Having full control from the second quarter onwards, Aris swept Lavrio 84-60 in Alexandrio for the 22nd and final matchday of the regular season of the Stoiximan Basket League and “sealed” fifth place.
Bankston made it 4-0 at the start of the match and Toliopoulos’ three-pointer made it 8-3 for the “yellows”. Lavrio’s 7-0 run with Thornton’s five personal points made it 8-10 on Yannis Kastritis’ poor defense at that time and the lead began to change constantly. Castaneda’s three-pointer made it 13-13-15 for the players of Costa Mexa, Aris got +2 with the right choices in the racket, but Castaneda made it 20-21 at the end of the first quarter.
The regionals of Aris brought the +4 at the start of the second period, but the 5-0 of the foreigners of Lavrio brought +1 for the team from the eastern suburbs. Thornton’s 3-pointer made it +3 for the visitors in the poor perimeter defense of Thessaloniki, but Harrell helped a 6-0 Aris for +3, but Muratos’ 3-pointer made it 38-38 at the end of the half.
Aris’ consecutive three-pointers at the beginning of the third period brought the 8-0 run for 48-40 of the “yellows”. A new 4-0 by the Kastritis players brought +10 and consecutive long shots by the home team kept them at +7 to +11, with the 4-0 run ending the quarter at +15 for the “yellows”.
Source: Sport Fm
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