With the right… in the historic third round of the Stoiximan Basket League entered the Pigeon bwin!
With the versatility of the attack as an ally, as well as its high percentages, Vassilis Spanoulis’ team prevailed with 98-90 of the Colossus of Rhodes at “Andreas Papandreou”, in the premiere of the Top-6 of the championship.
Top scorer for the winners who went up tothe 16-7 was Ragland with 15 points, with Love (14pts), Mitrou-Long (14pts), Poulianitis (14pts) and Hougaz (10pts) being the others in double figures.
The match:
The beginning of the match was balanced, with the two teams going hand in hand in the first four minutes of the match (6-4). Somewhere there, Colossus stepped on the “gas” and with consecutive three-pointers by Perantes, Koloveros and Billis, ran a 13-0 run for +11 and 17-6 at 7′! With personal actions from Lov and the shots of Dangubic, the Pigeon bwin made up the difference, closing the first quarter behind with a score of 21-23.
With Love and Dangubic finding their way to the opponent’s basket and early in the second period, the home team led by +8 (34-26) at 13′, while a little later, Ragland increased the difference at +10 (38-28). Despite his efforts Godlock in creation and attack, the guests had lost their concentration on both sides of the floor. As a result of this, his team Vasilis Spanoulis he was finding easy solutions, as a result he went to the dressing room in front with +11 for 50-39.
With its beginning second half, Kolossos entered the court of “Andreas Papandreou” powerfully and with a quick 8-3 run, they reduced to 6 (53-47) at 22′. Ragland and Williams answered for the Dove, which went even at +12 (59-47) a minute later, before the Rhodesians, with a sustained counter-attack, “gnawed away” at the difference, closing the third quarter at -6 for 70-64.
Peristeri bwin entered the fourth and final period with a quick run for +10 and 77-67 at 33′, looking to be in control. With consecutive three-pointers by Hugaz, Mitrou-Long and Poulianitis shortly after, the home team went up to +11, eventually taking the victory with final 98-90.
The quarters: 21-23, 50-39, 70-64, 98-90.
See here the statistics of the match.
Source: Sport Fm
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