“Super” Vassilis Toliopoulos, drove him Mars Midea to victory by overthrowing her Karditsa!
Despite the fact that the Thessalonians found themselves with their backs against the wall in the first half, they then raised their performance sharply and with the Greek guard in the foreground they brought a somersault the match (69-61) and got the second pink game card in this year’s Basket League.
The first scorer for the winners was Toliopoulos with 22 points and big shots in the second half, with Harrell and Gallinand following with 14 and 11 points respectively.
The match:
The start of the match between the two teams was quite nervous with several mistakes and missed shots, with Carditsa to lead 9-5 at 5′ and a minute later with 13-9. The three-pointers of Bohorides and Toliopoulos in the last two minutes of the period gave offensive “breath” to Marswho tied at 15-15 for the first quarter.
In fact, with a layup by Toliopoulos in the first attack of the second period, the Thessalonikians took the lead for the first time (17-15). However, an aggressive crescendo of the guests behind the 6.75m. with the three-pointers of Klassen, Seibert and McCallum, Karditsa not only took the lead again, but also increased the difference at +8 (24-32) at 17′. The “yellows” continued to face serious attacking problems scoring with the… dropper in the first half, which resulted in Nikos Papanikolopoulos’ team going to the dressing room in front of the score with 39-29.
The face that Aris presented on the floor of Alexandrios after the half-time break was completely different, with the players of Yiannis Kastritis turning up the “turns” in the offensive part, improving their defense at the same time. THE Vasilis Toliopoulos found himself in the third period in… the twilight zone taking the Thessalonians by the “hand” and with 13 points in the quarter he was the one who led the counterattack of Ares, with the third period ending in perfect balance for the 50-50.
The derby continued in the fourth and final period, where the two teams went hand in hand in the score until the 37th minute (56-56). In the last three minutes of the game, the trio of Toliopoulos, Gallinand and Sanogo proved to be cool in the shooting process, giving the victory to Aris with the final 69-61.
The quarters: 15-15, 29-39, 50-50, 69-61.
Source: Sport Fm
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