With “katostara” in the semifinals! Prometheus made an impressive appearance and prevailed 100-86 over PAOK securing the last ticket for the Final Four of the Greek Cup, which will be held on February 18-20 in Heraklion, Crete.
Top for the Achaeanswhich were impressive in the first half, Agravanis (27 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists) and Grant (24 points, 5 rebounds).
On the other, the Thessalonians were late to wake up and tried to return from -25, but had no more gasoline in their tank. Lov (17 points), Jones (15 points, 7 rebounds) and Jankovic (13 points) fought from Lykogiannis’s team.
For the 3rd consecutive season in the “4” of the Cup Prometheus, who completed the “frame” of the teams that will claim the trophy along with Panathinaikos, Olympiakos and AEK. Next Monday (7/2) the draw for the pairs of the semifinals.
The match
PAOK started the game better and found a score through the racket (8-12 in 4 ‘). The reaction of the hosts came with a series of 11-0, which brought them to +7 (19-12 in 7 ‘). The players of Zouros had excellent options in the attack and with a partial 10-2, they shot at +15 (29-14), at a time when the Thessalonians were overwhelmed with nervousness. The end of the first ten minutes found Prometheus at +13 (31-18).
At the start of the 2nd period, the Achaeans continued from there who stopped in the final of the first and with a new series 9-0, moved away with a difference of 22 points (40-18 in 12 ‘)! Jankovic and Jones tried to keep the “Northern biceps” upright, but fought alone (48-30 in 16 ‘). Nevertheless, Patras did not stop their… crescendo and with Simpson performing, they closed the half with +25 (60-35) and excellent accuracy rates (17/23 two points, 7/13 three points).
The guests attempted to gnaw the difference a bit in the first minutes of the 3rd period, but they only managed to reduce it to -16 (64-48 in 25 ‘). Agravanis and Grant were unstoppable and brought Prometheus to +21 (72-51 in 27 ‘). At that point, however, the players of Zouros short-circuited aggressively and lost their concentration, which resulted in the clipping of the difference with the final of the quarter (78-62).
In the first minutes of the 4th period, PAOK “tightened” defensively and tried to return to the match. With Lov performing, Lykogiannis’s team ran individual 9-3 and approached -9 (84-75 in 34 ‘). Nevertheless, the hosts breathed through the… line of shots and moved away again (94-79 in 37 ‘). In the last three minutes, nothing changed, since the Thessalonians had no more… gasoline in their tank and the final 100-86 gave the ticket for the Final 4 to the Achaeans.
The quarters: 31-18, 60-35, 78-62, 100-86.
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