Incredible matsara with a triumphant tone Prometheus!
The Patrinos got a great “double” in the full “Alexandreio” against the Marswinning 77-73 to improve to 6-2 in the Stoiximan Basket League! The “yellows”, on the other hand, threw in the garbage for three quarters, and fell to 4-4, with a fifth consecutive defeat in all competitions.
After a competitive first quarter, o Prometheus dominated the second and reached a double-digit difference, which only increased during the third period, reaching up to +20 in favor of the visitors in the first minutes of the fourth (45-65). Nevertheless, from then on he launched an unimaginable counterattack Mars with a flurry of three-pointers, but the time was not enough for the home team.
Top of the winners was Anthony Cowan with 21 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 16/21 shots! Great match from Haime Etsenike with 17 points and 10 rebounds, while Chris Coffey scored 12 points. On the part of Aris, he fought with 16 points Lefteris Bohorideswhile Vassilis Toliopoulos had 13 and Silvio De Souza had 10 with 8 rebounds.
The match
The match was a derby throughout the first period, with both teams sloppy at the start but gradually finding rhythm through their tallies, Bankston and Etzenike. With his three-pointer Bohorides the home team escaped with +4 (12-8), but very quickly Kawan scored back-to-back points for 14-14. THE Bankston with a layup he wrote 18-15, Coffey nailed for 20-19 and Galinat signed 22-19 of the very competitive first period.
The image of the match changed dramatically in the second quarter. With Hale and Coffey leaders, the Patrinoi went ahead (22-26), taking advantage of the blocking of the home team’s attack, which could not score at all. Very fast, Kawan and Etsenike they took the baton and scored 26-34 for Prometheus, while a three-pointer by Koniaris brought it to +9 (28-37). The half ended with his basket Hale for 28-39.
In the third period, with his three-pointer Reynolds the visitors found themselves at +14 (28-42), while one shot by him Etsenike formed +15 in their favor (28-43). Aris found some solutions with Slaftsakis and Toliopoulos, however Prometheus had answers with the formidable Etsenike to have… a racket party (33-48). Thessalonians had no solutions against the defense of Prometheus and had difficulty reducing, with the result that the big lead of the guests was maintained until the end of the third quarter (45-63).
At the beginning of the fourth period, Prometheus reached up to +20 (45-65), however from there on Mars launched his expected counterattack. Harrell ignited the spark with a three-pointer (53-68), while De Souza took over with back-to-back points for 57-69. The Angolan was also the one who reduced the difference to single digits (61-69). Kawan made two shots in a row, but the Harrell reduced even more with a three-pointer (64-71). It was Reynolds’ response with a long shot of his own that cut the home team’s lead to 64-74. Bohorides and Toliopoulos hit new big shots for 70-76, while Aris came even closer (73-77) taking advantage of the mistakes of the Patrinas. However, there was not enough time and Prometheus took the victory.
The quarters: 22-19, 28-39, 45-63, 73-77
Detailed match statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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