Advertisement of basketball in Rhodes with Kolossos as the winner!
In an incredible match with a mythical finale in normal time, Kuro Sengura’s team took the victory with the satisfying 114-109 on Prometheus of Patras in overtime, in the most impressive game of this year’s Stoiximan Basket League!
The home team had led by as much as 21 points early in the third periodhowever, with an incredible counterattack by the Patrinas, the match went to an extra five minutes, and while in the final the Cowan had put Prometheus ahead with four points for 100-98, before Perantes hit a follow-up for 100-100!
First scorer for the winners who went up to 4-6, was Perantes with 27 points and 8 assists, with Brajkovic (22p., 12r.) and Poley (18p., 7r.) to follow in performance. For Prometheus, which suffered its third loss of the season, Cowan and Reynolds they were outstanding, finishing with 30 and 20 points respectively!
The match:
The pace was stormy in the first quarter, with both teams playing very aggressively, raising the score to high levels early on. THE Colossus of Rhodes entered the match better and having many different scorers took the lead 14-11 at 4′. With two consecutive 3-pointers by Cownan and Reynolds, o Prometheus overtook for 19-16, while a little later, Koniaris’ two-pointer made the score 21-19 in the 7th minute. Somewhere in there, the hosts skyrocketed their performance and thanks to a partial score of 14-4, closed the period ahead 33-25.
With two 3-pointers by Reynolds and one by Jones, the Patriots quickly tied the game at 36-36 at the start of the second quarter, showing that they are taking the momentum and the reins of the match. Nevertheless, Colossos not only fought back, but, powered by Brajkovic and Perantes, retook the lead, going into the locker room with the of 59-49.
After the good “finish” of the first half, Kolossos went into the third quarter with an acquired speed, where at the beginning of the period they ran an 11-0 run, shooting the difference at +21 for 70-49 at 23′! Prometheus was unable to keep up with the frenetic pace of the home team, with Kofei and Etsenike being the only ones to connect with the opposing basket (!), narrowing the gap somewhat to 15 and the 82-67 of the quarter.
And while everything showed that Colossus was controlling the match and will get the pink match sheet, Prometheus, with a mythical counterattack in the fourth and last period he went to “steal” the match! With a three-pointer by Billy in the 37th minute, the hosts made it 94-80, “embracing” the victory. Despite all that, Mr Cowan he had the opposite opinion and with 15 personal points in the last three minutes, he sent the match to overtime! In fact, the 26-year-old guard me four points with 9 seconds left, put Prometheus in the driver’s seat (98-100), before Perantes with a follow-up buzzer beater sent the match to extra five minutes (100-100)!
The thriller continued in overtime, where neither team could build a good margin. Somehow, the game was decided on a shootout in the end, with Colossus taking a huge win with score 114-109.
See here the statistics of the match.
The quarters: 33-25, 59-49, 82-67, 100-100, 114-109 par.
Source: Sport Fm
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