He got a big win with Malaga and made an appointment with Ritas in Peristeri bwin

After a “thriller”, the Peristeri bwin defeated the mighty Malaga 76-73 in the western suburbs for the sixth game of the first group of the BCL and, having secured the third place in the group and with a 3-3 record, now faces in the play- in January Ritas Vilnius, the second team of the second group of Prometheus Patras with a home handicap, with the Andalusians with a record of 2-4 going directly to the “16” of the competition.

The “blue and yellow” led by +5 at the end of the first period, they were losing -1 at the end of the half and -2 in the third period, but with individual scores of 16-11 in the fourth period, Vassilis Spanoulis’ players reached the great victory.

Leaders of the bwin Pigeon were Thompson with 22, Love with 16 and Ragland, Williams with 10 points. For the Spaniards, Perry stood out with 16 and Carter with 12 points.

The match

With a “defunct” Thompson, who had 4/4 two-pointers, the bwin Dove went 8-4 against the best team in the group. The blue-and-yellows added other players to the equation and maintained +4 to +5 against Perry and Summery during that time. Williams’ three-pointer made it +7, with Lima taking matters into his own hands for the Andalusians in that period. Renfro was +8, but Sima’s shots made it 26-21 at the end of the first quarter.

Love was +6 for Peristeri bwin at the start of the second period, but a 4-0 run by the Malaga Americans reduced it to -2. Carter’s three-pointer reduced the score to -1, but there he took matters into his own hands and tied the score at 36-36. Ragland was driving the offense for the Blue and Yellow, but Unikaha’s 4-0 run made it +2 twice and +3 before Renfro ended the half at 46-47.

Peristeri bwin went on a 5-0 run at the start of the third period to get to +2 and a 7-0 run led by Thompson made it 58-62 with back-to-back 3-pointers. Osetkowski took action on his own offensively and with a personal run of 6-0 tied the game at 60-60 and Paris’ shots reached 8-0 the total run and 60-62 at the end of the quarter.

Peristeri bwin responded with a 7-0 run at the start of the fourth period on Malaga’s correct selections inside the Greek racket for 68-65 and maintained +4 during this period with the correct selections inside the “green” racket. Love with a personal run made it 74-66, but Carter helped a 7-0 run for 74-73 at 43” and, after many strange phases and three challenges, Dangubic made the final 76-73.

The quarters: 26-21, 46-47, 60-62, 76-73

The statistics