His composure What Jay Starks from the line of scrimmage at the end and his missed 3-pointer Marek Klassenthey gave to Apollo victory 72-71 on her Karditsain the premiere of the Basket League.
Derby was the match throughout its duration, with the Patrinos getting the pink card in the details.
In addition to being decisive, Starks was also a leader for his team Birch with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, while a good performance from Malik Osbourne with 12 p. and 8 rebounds.
From the Thessaly team, he stood out Romelo White with 19 points and 9 rebounds.
The match
The match had a very good pace early on with Karditsa in front (7-9) and Apollon stepping on the… gas afterwards and with Starks and Osborne escaping to +10 (21-11), in the 7th minute. In the final minutes, the guests answered and reduced (26-21) at the end of the first period.
The picture of the match was the same in the second quarter as well, with a high tempo and the Patrinos controlling the situation, maintaining +8 (40-32), until 16′. However, the continuation belonged entirely to the Thessaly team, which tightened up defensively and with White as the star in the attack, went on a 10-0 run until the end of the first half, going to the locker room with the lead (40-42).
With McCallum’s three-pointer, Karditsa entered the second half, reaching +5 (40-45), with Washington answering for Apollo’s equalizer (47-47) at 23′. From that point on, the game became very close with the two teams going together until the end of the third period (58-58).
The derby continued in the fourth period, with both teams being nervous and misguided and the game tied (68-68). With 2/2 shots Washington Apollo went ahead (70-68), with Buchanan making 1/2 with 15.6” left, getting the offensive rebound, but making the mistake himself. Starks took the quick foul and made it 72-69 from the line, at 5.2”. In the last attack, Klassen missed a three-pointer, with Smith hitting the follow-up buzzer beater and the team of Patras taking the victory with the final 72-71.
The quarters: 26-21, 40-42, 58-58, 72-71
See the match statistics here
Source: Sport Fm
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