Great Prometheus, he executed Murtia and… he’s getting close to qualifying!

The children of Patras… go to the eight of the FIBA ​​Basketball Champions League! With a spirited look and a basket by Hale just before the finale, Prometheus defeated Murtia 79-78 in Patras and caught her at the top of the group standings, falling behind in the draw.

Somehow, the two teams have 3-1 plus records Prometheus is one breath away from a great qualification in the quarter-finals of the competition, with players and fans having fun with their hearts in the finale of the match.

Now, in order to mathematically ensure his qualification to the “8”, o Prometheus he needs a victory over her Hapoel Holon.

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Hand in hand in the first period the two teams, with the Spanish team closing at +3 in the quarter and with a score of 16-13. In fact, at the beginning of the second quarter, Murcia reached the difference to +5, their maximum value up to that point, but with Hale, Cowan having a big day and the defense “tightening” even more, Prometheus managed to take the lead and go into halftime with +3 (39-36).

This reversal gave extra psychology to the Patrinos who reached +8 (53-45), but the extremely high-quality Spanish team constantly had the answers and entered the fourth quarter with a difference of two baskets (59-55). There, the score started to rise, since Murcia was constantly finding big shots and with an 8-2 run turned it around (61-63). Somehow, the derby then went point-to-point, with the lead constantly changing hands. Until Hale made the big and crucial shot with 14 seconds left in the final for 79-78, with Prometheus pulling out the defense afterwards and celebrating a great victory.

The quarters: 13-16, 39-36, 59-55, 79-78

Here are the match stats