Epic… Battle of the Titans in Rhodes!
With a basket of the incredible Joe Ragland on exhalation, the Pigeon bwin defeated 88-86 him Colossus and making it 2-0 in the series, advanced to the semifinals of the Stoiximan Basket League where he will face him Olympic!
The American guard was… unstoppable with 36 points, having 13/13 two points!
On the other hand, for the “seamen”, who completed their presence this year, the first scorer was Andrew Goudlock with 30 points!
The match
A better start from Kolossos, who led 12-5 in the first four minutes, with Peristeri bwin reacting and closing the gap with Lov (18-16), but Perantes’ response at the end sent the Rhodians to +7 (23-16).
The hosts continued in the same way in the second quarter, going to +10 (34-24), at 13′. Then, with Ragland and Hougaz, Vassilis Spanoulis’ team was down (38-34), until the 16th minute. The answer of Kolossos came from Goudlock, who sent it to +16 (52-36), with Peristeriotes leading 52-40 in the first half.
Impressive start from Peristeri bwin in the second half with Ragland and Renfro giving them the lead (56-59), at 25′. Kolossos reacted and went ahead (62-61), in the 27th minute, however, the last three minutes belonged to Spanoulis’ team, which turned it around again and closed the third period at +3 (66-69).
Goudlock reduced to a point (68-69) at the beginning of the fourth quarter, with Peristeri bwin responding with a 7-0 run, for +8 (68-76), in the 34th minute. With a three-pointer by Gaudlock, the Rhodians reacted (71-76), with… the unstoppable Ragland sending the Peristerians to +8 (73-81), in the 36th minute. However, the Rhodians did not give up and with Hatzinikola and Goudlock tied the game (86-86), 11.7” before the end. The last attack was undertaken by Ragland and with his own basket in exhalation, he gave victory to Peristeri bwin with the final 86-88!
The quarters: 23-16, 52-40, 66-69, 86-88
See the match statistics here
Source: Sport Fm
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