Karditsa beat PAOK and… gave Kolossos 6th place, beating AEK!

Crushed him PAOK at “Yiannis Bourousis” and gave a super gift to Colossus of Rhodes the Heart!

Nikos Papanikolopoulos’ team was storming in the second half, winning with the emphatic 97-78 of the “two-headed of the north” in Karditsa for the 22nd and last matchday of the second round of the Stoiximan Basket League!

With the defeat of PAOK, the Colossus of Rhodes – which earlier had defeat Marousi – secured her her presence in the 6th, beating the draw on her AEK Betsson BCwhich for its part is called upon to fight in the playouts in order to win its place in the final eight ahead of the playoffs, where it is certain that it will fall on one of the two “eternals”.

The match:

The beginning of the match was balanced, with the two teams exchanging consecutive “hits” in the first two minutes for 7-7. THE PAOK then he revved up and with Tsairelis and Williams took the lead with 13-8before Karditsa responded with a quick 7-0 run, overtaking for the 15-13 at 6′. A minute later, he came very serious injury to White, who left the floor supported and with tears in his eyes. The Thessalonians, for their part, continued to find points in the racket and with him Tsaireli scoring 7 points and leading the attack, the visitors closed the first quarter ahead 26-23.

At the beginning of the second period, the hosts entered the “Yiannis Bourousis” court very strongly, as a result of which they escaped the score for the first time. Specifically, with Menega scoring 10 points and Jankovic and Seibert following, Karditsa jumped the gap at +11 for 40-29 at 15′! PAOK’s reaction may have been delayed, but it came in the last three minutes, with them Fredrickson and Michalak to find their way to the opposing basket, sending both teams to locker room with a score of 42-41.

As in the second quarter, so in the third, the team of Nikos Papanikolopoulos started their game with intensity and pressure, easily finding baskets in the open court. With polyphony in the attack, but also with three collected three-pointers by Kamberidis and McCallum, the home team rose again to +11 (59-48), while a little later, they also touched +16 for 64-48 in the 26th minute! Michalak and Towns attacked PAOK offensively, giving Stathis Neratzakis’ team some “breathing space”, however, Karditsa maintained a safety cushion, closing the quarter with a score of 71-59.

With psychology at its height, h Carditsa continued to play at a high attacking tempo, reaching even at +17 (78-61) at the beginning of the fourth and final period. In the remaining minutes, the hosts comfortably maintained the result in their favor, thus reaching the 7th pink card of the year with the final 97-78.

The quarters: 23-26, 42-41, 71-59, 97-78.

See here the statistics of the match.