THE PAOK was a big winner of the thessaloniki derby with him Hercules in “Ivanofio”, prevailing with 84-73 and climbing to fifth place Stoiximan Basket Leaguewith record 7-7. On the other hand, Iraklis, despite the fact that it was highly competitive, suffered its eleventh defeat in 16 games and remained at the bottom of the standings.
Top for the winners are Jones (20 points, 7 rebounds), Lov (16 points) and Toliopoulos (14 points), while for the losers the Garrett (15p, 6 rebounds), Skordilis (14p) and Henry (13p, 5 rebounds).
The match:
The derby was balanced in the first minutes, with Iraklis taking an 11-8 lead in 3 ‘with a three-pointer by Fillio and 19-12 at 8 ‘ with a well-aimed shot by Garrett and with PAOK to stay for almost five minutes without a basket. However, the first ten minutes ended with 19-18with the guests reducing to one point thanks to its six consecutive points love.
Both teams missed at the beginning of the second period, with PAOK leading for the first time with 19-20 in 11 ‘. “Hand in hand” in the score the two opponents then, with him Jankovic to make 34-28 in favor of PAOK in 16 ‘. The visitors continued to find solutions to the attack, going to the locker rooms with a seven-point lead (32-39).
The second part was late to startwith the referees of the match talking about too many people in the stands of “Ivanofio” and non-observance of measures against coronavirus, asking to reduce the world that is closed. When the two teams returned to the floor and the referees Poursanidis, Pitsilkas and Malamas allowed the derby to continue, Iraklis came in strong and made a series 15-5, took the lead again (47-44 in 24 ‘). THE PAOK but he reacted again, passing in front of me 59-54thanks to two consecutive three-pointers by Green.
The guests came in full force in the fourth ten minutes, in which they constantly found solutions aggressively and took a double-digit lead (58-70) for the first time in the 35th minute of the derby, when o Rivers scored a three-pointer. Then Hercules tried to reduce and return to claiming victory, but without success. PAOK kept the difference in their favor with relative comfort, finally prevailing with me 84-73.
The ten minutes: 19-18, 32-39, 54-59, 73-84
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