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After an uneventful first half in, once again, a packed “Nick Galis Hall”, the Thessalonians “stepped on the gas” in the third period and finally celebrated the victory with 76-63for its 13th matchday Stoiximan Basket League.
Leading the way for the winners, who returned to positive results after their away defeats to Lavrio and Olympiakos, were Toliopoulos (17p), Galinat (15p, 5 rib) and Bloombergs (13p), while for the Patrinos, who remained in the last place of the standings with a record of 2-11, stood out Brown (20p, 7 rib) and Vaughn (16p).
The match
Spurred on by the crowd that once again filled Nick Galis Hall, Aris came out strong and took a 9-3 lead thanks to triples by Galinat, Toliopoulos and an impressive dunk by Bankston, while Apollon took its first lead. in the match, with Brown and Vaughn scoring back-to-back points for 11-12. The hosts then “tied up” their defense, not allowing their opponents to score for more than three minutes and closing the first period being ahead by 17-14.
Gallinat continued to successfully initiate the Aris attack, scoring and putting his team up +6 after the hour (24-18), before Sanogo scored for three, making it 27-18. However, Apollo found the answers again, with Bibbs and Osborne cutting it to 29-26, before Vaughn tied the game with a 3-pointer! The two teams continued to go hand-in-hand until the end of the first half, with Stark hitting a buzzer-beater 3-pointer from 9 yards out for the 35-31!
The third period began with Aris dramatically improving its defense, making an impressive 15-4 run and with the visitors scoring just two points in 7.5 minutes, falling behind for the first time in the match with -15 (50-35 ). Taking advantage of the momentum they got, the Thessalonians closed the quarter with a margin of safety (56-41).
Aris is comfortable in the fourth period, with the difference in his favor reaching up to +21 (71-50), 3:20 before the end, while the only thing Apollon’s players managed to do was to reduce the score in the last minutes, for final 76-63. Now, Aris turns to its away match against the Romanian Cluj (10/1, 19:00), for the 14th matchday of the Eurocup, while for the next matchday of the Stoiximan Basket League, it will be tested at the home of Karditsa. On the other hand, Apollon faces another very difficult match, since it will host AEK Betsson BC.
The quarters: 17-14, 35-31, 56-41, 76-63
The match statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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