Qualification in the “thread” for PAOK

After a real “thriller”, PAOK defeated Oradea 81-80 in the first semi-final of the BCL qualifiers held in Antalya and advanced to Saturday’s final, waiting there for one of Petkimspor or Sole to enter the groups of the first organization of FIBA ​​Europe.

PAOK was losing -11 in the first period, tied with its regionals and Bartley, who played a great game, lost and gained the lead and in the last minutes maintained a +1 to +3, but found himself defending in the last attack, but the Richard missed the Romanians’ last three-pointer.

Leading the winners were Bartley with 27, Katsivelis with 14 and Reynolds with 13 points. For the Romanians, Brown stood out with 16 and Rithard, Pridget with 14 points.

The match

Reynolds was giving PAOK the solutions in the racket at the beginning of the match, but the poor perimeter defense allowed Brown to score continuously from the three-point and give a small lead to Oradea, who took advantage of the failure of the “two-header” and mistakes of. Katsivelis with a personal 4-0 streak made it 10-9 for Massimo Cancellieri’s players and made it 13-11 for PAOK. The two teams tied the score afterward, with Pridget grabbing the offensive rebounds for the Romanians. Reynolds made it 19-17 for PAOK, but there the “two-headed” received a 7-0 run and Pridget’s three-pointer made it 19-24 at the end of the first period.

Young made it 19-26 for Oradea early in the second period, but Crouser’s 3-pointer cut it to 24-28. A 5-0 run by the Romanians from the perimeter against PAOK’s poor defense made it 24-33 and 26-35 for Oradea. Bartley took the situation into his own hands and scored continuously for the “doubleheader”, but the defense of the “black and white” did not help him and Nicolescu brought +11 for Oradea. Brown brought the +10, but there the Americans of PAOK took the situation into their own hands and, with a 12-0 run, brought 44-42 for PAOK from the region. Oradea’s 3-0 run made it 44-45 at the end of the first half. PAOK had 8/10 shots and 17 rebounds, while Oradea had 7/16 three-pointers and 21 rebounds.

Brown’s 3-pointer made it 44-48 for Oradea at the start of the third period. Forrester reduced to -1 for the “doubleheader” and Katsivelis’ three-pointer tied the game at 50-50. A 5-0 run by the “doubleheader” made it 55-52, but consecutive three-pointers by the Romanians made it 55-58. PAOK responded with a 6-0 run for 61-58 with offensive polyphony, but its defense did not rise to the occasion again and conceded a 6-0 run. Bartley’s 3-pointer tied the game at 64-64, but Richard’s two 3-pointers made it 66-70 at the end of the quarter.

Persedis’ three-pointer cut the deficit to 69-70 at the start of the fourth quarter, but Torok’s made it 69-73 for Oradea. A 9-0 run by the “double-headed” Americans made it 78-73 for the “black and white”. Richard’s 3-pointer cut it to 78-76 for Oradea and foul play began to dominate on both sides at that point. Bartley’s three-pointer in the 35th minute made it 81-78 for the “doubleheader”. Oradea cut to 81-80 at 30” with Richard. Bartley made an individual effort and lost the ball, then fouled at 10”, the “two-headed” took out the defense and Richard missed the last three-pointer of the match.

The quarters: 19-24, 44-45, 66-70, 81-80

The statistics