The bwin Pigeon survived a heart attack and won a “double” qualification in Hungary!

He played with “fire” but… it didn’t burn Pigeon bwin!

Vassilis Spanoulis’ group gave rights to Falco Sobatellibut he finally got a great “double” with a score of 90-87 and went up to 2-2, taking a strong step towards qualification to the play-in of BCL!

Now, the Peristerians “doubled” their victories against the Hungarians, so at least a pink card in the next home matches with Le Mans (6/12) and Malaga (19/12), or possible loss of Sobatelli, will lead them to the next stage. At the same time, if Le Mans defeated by Malaga in the other group match, Peristeri bwin will now have home advantage in the play-ins, with their own victory over the French!

The victory came with great difficulty, since +21 of his total Spanoulis (51-72) turned into (87-90) in the final in an upset fourth period. In fact, the hosts had a shot to equalize at the end of time, but the Pongo he did airball.

Top for the winners o Joe Ragland with 16 points and 8 assists, while 15 had o Hunts13 by Hugaz, 12 by Thompson and 11 along with 10 rebounds by Dangubic. Of the losers, he made a great appearance with 31 points but did not reach the Zoltan Pearl.

The match

After a very balanced start, the Pigeon bwin began to pick up speed and found himself at +4 for the first time with a score of 9-13 thanks to a three-pointer by Hoogaz. The Panathinaikos forward hit his second straight long shot to make it 10-16, while Joe Ragland scored a layup to make it 10-18. The Hungarians with Tibi and Baracs temporarily reduced to 16-20, however Vassilis Spanoulis’ team closed the first period strongly thanks to Hunts and Renfroreaching 18-25.

With three points from Kaselaki and Dangubic at the beginning of the second quarter, Peristeri bwin escaped with +13 for the first time (18-31). With three shots from Hunts, the bwin Pigeon was also at +14 (25-39). Led by him Zoltan PearlFalco tried to reduce (29-39), but the visitors quickly absorbed her reaction and found themselves ahead 33-48 thanks to Trevor Thompson, before Ragland’s 3-pointer made it 36-53. The half ended with a score of 38-54.

Very quickly in the second half, the Pigeon bwin tied with Ragland and Williams at 44-63, the largest margin of the game. The Hungarians tried to reduce with Pongo and Tibi, reaching 49-63, but the team from the western suburbs responded with leader Renfro and found themselves at +7 (51-68) again, before Dangubic signed +21 (51-72 ). The visitors “stuck” temporarily in the attack and gave the right to the Hungarians to reduce to 58-72, a score with which the third quarter ended.

Peristeri bwin stuck at the beginning of the third period and gave the Hungarians the right to enter the game with the leader Boris Barats and the Zoltan Pearl, steadily closing the gap to 73-79! The bwin Pigeon managed to get back to +9 after his three shots Hoogaz, but immediately the Hungarians responded for 75-82. Giordano hit a big 3-pointer for 80-84, but Williams and Hunts scored key points for 80-88. The home team didn’t give up, and found many long shots with Pongo and Perl, reaching 87-90. Williams missed two crucial shots to allow Sobatelli to tie the game, but Pongo’s late shot missed the rim and the match ended 87-90.

The quarters: 18-25, 38-54, 58-72, 87-90

Detailed match statistics here