PAOK overturned “pressed” Kolossos and moved up four places

With a 13-0 series and a 32-15 individual score in the fourth period, PAOK overturned the -14 of Kolossos and prevailed 93-81 of the “sea” in “Palataki” in the match that completed the ninth game of the Stoiximan Basket league, climbing to the top four with a 5-4 record and leaving the Rhodians at 3-6 and in the last places of the standings.

The “marines” led in the first three quarters 46-60 in the middle of the third period, but the 13-0 run of the “black and white” at the beginning of the fourth period and the 32-15 partial score in the fourth period brought +13 to the final +12.

Leading the winners were Smith with 16, Harrison with 15, Fredrickson with 14 (11 assists) and Alston with 12 points. For the Rhodesians, Goudlock stood out with 20, Brajkovic with 12 and Utomi with 11 points.

The match

After the initial balanced start, the Colossus with its foreigners started to score continuously and in almost every attack, especially from the perimeter, slowly increasing the difference, i.e. 5-8, 7-11, 11-18. Beliauskas’ three-pointer reduced the score to 14-18, but a 6-0 run by the Rodites with Utomi’s two three-pointers brought +10 and Koloveros +11. The “black and white” with a 4-0 run reduced to 19-26 initially, now taking the rebounds and leaving in surprises, and with a new 4-0 run they finished the first quarter 23-28.

PAOK started with a 4-0 run in the second quarter and reduced 27-28 with the right choices in the “sea” basket. A 7-0 run by the Rodites in the bad defense of Fotis Takianos brought +8 and the players of Kouros Seguras maintained +5 to +7 in that period. A 5-0 run by Kolossos brought the score to 38-47 and the misguided actions of the “two-headed” players ended the half with this score. PAOK had 10/11 shots and 17 rebounds and Kolossos 8/16 three-pointers and also 17 rebounds.

With a 5-0 run at the start of the third period, the Colossus reached +14 with Gaudlock as the star and with Brajkovic maintained +10 with +12 afterwards. Goudlock brought the score to 46-60, but PAOK with a 5-0 run reduced the score to 51-60. The Colossus responded with a 4-0 run for +13, but at 55-66 the “two-headed” made a 6-0 run and reduced it to 61-66 with many solutions at the end of the quarter.

Goundlook made it 63-69 at the start of the fourth period, but PAOK responded with a 13-0 run with three three-pointers for 76-69. Smith’s three-pointer answered the attempt of the Colossus to reduce with 79-72, with the players of the “doubleheader” having improved their three-point percentages have improved to a significant extent, with the “black and white” having 8/19 and 30 rebounds. Fridriksson reached 10 assists and PAOK maintained +5 to +7.

The two three-pointers of Smith, Fredrickson, who reached 12 points, brought +11 at the time when Goudlock had “shut up” offensively. The Kolossos players were wasted on mistakes in the racket and had no solutions, despite their good three-point percentages, so PAOK collected the rebounds and kept the difference in double digits and Tsairelis finished the match 93-81 and 32-15 individual scores in the fourth period.

The quarters: 23-28, 38-47, 61-66, 93-81

The statistics

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