“Red and white” title lead!
THE Olympic prevailed with his 61-53 Panathinaikos in her third final Women’s A1 in hall 5 of the Stadium of Peace and Friendship and is one victory away from winning the championship, in a game that from the second quarter onwards he was in control, he was superior and despite the reaction of the “greens” in the last period he managed to reach to victory.
First scorer for the hosts h Williams with 14 points, with Christinaki to score a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. For the green ones, she stood out Alain with 14 points and 16 rebounds.
It is scheduled for April 25 at 5:00 p.m Game 4 in the closed Pavlos Giannakopoulos, with the “clover” looking for the victory that will tie the series and send the championship to a fifth game.
The match:
The match started with Olympiakos opening the scoring with Williams’ jump shot (2-0), with Stamolambrou responding with a three-pointer for 2-3. Tobin from close range gave the “red and white” the lead again (4-3), while Alain scored 4-5. Olympiacos with a 5-0 run (9-5) took a four-point lead, with the “greens” answering in the same way for 9-10, while Karlauti made it 11-10 with a shot. With good energy and a layup, Stamolambrou scored 11-12, which was the score of the first quarter, in which nervousness was evident with many missed attacks on both sides.
At the beginning of the second period, the home team took the lead with Karlauti’s three-pointer (14-12), with Alain equalizing with a layup (14-14). The “red and white” took the lead again with Christinaki’s three-point shot for 19-16, with Jones reducing it to a point for the “clover” (19-18). Tobi with two accurate shots and good energy took Olympiakos to +5 (23-18), while Panathinaikos reduced with a shot from the technical penalty for 23-19 and that’s where Williams took over!
The American with six consecutive points launched the “red and white” for the first time to +10 (29-19), with Christinaki achieving 31-19, which was also the score of the first half.
Source: Sport Fm
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