Ares bowed to the superiority of Prometheus and said goodbye to the Eurocup

In a harsh way, he said “goodbye” to this year’s Eurocup Mars.

The “yellows” did not manage to show resistance to It foreseesknowing the crash 95-67in his “16” knockout match Eurocupwhich took place in neutral Riga, Latvia.

From the group of Kastritis, stood out Harrell and Toliopoulos with 20p. and 13p. respectively, but together they had 2/13 three-pointers, while overall the “yellows” had 5/25. At the same time, Aris finished the match with 19 mistakes and only 12 assists.

On the other hand, Prometei will face with a home disadvantage Burg in the knockout quarter-final. The Ukrainians had five players with double-digit points, with Aganda, Clavel and Tkachenko with 16 p. anyone.

The match

Aris started with Bankston, Bloombergs, Harel, Toliopoulos and Bohorides. Bad start from the “yellows”, with Agada creating many problems for Prometei’s 10-2, in the first three minutes. The reaction of Kastritis’ team came through the defense, as a result of which they got closer to the basket (12-10), in the 5th minute. However, the continuation was not similar, with mistakes giving baskets in the open court to the Ukrainians and them escaping to +11 (25-14), at 8′. In the remaining time, Harrell aggressively kept the visitors (25-17), but with Clavel’s three-pointer at the end, the hosts closed the first period at +11 (28-17).

Prometei’s back-to-back three-pointers at the beginning of the second quarter sent her to +16 (34-18), at 12′. Toliopoulos and Sanogo tried to keep Aris in the match (38-25), until 14′. However, the mistakes and bad returns in the defense gave the opportunity to the Ukrainians to run again and with the “hot” Clavel in front, they shot the difference to +21 (48-27), in the 18th minute. Nothing changed dramatically in the final minutes, with a basket by Harrell making it 51-32 in the first half.

Aris had the same problems at the start of the second half, with Prometei going to +23 (57-34), at 22′. The “yellows” found points with the second chances, but Balvin was dominant in the racket, with the Ukrainians taking the difference to +24 (65-41), in the 25th minute. In the following minutes, the match became very free, with the home team in full control of the situation, sending the difference to +26 (74-48), with Katsivelis making it 74-50, at the end of the third period.

March’s three-pointer started the fourth period and thus the difference jumped to +30 (80-50), while then Promethei even went to +31 (85-54), in the 34th minute. Naturally, the game had acquired a procedural nature, with Aris knowing the defeat with the final 95-67.

The quarters: 28-17, 51-32, 74-50, 95-67

See here the match statistics

Watch the film of the match here