites, Floyd stood out with 20 and Margaritis with 15 points.

The match

With Jones and Jankovic and the accuracy from the periphery, POK led 12-0, with the Colossus not finding a player to take on the scoring during this period. Only in 14-3 a 4-0 8-0 series of Rodites helped the team of Ilias Kantzouris to reduce to 14-11. Starring Toliopoulos, PAOK made a series of 7-0 and reached 23-13 and Kamberidis’s three-pointer completed the first ten minutes at +11.

Li and Toliopoulos maintained the double-digit difference for “Dikefalos” at the beginning of the second period. Xanthopoulos was sent off in the 12th minute and Margaritis reduced to 30-23 and Floyd to 32-27, with the “sea” finding solutions from many of their players during this period. Floyd found his “hand” and reduced it to 35-30 with the correct attacks he undertook inside the “black and white” racket and played alone with the team of Aris Lykogiannis. With a 4-0 series, PAOK reached spots 44-36 and Pot’s three-pointer completed the first half 44-39. “Dikefalos” had 5/12 three-pointers, 13/15 shots, but the 14/36 shots of Rodites were compensated with their no mistake on the floor.

With amazing polyphony at the beginning of the third period, the Colossus made an impressive 12-0 run and led 51-44. PAOK responded with its own 7-0 series with also offensive polyphony and equalized, with the match going point by point afterwards. At 54-53, the Colossus made a series of 8-0 with its accuracy from 6.75 and reached 54-61, but the consecutive three-pointers of “Dikefalos” brought its own 8-0 series and 62-61 in its completion. thirty minutes, with the two teams having spoiled their percentages a lot.

PAOK with a series of 4-0 at the beginning of the fourth period reached 66-62. At 66-65, “Dikefalos” made a series of 8-0 led by Jones and reached 74-65 with very good percentages in two points during this period. Rivers’s three-pointer brought 79-67 and now the “black and whites” maintained +8 to +10 during this period. Margaritis reduced to 82-75, with the “sea” having improved their percentages in the “black and white” racket, having made their percentages in assists, with both teams having balanced in rebounds and errors. Mantzaris in the last two minutes brought +9 for PAOK and the final 86-80 for Thessaloniki.

THE TEN MINUTES: 26-15, 44-39, 62-61, 86-80

PAOK (Lykogiannis): Love 4 (1/8 shots), DiLeo 3 (1), Mantzaris 6 (3/6 two points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 error), Jones 20 (7/12 two points, 6/6 shots, 13 rebounds, 2 assists), Jankovic 15 (4/5 two points, 1/2 three points, 4/5 shots, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals), Rivers 14 (2/3 two points, 2/3 three points, 4/6 shots, 6 rebounds), Li 2, Christodoulou, Kamarianos, Kamberidis 10 (3/4 three points), Toliopoulos 12 (3/7 three points, 3/3 shots)

KOLOSSOS (Kantzouris): Momirov 6 (2), Williams 9 (3/8 three points), Tili 9 (3/4 three points), Slaftsakis 4, Pot 5 (1 three points, 13 assists), Xanthopoulos 2, Miller 7 (1), Margaritis 15 (3 / 6 two points, 3/4 three points), Billis 3 (1), Floyd 20 (4/8 three points, 2/4 three points, 6/6 shots), Hatzidakis

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