Execute her Le Mans in France and the terrible sees qualification, Prometheus of Patras!
His team Elias Papatheodorou made the coveted “break” in the north-west of France, beating me 78-68 of Le Mans in the first game between them for the Basketball Champions League play-in and is now called up to Game 2 of the series next week, na seal the qualification in Patras and “Dimitris Tofalos” (01/09, 20:30)!
Prometheus was superior throughout the match, however, in the finale he nearly… kicked the milk churn when lost by 20 points in the last period. However, with the big threes of Hunter Hale and Antonis Koniaris in the final, but also Jones’ shots, he got the pink card for 1-0 in the series!
Leading for the winners was Hale with 25 points and big shots, 3 assists and 2 rebounds, with Reynolds and Cowan to follow in performance with 14 and 10 points respectively. For the French, Naras stood out with 17 points and 13 rebounds.
The match:
Its beginning can be characterized as sluggish and quite nervous Prometheus in the matches, which resulted in Le Mans taking a 7-0 lead and shortly after with 12-6 in the 6th minute. From that point on, the Patrinos skyrocketed their performance and with the trio of Hale, Cowan and Stephens to star, they went on an impressive 15-2 run, closing the quarter in front with +7 for 21-14!
The entirety of it Elias Papatheodorou entered the second period with momentum, pushing the lead to double digits. With his “steel” defense as an ally, Prometheus continued to be a consistent scorer on the front end of the floor, increasing the gap at +16 for 35-19 at 15′! All the French could do in this quarter was to “gnaw” the difference in the final, with both teams going to the dressing room with a score of 30-39.
In the third quarter it was by far the best for the Greek team in the game, but also the one that tipped the scales in their favor to reach the pink match sheet. During this time, Mr Prometheus did almost… everything perfectly on both ends of the floor, continuing to find his way to the basket with ease (8/11 from the field, 3/5 from three). With versatility in the attack and leader Hunter Hale, the Patrinos even reached +22 for 40-62 at 28′, with Le Mans reducing in the last minute at 62-45 of the period.
With a 3-pointer by Koniaris early in the fourth and final period, Prometheus went again at +20 (47-67), showing to “lock” the victory comfortably. However, the slack that ensued, combined with a last-ditch counter-attack by the French, brought the match to a razor’s edge, with Le Mans running out a 21-3 aggregate score, reducing in 2 (68-70), one minute before the end. Somewhere there she spoke class of Hunter Halewho with a big three-pointer made it 73-68, before Jones with shots and Koniaris in the finale shaped the final 78-68!
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The quarters: 14-21, 30-39, 45-62, 68-78.
See here the statistics of the match.
Source: Sport Fm
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