End of the… curse against Colossus put o Mars!
After a strong derby, the “yellows” were cooler in the last minutes and prevailed 98-91 of the Rodites, who counted six consecutive “doubles” in Alexandreio!
Decisive for the Thessaloniki team was Bankstonwho put all the critical shots in the end!
The American had 19 points for Aris, with Bloombergs to be the top scorer with 20 points, the Harrell to add 15p. and the Toliopoulos to achieve 12p. and handing out 8 assists.
From the Rodites, the first scorer was Godlock with 21 points and another 16p. had o Perantes.
In the 9-7 now the “yellows”, while on the other hand the “sea” retreated to 6-10 in the Stoiximan Basket League.
The match
Strong start from Aris, who led 8-2 in the first three minutes and with Harrell entering the… equation went to +11 (15-4), at 6′. Then, Kolossos responded with Petropoulos’ three-pointers and managed to get closer to the three-pointer (21-18), with Toliopoulos’ shots making it 23-18 in the first period.
The Rhodesians were close (25-22) in the first two minutes of the second period. Subsequently, the “yellows” took control through their defense, where they initially escaped to +9 (32-23) and then with Bloombergs and Stark they went +11 (46-35), in the 17th minute. But, in the last minutes, the guests reacted and with Goudlock and Kolovero they reduced to -5 (53-48), at the end of the first half.
With Goudlock and Petropoulos, Kolossos got closer to the point (56-55) in the first three minutes of the second half. Aris pressed on the defense and took a breath of +9 (68-59), at 25′. But once again in the match, the Rhodians answered and with Perantes and Sitou they put the difference in the basket (71-69), at the end of the third period.
With a 5-0 run, Aris entered the fourth quarter for +7 (76-69), with Kolossos answering with three points and getting closer to the point again (79-78), at 33′. From that point on, the match was a derby, with the “yellows” firmly in front (90-87), with Bankston making 2/2 from the line for +5 (92-87), at 19.4 ” before expiration. Goudlock reduced (92-89) and Bankston again from the line (94-89) kept the distance. At 5” Goudlock made 2/3, with Bankston winning the unsportsmanlike foul from Sitou on the next rebound and Aris taking the victory with the final 98-91.
The quarters: 23-18, 53-48, 71-69, 98-91
See here the match statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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