Aris “pinned” Bunduchnost in the exhalation and stayed on track for the playoffs!

An incredible finale with a triumphant him Mars!

With a tremendous counterattack in the fourth period and an unbelievable Galinat’s follow-up nail almost in exhalation, the “yellows” won 76-75 her Buduchnostin Alexandria!

Kastritis’ team was behind in the score and with double-digit differences, while the great counter-attack was started by Toliopoulos in the last minutes. Thus, Aris went 2/2 against the Montenegrins, climbing to 7-8 and staying on course for the playoffs in its second group Eurocup. On the other hand, Bunduchnost retreated to 6-9.

Leader for the “yellows” o Vasilis Toliopoulos with 20 points, while the “hero” Roberto Gallinat had 14 p.

Among the Montenegrins, he stood out Wright with 14 p., while the 13 p. the former Panathinaikos player had Yogi Ferrell.

Gallinat’s follow-up nail:

THE PUTBACK FOR THE WIN??@ARISBCgr #MagicMoment pic.twitter.com/t95Gefu1B0

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The match

After Buduchnost’s 0-5 in the first two minutes, Aris responded with a 10-2 of their own, for +3 (10-7), in the 4th minute. The “yellows” continued like this and with Toliopoulos escaped to +4 (17-13), however in the last three minutes mistakes gave the visitors the opportunity to make a 5-0 run (17-18), until the end of the first period.

With De Souza and Toliopoulos, the “yellows” regained the lead (24-23) at the beginning of the second quarter, but the mistakes gave an open field to the Montenegrins, who scored individually 1-13, for +11 (25-36) , at 16′. With the entry of Katsivelis, Aris balanced the match and managed to collect the difference (34-38), with Wright making 1/2 shots and making it 34-39 in the first half.

With Bohorides and Galinat, Aris was close (41-45) at the start of the second half. Buduchnost then took control and with Maggi escaped again to +10 (45-55), in the 26th minute. The match continued at the same rate until the end of the third period, which found the guests at +9 (54-63).

Through their excellent defense and Toliopoulos and Harel making big shots, the “yellows” initially equalized (66-66), in the 35th minute. Then, with a three-pointer by the Greek guard, Aris went to +3 (71-68), with the Montenegrins responding with Ferrell for their own lead (71-73), at 37′. With another three-pointer by Toliopoulos, Kastritis’ team went ahead (74-73), with Jones responding (74-75). On the next attack, the visitors missed twice, with Harrell shooting from outside 6.75m, missing, but with a follow-up nail, Gallinat made it 76-75, with 0.8” to go! In the last attack, Bunduchnost did not find a goal and thus Aris celebrated the great victory!

The quarters: 17-18, 34-39, 54-63, 76-75

See here the match statistics