THE AEK Betsson pass me by 90-82 from the closed of Agios Thomas opposite to Maroussi for the 21st matchday. Now the team of Ilias Zouros holds the fate of the sixth place in their own hands, which they will get regardless of other results with a victory over Peristerio bwin in Ano Liosia next Saturday.
The “Union” controlled the match from the beginning, reaching the end +18 (39-57) at the beginning of the third period. The hosts responded and they approached seven in the last period, but they could not threaten more and lost their last hope for the top six.
Leading for AEK are Chason Randle and Mindaugas Kuzminskas with 17 and 16 points respectively, but also several critical baskets. The Sakur Juston and Miroslav Radulica with 20 and 18 points they distinguished themselves from the hosts.
The match
The game was competitive in the first five minutes (9-9), with the hosts finding solutions from Briscoe and Radulica and AEK having a good day with Randle. The two quick offensive fouls by the Serbian center, however, disorganized Maroussi and gave the “Union” the opportunity to escape with nine (15-24). With Karabela providing solutions in scoring and creation, the difference reached +13 (22-35), while the visitors consistently marked the slow legs of Radulitsa in the pick and roll or in transition.
Kouseloglou and Kuzminskas entered the equation and the distance increased to 17 points (26-43) three and a half minutes before halftime. With a… normal and an indirect three-pointer by Kozi, Maroussi recovered with an 8-0 run, getting closer to nine (34-43) with the half ending at +10 for AEK (37-47).
AEK returned alert from the dressing room. With a zone defense, Marousi made it very difficult and with Knight’s points he escaped again, at +18 (39-57). Yiannopoulos’ three-pointer and Radoulitsa’s impressive dunk gave the home team a breather as they got closer to within twelve (47-59), but they lost Nikos Vetoula with a second technical penalty for touching the ball before Netzipoglou picked it up, 3:40 before the end of the period. third period.
And “Union”, however, lost Karabela as he was initially charged with unsportsmanlike behavior and at the same time with a technical penalty.
Marousi took advantage of the opportunity and by feeding Radulitsa correctly, it was reduced to nine, 59-68, before the quarter ended with a very difficult basket by Knight (59-70). Marousi got as close as seven (63-70 and 68-75), taking advantage of Knight’s mistakes at the beginning of the fourth period, but two big baskets from Randle and Agravanis kept it at a distance (71-82) and “cleaned up” the game.
Ten minutes: 17-24, 37-47, 59-70, 82-90
See here the statistics of the match
Referees: Simeonidis, Christinakis, Louloudiadis
Source: Sport Fm
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