Starting with the left in this year’s BCL for him Prometheus.
In their first official game for the new season, the Patrinoi welcomed “D. Tofalos” the Czech champion, Nieburgand appeared unprepared, knowing defeat with 86-78.
Thus, Ilias Papatheodorou’s team started with a defeat its obligations in the 4th group of the competition, where Galatasaray and Rasta Vechta are also located, while it now turns its attention to the Stoiximan GBL premiere (away with Maroussi), while for the 2nd matchday of the BCL will be tested in Germany, against Vechta.
Leading for Patrinos were Peri (18p), Kenny Williams (14Ï€) and Ibudu (14 points, 5 rebounds), while Cizer (16 points, 6 rebounds) and Brown (15 points) stood out for the winners.
The match:
The match started with Prometheus getting better on the floor and Bazine, Varnado hitting three-pointers, giving them a 12-5 lead, before the Czechs cut it to 16-10 and went on a 12-2 run to go ahead 22-18. Ivudou cut to within a point with a 3-pointer, before Karagiannidis made it 23-24 in the first period.
Perry with a three-pointer put Prometheus back in the driver’s seat (26-24), while Bishop made it 28-31 with a basket and a foul, before Luntzis reduced it with his own three-pointer, to 31-33. However, in the remaining five minutes of the first half, the home team struggled offensively, scoring just 8 points and going into the locker room trailing 44-39.
Consecutive three-pointers from Perry and Bernardo put Prometheus back in the game (44-49), but the guests continued to consistently find solutions in their attacks, maintaining the “safety margin” in their favor and escaping for the first time with +10 (50- 60), with 3:22 left in the 3rd period, which eventually ended with the Czechs at +8 (59-67).
In the fourth and final period, Prometheus attempted its final counterattack, cutting it to 68-75 on 3-pointers by Ivudu and Williams, but the Czechs continued to hurt it, getting back to +10 on a 3-pointer by Brown and eventually celebrating the victory with 86- 78.
The quarters: 23-24, 39-44, 59-67, 78-86
The match statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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