Overthrew Limburg in the fourth period and PAOK entered with the “right”

With a total 15-0 run in the fourth period, PAOK defeated Limburg 74-70 in Belgium for the FIBA ​​Europe Cup premiere and started with the “right” the effort of distinction in its first participation in the competition.

The “black and white” found themselves at -10 in the second period and behind with double-digit differences in the third, but with an initial run of 10-0 and 5-0, they then led by +7 and withstood the pressure of the home team.

Leading for Luca Cancellieri were Krauser with 14, Upson with 13, Katsivelis with 12 and Bartley, Forrester with 10 points. For the Belgians, Delaglio stood out with 19, Pemberton with 12 and Van Der Hagen, Holmes with 11 points.

The match

PAOK took a 5-0 lead against their Americans, but Remberton helped for a 6-0 run by Limburg and the lead for the Belgians at the start of the match. Krauser maintained +4 and Reynoltz with his correct choices in the Bulgarian basket maintained +2 to +4 for the “black and white”. Remberton had his own try for the Belgians and cut to -1 and DeLaglio’s 3-pointer tied the game at 17-17. Holmes made it 20-17 on Luca Cancellieri’s bad defense inside his team’s basket, but Persedis made it 21-21 at the end of the first quarter.

With a personal 5-0 run, Remberton made it 26-21 at the start of the second period and a 7-0 run by the Belgians from the perimeter made it +8 for the home team. Van der Hagen’s 3-pointer made it 36-25 for Limburg on the Italian coach’s poor zone defense. Despite the efforts of Katsivelis, Liburg continued the streak and reached +12, maintaining a double-digit difference. Katsivelis had taken PAOK “by the hand” aggressively and with his own personal streak reduced the score to 42-35 at the end of the first half.

Leemans’ 3-pointer made it +10 for Limburg at the start of the third period, but Upson’s personal 6-0 run cut it to 46-44 for PAOK. There, however, a 7-0 run by Limburg brought +9 for the hosts with their offensive pluralism. Forrester took action and with its own points it was reduced to 53-48, but with individual scores of 5-1 by Limburg the third quarter ended at 58-49.

PAOK entered the fourth quarter determined to pull off a comeback and went on a 15-4 run to take a 64-62 lead over the Belgians, first with a 10-0 run by the Americans and Katsivelis and then with a 5-0 run. With a new 4-0 streak, PAOK reached +6 at the time when its defense had trapped the “weapons” of the Belgians, while the Chancellor’s players were in control of the rebounds. Katsivelis made it 62-70 with a minute and a half to go and Reynolds’ shots made it 66-72, but Liburg’s 5-0 run and DeLaglio’s 3-pointer cut it to 70-72 at 49”. Reynolds made two shots to make it 70-74 in the 21st minute and DeLaglio’s missed three-pointer in the 11th minute gave the “two-headed” the first victory.

The quarters: 21-21, 42-35, 58-49, 70-74

The statistics