Peristeri “beat” Budapest and stayed “alive” for qualification bwin

With many protagonists in the second half, Peristeri bwin comfortably defeated Hapoel Jerusalem 76-61 in neutral Hungary for the fifth game of the BCL “16” and with a 2-3 record in the 11th group got “overtime” in the bid to qualify for the quarter-finals of the tournament, which will happen only if the “blue-yellow” beat the indifferent Tenerife in the last match, in which case they need a defeat of the Israelis against the already eliminated Karsijaka, in order to favor the resulting draw.

Vassilis Spanoulis’ players reached +7 at the end of the first half and with several runs in the third and fourth period they reached double-digit differences for the final victory.

Leaders of the Greek team were Ragland with 16 and Mitrou-Long with 15 points, while for the Israelis the only one in double figures was Smith with 10 points.

The match

Peristeri bwin found the solutions from the perimeter at the start of the match and with three consecutive three-pointers, two from Kaselakis, they led 11-3 and 13-5 in Hungary. But then, Vassilis Spanoulis’ men didn’t play good defense on Randolph, who helped go on a 6-0 run to make it 11-13. Dangubic made it 13-17, but a 4-0 Hapoel run made it 16-17 at the end of the first quarter.

The Hapoel Jerusalem regionals led 22-19 for the Israelis at the start of the second period and with a 4-0 run against the Americans they reached 30-24, while the “blue and yellow” missed three-pointers with 3/10 and at the same time they couldn’t put the ball in the opponent’s basket properly and the difference ranged between +2 and +4 for the home team typically. But, there Kaselakis and Mitrou-Long took the situation into their own hands and led a 9-0 run for 34-39 and with a new 5-0 run led by Ragland, Peristeri bwin finished the half at 37-44.

Led by Ragland, the bwin Dove went on a 6-0 run to start the third period and took a 50-39 lead. But poor defenses then helped Hapoel go on a 6-0 run with their foreigners to cut it to 44-50. Again the Israelis went on a 4-0 run to cut it to 48-51, but the ‘V-Span’ players responded with a 5-0 run of their own to make it 48-56 with better 2-point and rebounding percentages in that span. . A 4-0 Hapoel run cut it to 52-56 and a 3-0 run in the final seconds for the visitors ended the quarter at 54-59.

Thompson with a 4-0 streak brought the lead to 54-63 for Peristeri bwin at the beginning of the fourth period and he himself with a new 4-0 brought +12 for the “blue and yellow” in the offensive “detonation” of the Israelis who had no solutions in the zone defense of Spanoulis. Mitrou-Long brought +11 for the Greek team and laid the foundations for their victory, he also brought +12 at 1’24” and the match ended at 61-76 with a 5-0 streak and with hopes for the qualification now for the Greek team.

The quarters: 16-17, 37-44, 54-59, 61-76

The statistics