The defense signed his return Mars to victories!
The “yellows” made a series of 8-0 in the last 2:30 ” before the end, prevailing 79-75 of Ionianfor the 15th game of the Stoiximan Basket League.
Thus, the team of Thessaloniki went up to 6-8knocking on the door of the playoffs, while that of Nice suffered its sixth consecutive defeat that took it to 3-11 and kept it in the “danger zone”.
Top for Mars was Cowan with 25 points, while from 13 points. had the Williams and Hanlan.
For Ionikos, the first scorer was Hamilton with 23 points and 9 rebounds, while a very good performance was made by Koloveros with 17p.
The match
Very misplaced and nervous start by both teams, with the score in the first four minutes being at 0-4 and Ionikos being kept in front (7-8), until 7 ‘. From that point on, Aris tightened defensively and running in the open field with Cowan and Lockett escaped at +7 (15-7), while closing the first period with a 17-11 advantage.
Through his defense, Ionikos reacted at the beginning of the second period and making a partial score of 4-11, went ahead (21-22). The match then became a derby with the two teams being together for most of it (31-31). However, in the last half of the first half, Jolos with a three-pointer sent the team of Nice with a 34-31 victory.
The guests had control and the lead (35-38), until the first two minutes of the second half. Aris ‘reaction came from the periphery, where with three-pointers it went to +11 (51-40), while then it reached +12 (54-42), in 27’. In the following minutes, the “yellows” maintained their lead, with the guests holding on with offensive rebounds and so the difference at the end of the third quarter was in single digits (61-52).
Impressive start in the fourth period by Ionikos, who with folded defenses found baskets in the open field with Hamilton in front and made a series of 12-0, for +3 (61-64), in 33 ‘. Hanlan and Juston brought the “yellows” forward again (69-66), but Koloveros and Hamilton answered for the +4 (71-75) of the guests, in 37 ‘. However, in the remaining year, the players of Kastritis tightened defensively and with Juston and Cowan made a series of 8-0 until the end, to get the victory with the final 79-75.
The ten minutes: 17-11, 31-34, 61-52, 79-75
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