He broke their curse 27 years old and the invincible of Panathinaikos AKTOR the improbable Ares! His team Yannis Kastritis made the surprise of the year in the Stoiximan Basket League, as for the 17th game it defeated the “greens” in OAKA with a score of 73-70 after a shocking match!
Stark was the big star for Aris with 14 points, Vassilis Toliopoulos was decisive, with three three-pointers in the fourth period, he shot the difference to nine and effectively “cleaned up” the match. Gand and Grigonis were the top scorers for the losers with 11, with Kostas Antetokounmpo scoring 10 and Kalaitzakis 9.
Terrible first quarter from the “yellows” who found themselves leading by 15 (10-25) while in the fourth quarter they turned the tables with a partial 22-13.
The match
With Slouka, Grant, Antetokounmpo, Grigonis, Mitoglou, the starting five of Panathinaikos AKTOR on the floor at the moment when Yiannis Kastritis threw Toliopoulos, Bloombergs, Harel, Persedis, Bankston into battle for Aris.
The start of the “clover” was not the best possible with Aris playing an aggressive defense and justifying himself with Toliopoulos and Harel to find scores, at the moment when the hosts were only getting points from him Costa Antetokounmpo with the score coming to 6-9. The “yellows” produced fantastic defenses with him as well De Souza to be combative under the racket, they produced beautiful attacks reaching the +11 (6-17) almost three minutes before the end of the first quarter.
Panathinaikos AKTOR had quite a hard time passing the ball in the paint and had six mistakes in the first period, giving Aris the right to make his best first quarter in this year’s championship, reaching up to +19 (10-29) with the ” greens” to gnaw the difference in the 15 at the end of the period which ended in 10-25 for the impressive Mars.
Explosive start in the second quarter with Ergin Ataman throwing Panagiotis Kalaitzakis to the floor, betting on his good defensive commitment in the match. The three-pointer Grant and Blumbergs, brought the score to 15-32 for Aris, with Panathinaikos AKTOR from that point onwards raising the intensity in defense and attack and with one by one 11-0 led by Grant kicking five unanswered, the score dropped to single digits (32-38) with Stark scoring on 1/2 shots and the Sluka to hit from the line and two for the 34-39 of the first half.
With the same intensity in the second half, Panathinaikos AKTOR expanded the individual score to 22-1 with Mitoglou and Grigonis bringing him ahead for the first time with 42-39. The “greens” set “traps” in Aris’ recovery by trying to steal balls and in several cases they succeeded with Kalaitzakis and Antetokounmpo bringing Panathinaikos AKTOR to +5 (50-45) for the first time. Sanogo had several fights under the home team’s basket, reducing it to three, but Slukas with an assist to Mitoglou and a three-pointer brought the score to 57-49 in the first, Bloombergs reduced it to 57-51, which was also the score of the first quarter.
However, the “yellows” came in determined to turn the match around with Stark and Katsivelis putting Aris ahead at the start of the fourth quarter with 57-58, forcing Ergin Ataman to call a timeout. This temporarily woke up his players who reached the new lead with Grigonis (59-57). From that point onwards, however, Toliopoulos took action and with three three-pointers brought Aris to +9 (62-71), 1.14″ before the end. The home team failed to score in open play with Grigonis, Balcherovski and Nan to reduce to 70-73 at 17.7″.
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Source: Sport Fm
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