Matsara with… good morning in Rhodes!
In a match that lasted 50 minutes, o Colossus defeated 104-93 in the second overtime the Pigeon bwinin the premiere of this year’s Basket League.
His team Vasilis Spanoulis had a chance to take the match in regulation, but Ragland missed a three-pointer in the breather, with 80-80 to be the score, while the scene was reversed at the end of the first overtime, with the home side’s Jorgensen unable to find the target at the end and 86-86 was the score after 45 minutes of play.
The first scorer of Kolossos was Jorgensen with 21 points and 7 rebounds, with Polly to add 19p. and the Brajkovic 18 p. THE Perantes had 9p. and 14 assists.
From Peristeri bwin, stood out Ragland, who had a double-double with 25p. and 10 assists, while o Williams added 21p.
The match
Better start to the match than Peristeri bwin, going +7 (4-11), in the first three minutes. Afterwards, the pace of the match increased with Kolossos reacting to equalize (15-15), in the 5th minute. The guests’ answer came from Kaselakis and Hands for +7 (20-27), with Petropoulos’ three-pointer making it 23-27 in the first period.
Spanoulis’ team entered the second quarter with a 5-0 run for +9 (23-32), at 11′. However, the Rhodesians made a big comeback, as through their defense they found baskets in the open field and thus made individual scores 15-2, for +4 (38-34), in the 17th minute. From that point on, the home team was in control, going into the locker room with +3 (42-39).
With excellent percentages outside of 6.75m. Kolossos started the second half, increasing the difference to +12 (56-44) at 23′. Peristeri bwin reacted and went on a 6-0 run (56-50), but the hosts kept the reins of the match and thus closed the third period at +7 (66-59).
With Mitrou-Long and Rangland, Peristeri bwin came close to the point (69-68), at the beginning of the fourth period. The answer of the Rodites came from Poli and Godika for +5 (75-70), with Ragland and Williams reacting with a shot from outside 6.75m, for the lead (77-78), in the 38th minute. Ragland then sent Spanoulis’ team to +2 (78-80), with Jorgensen tying the score with 2/2 shots (80-80) with 19.2 minutes to go. Rungland missed a 3-pointer on the final drive, sending the game into overtime.
The two teams were tied in the extra five minutes, with Brajkovic giving the Colossus the lead (86-84), with Renfro tying the game with a buzzer beater (86-86) with 4.8 minutes to go. Jorgensen’s three-pointer missed the target in the end, and thus a second overtime occurred.
With Perantes and Brajkovic as the main protagonists in the second extra five minutes, Kolossos took the “cushion” of +5 (95-90) and reached victory with the final 104-93.
The quarters: 23-27, 42-39, 66-59, 80-80 ff., 86-86 par., 104-93 second par.
See here the match statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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