AEK with soul, won the absences and won the derby with PAOK!

The derby of “Dikefalos” was painted … yellow and black! Despite the significant absences of Angola and Pappas, the AEK got great win with 72-67 of PAOK at the Indo of Ano Liossia for the 13th game of the Stoiximan Basket League!

After a balanced first half, the one that made the difference and tilted the scales in favor of the “Union” was the third period, where Deda’s team ran one individual score 25-10, laying the groundwork for the sixth pink card of the season (6-6).

Top for the winners, were Hamer (17 points, 11 rebounds) and Griffin (15 points, 9 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 blocks), which took on their backs the “Union” in the second half and led her to a big victory. The. Followed closely Kouzeloglou (14 points, 7 rebounds) and Colom (10 points, 6 rebounds).

For the “Bicep of the North” that fell to 5-7, putting an end to a series of two victories, the Jones (16 points, 7 rebounds, 6/13 on the field) and Μάντζαρης (11 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists).

The match:



The start of the match is balanced, with both teams keeping pace in the score until the first three minutes (6-6). Then, the PAOK found aggressive solutions by hand Mantzari and Jones, and in combination with the wrong decisions of AEK in the offensive part, ran a series of 9-2 for the +7 and the 15-8 in 6 ‘.

And while the “Union” seemed to be sticking executive, the Dimitris Flionis took action and with eight points in the last minutes of the period, gave aggressive “breath” to the hosts, closing the ten minute in perfect balance (21-21).

Having the psychology and the memmentum on their side, the players of Stefanos Dedas dominated at the beginning of the second period and with a series of 8-0 escaped with 29-21. But PAOK’s answer came with a storm of three points, after DiLeo and Mantzaris found three consecutive shots behind 6.75m. for overtaking (29-30 in 14 ‘)!

THE Μάντζαρης (11 p., 5 r., 5 ass. In the first half) continued to be “hot” from afar, and with “Dikefalos tou Vorras” finding easy points from the line of fire closed the half at +5 for 41-36.

The interruption of the half seems to have “awakened” AEK, which came out on the floor of the Indoors of Ano Liossia for the third period with a completely different psychology! The “Union” put out a tremendous energy in defense and attack, with the tip of their “spear” Ian Hamer and Eric Griffin.

With defense for … seminar and him Hamer to score 10 points during this time, the hosts ran one impressive 22-6 in the first six minutes of the quarter, shooting the difference at +11 and 58-47! Then came the frantic pace that AEK gave to the match, with both teams scoring very little in the last four minutes, and “Enoisi” completing the ten minutes at +10 (61-51).

At the beginning of the last period, AEK increased the difference to +13 with a three-pointer by Hamer (66-53 in 34 ‘). Germain Love and Marvin Jones led PAOK’s counterattack in the last minutes, with Thessaloniki reducing to three (68-65 in 39 ‘), with the final whistle finding AEK “hug” with the victory (72-67).

The quarters: 21-21, 36-41, 61-51, 72-67.

Watch here the … film of the match.

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