He got what he wanted and PAOK is waiting for Tofas Bursa

Even though they lost 79-85 to Galatasaray in Pylaia for the sixth matchday of the BCL, PAOK took second place in the seventh group and will play with home advantage in the play-in against Tofas Bursa.

Galata had a great day with Gemboa, who made four three-pointers and maintained +3 to +5 for the “chim bomb”, while PAOK was finding solutions in the Turkish racket, but was also missing shots. The two consecutive three-pointers gave a “breather” to the “doubleheader”, but Di Bost’s three-pointer brought +6 back to Fotis Takianou’s poor peripheral defense, which could not control the passing game of the Turks. Fredrickson entered the equation in the district for the doubleheader, but Galata’s 5-0 run made it 22-30 at the end of the first quarter.

Fridriksson’s three-pointer gave PAOK a “breather” at the start of the second period, but Galata’s peripheral shots brought it to +8. PAOK found the solutions and made a 5-0 run for -3, at the time they had relax the defense of Galata. Tsairelis helped in organization and scoring for -2 and Tsiakma’s three-pointer made it 40-40. There, Jeboa remembered his first-period exploits and two three-pointers made it 40-49 for 6/8 of his own, with Tsiakma helping to make it 44-49 at the conclusion of the half.

At the beginning of the third period, Galata kept +5 to +6 with its correct choices in the racket, but the consecutive three-pointers of the Turks brought +12 and covering the difference of the first round defeat in Istanbul. De Bost’s three-pointer brought +13 to the “two-headed” team’s attempt to reduce the score with Gilmore as the protagonist. McCormack brought the 53-70 to the poor defense of the “two-header” and the continuous mistakes of the home team in attack. OPAOK was trying from the perimeter, but Di Bost’s three-pointer made it 58-74. PAOK responded with two consecutive 3-pointers for -10 and Walden’s shots made it 64-76 at the end of the quarter.

Tsiakma’s 3-pointer at the start of the fourth period made it 67-78 for the “doubleheader” and Smith cut to -8 after a lot of misses on both sides. Galata responded with a 5-0 run from the region for +13 and the match was on the margin against PAOK in the draw. The “black and white” couldn’t find solutions with the long shots, but they found from the shots for -10.

Takianos players were now getting the rebounds and reduced to -8.

The Turks started to “break” them from 6.75 and much more freely than what they hit most of the time and Alston reduced to 77-83. Koksal missed two shots for +10 and Smith’s three-pointer reduced it to 79-85 and Prepelic’s missed three-pointer brought the above as the final result and PAOK second and against Tofas Bursa in the play-ins.