“Suffocated” Turk Telecom and Aris celebrated the first victory!

Broke the… pomegranate o Mars!

With a terrible defense, but also a leadership performance from Vasilis Toliopoulosthe “yellows” prevailed 68-66 her Turk Telecomfor their first win this year Eurocup.

So, the “yellows” went to 1-2as much as the Ankara team now has.

Toliopoulos finished the match with 22 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, while Kar added 13p. and Sanogo had 12 p. and 9 rebounds.

Among the Turks, he stood out Wallace with 16 points.

The match

To the good start of Aris, who went to +7 (9-2) in the first two minutes, Turk Telecom answered, taking the lead and going to +4 (14-18), in the 5th minute. The Yellows then picked up the pace and countered with a 9-0 run for +5 (23-18), with Wallace’s 2/2 shots making it 23-20 in the first period.

With a 5-0 run, the guests entered the second quarter (23-25), with Aris responding with Sanogo and Toliopoulos and with individual scores of 9-2, going to +5 (32-27), at 16′. However, the continuation was not similar for the “yellows”, as the visitors took control in the last minutes and with Saibir as the protagonist, closed the first half at +4 (34-38).

The game was balanced (44-44), until the 25th minute. There, Aris stepped on… the gas and with Toliopoulos as the protagonist escaped to +9 (55-46), in the 28th minute. However, in the last two minutes, the players of Kastritis made repeated mistakes, with Turk Telecom making an 8-0 run (55-54) until the end of the third period.

With a three-pointer by Galinat, Aris started the fourth quarter for +4 (58-54), but Turk Telecom responded with individual scores of 3-9, for the lead (61-63), in the 34th minute. With Carr and Slaftsakis, the “yellows” went ahead again (66-63), with Toliopoulos taking the baton for 68-66, which was also the final score, after the Kastritis players maintained their lead until the expiration, while Adams missed the exhalation for the equalizer.

The quarters: 23-20, 34-38, 55-54, 68-66

See here the match statistics