Her ignominious exclusion from his sequel Basketball Champions League met on Tuesday night (05/03) h AEK Betsson BCwhich in a match that developed into a real thriller, bent me score 112-108 from Hapoel Holol in the third overtime (!) in Klisto of Ano Liosia.
His team Ilias Zouro he initially saw himself being saved and she stays… alive at the end of the regular season with McCall’s missed shots in the final 40 minutes (77-77), while in the second overtime he had the opportunity to “finish” the jobwhen he led 100-92 a minute before the finale, showing tendencies… of self-indulgence, with the Israelis tying the score at 100-100 and sending the match to a third extra five minutes!
With this defeat, “Enos” remained at the bottom of the group standings with a record of 0-4, while Murtia and Prometheus of Patrons have a record of 3-1. As a result of this, the “yellow and black” are also mathematically out of the quarter-finals of the competition, and while they had an excellent start in the first phase of the institution, having high hopes for a good course.
Somehow, his touching appearance did not arrive Mindaugas Kuzminskas, who finished the match with 40 points and 11 rebounds, by Jordan McRae to follow with 27 points.
The match:
THE AEK started the match with Hall, Randle, McRae, Agravani and Morgan in their starting five, but it was Hapoel Holon who took the lead thanks to a quick 6-0 run in the first minute. The response of the “Union” was immediate, which thanks to its good and aggressive defense, found many baskets in transition and even three-pointers. With McRae and Agravani in a leading role, the “yellow and black” ran a impressive streak 16-0 (!) for 16-6, holding the Israelis without a point for 5.5 minutes!
In the last three minutes, however, Hapoel Holon found offensive solutions with Amir and Crawford, as a result reducing the difference in the basket at the end of the first period for 18-15.
AEK entered the second quarter and with Knight’s shots, but also Hollins’ three-pointer in transition surprise went to +7 (23-16) at the beginning of the period. The many lost defensive rebounds, however, allowed Holon to stay close to the score and with Vanwin and Crawford, to equalize at 30-30 at 17′. However, Kouseloglou and McRae found the solutions for “Union”, with each of them scoring 4 points in the last two minutes, as a result of which AEK went to the locker room ahead of the score with 38-36.
There was a similar scene at the start of the race at the beginning third period, where Hapoel Holon came on strong and with Misgav, Vanwin and Amir ran a 10-2 individual score in the first three minutes of the quarter for in favor of 46-40 at 23′ and a little later the 48-42. At that point he came forward Chason Randle, with the American guard of AEK being in the… twilight zone and with three consecutive three-pointers (!) once again giving the lead to “Union” for the 51-50 at 25′!
From that point until the end of the period, the two teams traded back-and-forth blows, with the visitors coming out victorious to close out the quarter. at +4 and 61-57. It is remarkable for AEK that only three players scored in this quarter, with Randle having 9 points, McRae 6 and Kuzminskas 4.
Yes, O Lithuanian forward it was he who…exploded early in the fourth and final period, taking the “queen” on his back. Specifically, the experienced ace with 7 consecutive points brought AEK ahead again with 64-63 at 32′, showing to dominate the offensive part
The derby continued with Holon taking the lead again with baskets by Berks, reaching +3 on three occasions, with the last one for 73-70 in the 36th minute. In fact, one minute before the final, AEK led 77-73, however, the consecutive mistakes of the “Union” in the final allowed Holon to equalize in 77-77while in the end on a wrong throw-in, the visitors won a foul with McCall missing both shots, with the match it’s headed to overtime!
The quarters: 18-15, 38-36, 57-61, 77-77, 90-90 par.1, 100-100 par.2, 108-112 par.3
Source: Sport Fm
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