He couldn’t stand Ulm and Aris was left with three wins

Aris couldn’t stand the overtime and, losing to Ulm in Alexandrio 88-99 for the eighth matchday of the Euro Cup, it was left with three wins in the first group.

The foreigners of Aris found the solutions in the German basket and the match went point-to-point with the correct choices of Ulm in the “yellow” basket. Galinat’s three-pointer made it 9-7 for the Thessalonians and De Souza with a personal 5-0 run made it 14-11 in the small lead of the Germans in the first five minutes. The offensive versatility of the Germans brought them a 6-0 run for 14-17, but Persedis’ 5-0 run finished 21-19 in the first quarter.

Toliopoulos made it 24-19 and Katsivelis’ first three-pointer in this year’s tournament made it +6 for the “yellows” at the start of the second period. Carr with an indirect three-pointer made it 30-21 and with a new three-pointer +8 on Williams’ counterattack. The offensive versatility of the Germans gave them a 9-0 run for 33-34. Ulm maintained +2, but Bohorides and Toliopoulos brought the score to 42-41 at the end of the first half. Aris had 10/11 shots and Ulm 18 rebounds during this time.

A 5-0 run by Aris at the start of the third period made it 47-41 for the “yellows” and Gallinat’s three-pointer made it 50-45 in response to the Germans’ 4-0 run. Klepais led a new 8-0 run of Ulm brought the German champions 51-53. Aris answered with a 6-0 run for 57-53 and the excessive failure on both sides brought the score to 59-55 at the end of the quarter.

Ulm went on a 5-0 run at the start of the fourth quarter to take a 60-59 lead, and consecutive 3-pointers by the Germans brought them to +4. Aris responded with two consecutive three-pointers of his own to tie the score at 70-70 with Carr and Bohorides and Slaftsakis gave a 72-71 lead, with the Germans’ 19 errors helping in this, despite the visitors’ more rebounds. Bohorides made it 74-73 with two shots and Nunes’ three-pointer made it 74-76 at 3:45. Galinat cut to 76-77 at 1’30”.

Williams, even with four fouls, made it 76-79 and De Souza reduced it to 78-79 after an offensive rebound. Jallow, in a phase where it seemed that steps were taken by Figueroa, made it 78-81 at 50”. Toliopoulos with a three-pointer at 6” made it 81-81 with his 3/8 three-pointers. The Germans missed twice in the last attack and the match went to overtime.

Ulm found the solutions inside the opponent’s racket and made it 81-84 at the beginning of the extra five minutes. The “yellows” were stressed and spent on misguided actions and a 4-0 run by Ulm brought the score to 81-89 with the “hits” in the racket and reached 7-0 in the first two minutes. Toliopoulos scored Aris’ first basket in overtime with a three-pointer for 84-89. Bankston was fouled five times and Williams made it 84-91.

De Souza was down 86-91 and the American reached five fouls with an offensive one and was ejected. Nevertheless, Figueroa made it 86-93 with 5/6 two-pointers in 1’11”. Nunes with a 4-0 personal streak made it 86-97 and essentially completed the “modest ceremony”, with the match ending at 88-99.