Another matzara on Stoiximan Basket League!
The Pigeon bwin managed to get the difficult victory with a score of 89-87 against the Laurel in “Andreas Papandreou”, reaching 4 consecutive pink cards in the league and now turning his attention to the crucial match with Falco Sobatelli for BCL (21/11).
His team Vasilis Spanoulis found it dark against his extremely competitive team Costa Mexa, which came back from -12 (42-30) and even had the lead until the end of the third period. In the fourth quarter, however, the more quality hosts found the solutions they needed and celebrated a very difficult result.
The match
The match started at a high tempo, with Castaneda and Thompson making it 4-3 early, before Ragland hit an impressive layup for 6-3. THE Thompson scored on shots to make it 8-3, while Papadakis cut it to 8-6 and Moore hit another 3-pointer to make it 10-9. Quickly, Ragland hit a long shot of his own to make it 15-9. Thornton drew a difficult field goal, cutting it back to 15-12 for competitive Lavrio, who came within a point on a layup by Papadakis (15-14). THE Hoogaz gave a solution from a distance for 18-14, while he scored consecutive foul goals and a three-pointer for 24-16. THE Dangubic from close made it 28-18 and the home team’s first double-digit difference. Thornton and Castanieda cut the gap to 7 again (30-23). The first quarter ended with a score of 32-23.
With the beginning of the second quarter, o De Julius cut it to 32-26 with a 3-pointer. The bwin Pigeon escaped again with +10 (36-26), pulling out some defenses and having Ragland as the star. Lavrio again made a reaction with De Julius and Gromovs, reducing the difference to 6 (36-30), but Hugaz restored order for the hosts (42-30). THE Papadakis with his second three-pointer, he provided a solution for the visitors (32-23), who continued to press and not let Peristeri bwin escape with the Greek forward and Gromovs as protagonists (47-40). THE Poulianite gave a solution with a three-pointer for 50-42, while the half ended with a score of 50-45 thanks to a buzzer beater by Thornton.
Fast forward to the second part, the Laurel cut to 50-47 with the Moore, while a little later with a three-pointer by the same he equalized at 52-52. Renfro with an impressive dunk gave Peristeri bwin the lead again (54-52), which was quickly equalized again by shots from Chestnutbefore o Gromovs put the Lavrio in front (54-56). Castanieda “caught fire” and made another long shot for 54-59. The guests now had a rhythm and found themselves at +6 (55-61), before Kaselakis made a big shot for 57-61. THE Chestnut answered again for 57-63, but the experienced Kaselakis provided solutions for 61-63. The third period ended with a score of 63-67 in favor of the unlikely Lavrio.
With a quick 3-pointer by Kenny Williams, the Pigeon bwin came close to the point (66-67), before going ahead with another long shot by Dangubic (71-69). Williams hit another big shot from 6.75 for 74-70, and a little later he also signed 76-72. THE Gromovs scored a foul shot for 76-74 by missing the shot, with Lavrio continuing its pressure. Kaselakis took three shots and made two for 78-74, while Renfro signed the +6 of Peristeri bwin at a critical turning point of the game (80-74), while another one of Dangubic brought the score to 81-74. Thornton’s two-pointer cut it to 81-78, but Ragland hit a big three-pointer on defense to make it 84-78. Lavrio did not give up and answered immediately with Thornton reducing again, but Dangubich made it 86-81. O Chestnut with a second attempt it was reduced again to 86-83, but Papadakis missed a crucial tying three-pointer. The bwin Pigeon kept his cool in the finale and managed to control things by taking the pink card.
The quarters: 32-23, 50-45, 63-67, 89-87
Detailed match statistics here
Source: Sport Fm
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