THE Larissa confirmed its upward course, “thundering” that it is capable and that it will fight until the end for the stay in the Stoiximan Basket League!
In a game with a “final” character between the last two of the standings, the Thessalian team went from home of the Ionian (84-89) and reached three consecutive wins and a total of four in the season (4-7), leaving the Nice team in last place with a record of 3-8.
Top for the winners were Stephen Moody and Jalen Hudson with 24 and 21 points respectively, with Tsairelis (10 points, 6 rebounds) and Kroumbali (12 points) offering significant assists. For the hosts who suffered the third defeat in a row, he stood out Eugene German with 20 points and 3 rebounds.
The match:
Explosive start to the match from Ionikos, as their trio Koloverou, German and Mustafa easily found the way to the opponent’s basket, but also the solutions in scoring and with their own points the hosts were ahead with +10 for 16-6 in 6 ‘. With eight points collected Ruck, Larissa gnawed the difference, closing the first ten minutes at -2 and 23-21.
In fact, with three shots Jalen Hudson at the beginning of the second period, the guests went ahead of the score for the first time in the match (23-24). With consecutive three-pointers by German and Parker, Ionikos got the upper hand again in the score for 39-34 in 17 ‘. The excellent defense of Larissa in the last three minutes, however, gave the right to the whole of Fotis Takianos to run a small series 8-2 and close the first half with a short head (43-44).
With speed gained from the good end of the half, Larissa entered dynamically in the third period, in which with a fast series 8-0 they increased the difference at +9 (43-52 at 23 ‘). In fact, the offensive trick of the guests continued that with the “ally” the excellent transition, but also the very good defensive function, they ran another big series (12-0) at the end of the season, launching the difference at +17 and 71-54!
With two two-pointers by Hudson and Tsaireli, Larissa increased the difference at +21 with the start of the last period (54-75), showing to “clear” the case victory. Ionikos, however, did not hand over the “weapons” and with a long counterattack reduced the difference up to four points (79-83) in the last minute!
Naturally, the match was led in the “roulette” of shots, with Larissa proving to be cool and leaving with great double with 89-84.
The quarters: 23-21, 43-44, 54-71, 84-89.
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