A few days after the exclusion in the Cup, the PAOK found the psychic reserves and won 69-66 τον Ionianin a postponed game of the 11th game of the Stoiximan Basket League.
Nice team better in the first half, reaching double-digit differences. However, with improved defense in the second half and a lasting counterattack in the fourth period, “Dikefalos tou Vorras” got the pink card that raised him to 6-7.
On the other hand, Ionikos suffered its fifth consecutive defeat that threw it at 3-10 and kept him in last place along with Hercules.
Top for the winners are Green and Jones with 18p. and 17p. respectively. Good and decisive in the end o Rivers with 11 points, while Mantzaris did not have a point, but shared 9 assists and got 5 rebounds.
Ionikos’ first scorer was German with 22 points, while Gondikas made a double-double with 12 points. and an equal number of rebounds.
The match
Strong start from Ionikos, who went 8-0 in the first three minutes. Then, PAOK reacted with Jones, with German answering for the +7 (17-10) of the hosts, in 8 ‘. In the last two minutes, “Dikefalos tou Vorras” tightened defensively and the score at the end of the first period was 19-15.
Through his defense and pluralism in the attack, Ionikos made a partial score 12-3 for +13 (31-18), in 15 ‘. From that point on, the hosts kept their double-digit lead steady, with Jones making it 40-31 in the first half.
PAOK entered the second half focused, with Jones dropping the difference to -4 (41-37). Then, Ionikos answered with German for +9 (49-40), which he maintained (54-45), until 27 ‘. However, in the last minutes Green and Lee reduced to -4 (56-52), at the end of the third period.
The appetizing Lov pushed PAOK to the lead (58-59) at the beginning of the fourth quarter. From that point on, the defenses and the failure spoke, with the “Bicep of the North” being in front (60-61), until 38 ‘. With Parker’s shots, the hosts temporarily took the lead, with Rivers making their own 5-0 for +4 (62-66), at 42 ” before the end. The match was “locked” later by Green with his own three-pointer and so PAOK got the victory with the final 66-69.
The ten minutes: 19-15, 40-31, 56-52, 66-69
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