Apollo won the eve derby with a three-point “storm”!

Apollon Patras took a huge step to stay on Sunday night (30/01), leaving with a great double from the headquarters of Ionikos (82-96), in the context of the 14th game of the Stoiximan Basket League!

With “ally” the exceptional percentage behind the 6.75 meters (15/30 sq.m.), Nikos Vetoulas’s team reached the fifth pink card of the season and second away from Patras, “sinking” at the same time Nikaiotes in the last position of the standings with a record of 3-9.

Top for the winners was none other than him Tsalbouri, who finished the match with 30 points (12/17 inside the field) and 5 rebounds leading Apollo from safety to a big double. They followed closely Mitrou-Long and McClean with 17 and 15 points respectively.

On the other hand, for Ionikos, the Parker (22 points, 8 assists, 5 rebounds) and Γόντικας (16 points, 5 rebounds).

The match:



Excellent start to the match, with a very good rhythm and plenty of spectacle from both teams. Balanced the first ten minutes where Ionikos with Mustafa scoring from … everywhere was ahead with 12-8 and 17-15. Mitrou-Long and Tsalbouris, however, found solutions for Apollo, with the first ten minutes closing tie 25-25.



With their exceptional percentages behind the 6.75 meters, the team from Patras increased by +6 in the middle of the second period (32-38), while a little later Tsalbouris increased the difference at +8 (32-40). With difficult baskets by German, the hosts kept the difference at these levels, going to the locker room at -6 and 47-41.

In the third period came the competitive “explosion” of Apollo, who continued to “Bombs” the opponent’s basket, shooting with amazing percentages, both from a medium and a long distance. With Tsalbouris at the helm of the spear, the guests reached even the +16 (50-66). Ionikos and Parker, however, ran a 10-0 run at the end of the season, closing the gap to six points (60-66) for ten minutes.

In fact, the counterattack of Kouros Segura’s team continued at the beginning of the last period, lowering the difference to minimum value of the difference (67-68). At that point, Apollo woke up from … lethargy with Chalbouris and Mitrou-Long unblocking the team in attack and going the difference in double digits (74-84), with the end result finding the Patras winners with 96-82.

The quarters: 25-25, 41-47, 60-66, 82-96.

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