Lost to Peristeri bwin, got involved and… AEK Betsson BC is waiting for the top six

The match:

THE AEK Betsson BC started the game with Hall, Knight, McRae, Agravanis and Hatzidakis, with Pigeon bwin to start in his starting five with Ragland, Mitrou-Long, Williams, Kaselakis and Thompson. The game was quite balanced in the first minutes, with both teams they go hand in hand in the score in a good and fast paced game.

It is indicative that in the first quarter the lead in the score changed total 10 times hands, while there were also five draws! With Agravani, Hall and McRae finding their way to the opposing basket, “Union” took the lead with 15-11 in the 5th minutewith the visitors answering and Kaselakis, Renfro and Williams passing for 18-17 at 7′. Somewhere there, McRae with 5 personal points, but also one… five points from Karabela and Kuzminskas in one phase, the “yellow and black” went at +5 for 27-22 at 9′. However, Germain Love and Renfro found solutions in the last minute, closing the quarter at absolute balance (29-29).

With Netzipoglou scoring five quick points, AEK took the lead with short head (34-33) in its first minute second period. However, this was the home team’s only lead in the first quarter, as Peristeri bwin turned things up with the amazing in the first half Get it (16 points), but also Ragland’s three-pointers, took the lead with 50-44 at 16′.

In fact, despite the efforts of McRae and Kouseloglou to make up the difference, the guests even went to +9 (46-55) thanks to the consecutive baskets of Mitrou-Longeventually going to the dressing room in front with a score of 58-51 in a satisfying first half.

With Kaselakis and Dagubic connecting with the opponent’s basket, the third period, which resulted in the bwin Pigeon taking the lead for the first time at +11 (51-62). McRae and Kouzeloglou reduced the score to 7 (55-62) from the line of fire, for Thompson to come in and with a goal-foul to double the difference again (55-65) at 23′.

Somewhere there came the reaction of AEK, which sharply increased its intensity in defense, as a result of which it found the necessary psychology in attack as well and thanks to a 11-0 run over the next 3.5 minutes streak by McRae (6p.) and Kuzminskas (3p.) and Kouseloglou (2p.) to overtake with 66-65. Since then the two teams went side-by-side, with the visitors “unstuck” in the attack by Dagubić with two three-pointers, AEK responding with Kuzminskas and Kouseloglou, with the quarter endingtied with a score of 76-76.

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The quarters: 29-29, 51-58, 76-76, 97-101.

See here the statistics of the match.