Avoid the… suicide at the end of it Maroussi and celebrated his second win in the Stoiximan Basket League playouts!
Despite the fact that the team of Amarousiou took the lead even with 20 points at the beginning of the third period, the Apollonot only did he not give up, but came back into the match by cutting to the basket, before Nikos Vetoula’s team bent their Patrinos with a score of 77-73, Ousa cool at the end from the line of shots!
Leading for the winners, who rose to 9-16, was Radulitsa with 26 points and 3 rebounds, with Briscoe to follow in performance with 13 points. For Apollon, who are already relegated but shone again after beating AEK Betsson BC last week, standout Osborne with 28 points and 8 rebounds, but also o Brown with an impressive double-double (16 points, 16 points).
The match:
Having versatility in the attack and constantly “hitting” the racket and close to the painted, o Apollo Patras entered the match a little better with 13-10 and 15-12 at 6′. In the last three minutes of the quarter, however, his defense Amarousiou took the lead, not allowing the visitors to find a score, as a result of which the baskets of Radoulitsa, Yiannopoulos and Filippakos in this period, brought the home team to +4 for 19-15 of the period.
The excellent defense of Nikos Vetoula’s players continued in the second quarter, being even more impressive! Characteristic of the picture was that the Patrinos “came away” from the 15 points in the 16th minute and after 10 racing minutes! Up to that point, Marousi had managed with them Briscoe and Woodard to raise the difference even at +20 (36-16) (including a 21-0 run!), before Osborne gnawed away at the final score, with both teams going in the locker room with 38-24!
As in the second quarter, so in the third, the hosts entered with their foot pressed on the “gas”, once again increasing the difference to +20 (47-27) at 23′thanks to his 7 consecutive points Radulitsa. The Patriots, who found a rhythm in attack, did not give up, but responded again with Osborne, dropping the difference even at 11 (52-41) four minutes later, with Maroussi on his side then striking with 3-pointers by Jordan and Hill, closing out the period at +14 for 60-46.
And while everything showed that Marousi was in control of the match and that it would easily reach the pink match sheet, Apollon reacted and even in an impressive way, even reaching at -3 (73-70) and -2 (75-72) in the final seconds. However, Maroussi proved cool from the line and went 6/6 in the final 30 seconds, taking the win with final 77-73.
The quarters: 19-15, 38-24, 60-46, 77-73.
See here the statistics of the match.
Source: Sport Fm
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