He “cleaned” Ulm and Prometheus survived

Prometheus, despite the several absences that Elias Zouros had to face, defeated Ulm 79-68 in Patras for the 14th game of the second group of the Euro Cup and with 4-9 records and one match less, remained in its “trick” qualifying and qualifying for the second phase of the tournament, staying at -1 from the privileged positions and leaving the Germans at 6-8.

Patras dominated in the first three ten minutes and reached +23 in the fourth period, but there they accepted 12-0 streak and another two 5-0 streak of the Germans, but the experience and more solutions of Prometheus gave him the pink card.

Great performance from Grant with 22 points, while he had the supporter Agravanis with 14 points and 8 assists. For the Germans, Kriston stood out with 17, Zugic with 14 and Herkenhof, Blosongheim with 13 points.

At the beginning of the match, the Germans found the solutions from the periphery and the Patras through the racket, with the result that Ulm was ahead with +3. At 8-9, Grant took action and, with the support of Gaddy, brought a series of 6-0 and 14-9 for the team of Elias Zouros. With a new 5-0 series, Prometheus reached 19-13, but a 4-0 series of Ulm in the home racket completed the first period at 19-17.

The Germans started to “break” them from 6.75 and Grant found the opportunity to bring 23-19. The continuous mistakes of the players of Ulm brought surprises and fast baskets for Patras and Rogavopoulos with a personal series of 5-0 made it 28-21. Then Grant took action again and brought it 32-23. At 34-23, some defensive inactions of Prometheus’s players in his racket helped Ulm make a 6-0 run and reduce to 34-28, but Ray made it 36-28 in the first half, with Patras having 14/25 two points and 15 rebounds and the Germans 9/16 two points and 18 rebounds.

Grant brought 41-29 at the beginning of the third period, taking advantage of the failure and mistakes of the Germans during this period in all corners of the floor. The American forward with five of his own points helped in a series of 7-0 for 48-31 from periphery and racket, combined with the amazing defense and the continuous defensive rebounds of the players of Elias Zouros. Jaka Lakovic’s belt helped Grant to “thresh” and he helped in scoring and organization, together with Agravanis, to go the match to +22, a difference that ended the thirty minutes.

Agravanis brought 63-40 at the beginning of the fourth period, but that is where the problems for Prometheus started, since Lakovic’s zone defense made it difficult for Prometheus’s players to attack. Thus, Herkenhof with five consecutive points brought him 63-48 and “warmed up” his teammates. Thus, with a new series of 4-9, Ulm reduced to 63-52 and a new series of 5-0 to 66-57 with the superficiality and the anxiety of the hosts dominating during this period.

Christon’s three points brought 66-61, but Andrits answered for 69-61. Ray’s two consecutive two-pointers brought 73-63 to 100 ” before the end and gave “breath” to Patras. Agravanis took advantage of the fatigue of the Germans and made it 75-63, “clearing” the case victory, with the final 79-68 to “seal” the victory of the Greek team.

THE TEN MINUTES: 19-17, 36-28, 58-38, 79-68

PROMETHEUS (Zouros): Ray 10 (5/8 two points, 8 assists), Grant 22 (8/11 two points, 6/8 shots, 11 rebounds), Gaddy 4, Hunt, Agravanis 14 (7/11 two points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists), Rogavopoulos 8 (2), Simpson 11 (3), Andrich 10 (2), Bazinas

ULM (Lakovic): Christon 17 (4/7 two points, 2/3 three points, 3/3 shots, 3 rebounds, 6 assists), Blossomheim 13 (1), Gender, Thornwell, Stoll, Brezel 4, Herkenhof 13 (1/7 three points, 9 rebounds , 3 assists), Clap 3, Crimer, Jallou 4, Zugic 14 (3)

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