Prometheus Patrons-AEK Betsson BC: Premiere with a “civil war” in the 16 of the BCL

We have a premiere today in the “16” phase Basketball Champions Leaguewhere the great Greek “civil war” reigns between Prometheus and AEK Betsson BC.

Tonight (23/01, 19:30, CosmoteSport 4, sport-fm.gr) Patrinos welcome “Enos” to “Dimitris Tofalos” for the first matchday 12th group of the competitionwhere Spanish still participates Murthy and the Israeli, Hapoel Holon, with the first two of the group after the end of six matches getting the tickets for the quarter-finals of the institution.

His team Elias Papatheodorou finished the first round of the BCL in 3rd place in their group with a 3-3 record and had to pass their Le Mans (78-68 outside and 91-78 inside) in the play-ins to ensure its qualification to the “16” stage. On the other hand, the “yellow and black” avoided the “torture” of the play-ins, since, with five wins in six matches, they finished in the first place in their group, as a result of which they secured direct qualification to the top 16 teams of the competition.

Both teams come from negative results in the Greek league. The hosts, on the other hand, were defeated in overtime by 81-75 from Peristeri bwin in Patras last Saturday, while, on the same day, AEK suffered a narrow home defeat against 93-91 from Mars. In fact, this was the third consecutive defeat of the “Union” and fifth in their most recent seven games in all competitions.

Tonight will be it second game between them for this yearas it was preceded by that for the first round of the championship, with Prometheus getting a big home victory with a score of 100-95 in the 9th game of the Stoiximan Basket League.

At the competitive end, Prometheus does not face injury problems, with George Pope to get the first taste of the organization of the BCL, as he is expected to make his debut in the European obligations of the Patrinas.

His own debut with the “yellow and black” is expected to be made by Austin Hollins, with Joan Plata including the newly acquired American guard/forward in the squad for tonight’s match. At the same time, both Agravanis and Knight are on the mission, with the captain of AEK, Dimitris Flionis, to stay out, as of course the injured, Kuzminskas.