Fought but bowed by Murcia the bwin Peristeri and left Belgrade with his head held high

The details at the end cost the Pigeon bwin and in his short final Final Four of Basketball Champions Leagueresulting in defeat 87-84.

His team Vasilis Spanoulis he came back from -16 (39-55) and stayed in the match until the last seconds, but did not find the solutions for the total upset.

The first scorer was Joe Ragland with 24 points and 8 rebounds, while 18p. had o Kenny Williams.

Among the Spaniards, who finished in third place, the leader was Ludwig Hakanson with 22 points and 5/6 three-pointers.

The match

The game had a good pace early on, with Peristeri bwin maintaining the lead (14-12), until the 5th minute. With back-to-back three-pointers, Murcia went ahead and initially reached +4 (14-18) and with Copain +6 (18-24), in the 8th minute. In the final minutes, Spanoulis’ team made a reaction, but only came close to -4 (23-24), at the end of the first period.

The Spaniards were in control in the second quarter as well, with Radovic and Enis sending them to +11 (27-38), at 15′. The reaction of the bwin Dove was a basket by Mitrou-Long, with Murcia responding with a 6-0 run and shooting the difference to +15 (29-44), at 18′. In the last two minutes, Spanoulis’ players tightened up defensively with Ragland leading the way and closed the first half with a 6-0 run (35-44).

At the beginning of the second half, Peristeri bwin reduced further with a basket by Thompson (37-44), however Murcia’s response was stormy and with individual scores of 2-11, sent the difference to +16 (39-55), in 24′. From that point on, Spanoulis’ players increased their pressure on defense and, with versatility in attack, dropped the difference to a single digit value (55-63), at the end of the third period.

Spanoulis’ players entered the fourth quarter very focused, as a result of which they came even closer (66-70), at 34′. Copain gave “breathing” to Murtia (66-73), but with Poulianitis in front, Peristeri bwin lost to the basket (75-77), in the 37th minute. The Spaniards went on a 6-0 run, for +8 (75-83), with the Peristerians reducing to three points (82-85), in the 39th minute. With 15 minutes to go, Hugaz accepted, with Hakanson going 2/2 from the line and Renfro making it 84-87.

The quarters: 23-27, 35-44, 55-63, 84-87

See the match statistics here