He saw him Panionio to come back from -18 in the third period, but celebrated his first victory in this year’s championship Dove!
Giorgos Limniatis’ team came into tonight’s match coming from three consecutive defeats in Stoiximan GBL and BCL, had an impressive first half, in which they found themselves leading by as much as 18 points (38-20), but “stuck” in the third quarter, before finally reaching victory with 82-72!
On the other hand, Panionios almost found another epic upset, as it did in the premiere game against Kolossos, but finally ran out of strength in the “final stretch”, falling to 1-1.
Top for the winners were Eddy (24p with 5/7 triples and 6 rebounds) and Abdalas (16p), while for the guests they stood out Davis (18p), Canadian (14p) and Nnoko (14p, 5 rib).
The match:
The match was ambiguous in its first minutes, with Patton scoring two consecutive baskets and putting Peristeri ahead 6-4, while Eddy made the first three-pointer of the match, making it 9-6. Despite picking up his two personal fouls early, Patton continued to star both defensively and offensively for the home team, which he put at +5 (13-8) for the first time. From that point on, Peristeri completely dominated, making an impressive 20-6 run and closing the first period at +17 (33-16), with 9/10 two-pointers and 4/6 three-pointers, while Panionios had not taken a single rebound! At the same time, Eddie had already reached 16 points, hitting all his shots (4/4 three-pointers)!
The second quarter started with Panionios trying to react, reducing it to 41-29 with Canady’s only scorer, and getting as close as 46-35, before Patton and Eddy took action again, who with consecutive baskets of their own created the 53-40 of the first half.
With the return of the two teams from the locker room, Panionios dramatically improved its defense and with the protagonists of Nnoko and Davis on the other side of the floor, it was reduced to 57-50, while Brown made it 57-53 with a basket and a foul. Peristeri continued to look blocked making consecutive mistakes, with Nnoko reducing the point (57-56). In the end, the hosts scored just 8 points in the period, which ended with Panionios taking the lead (61-62)!
With the match becoming a big derby, the two teams had a lot of difficulty scoring, while Peristeri only scored with shots in the first five minutes of the fourth period, before Coffey came to make it 70-66 with a foul basket! At that point in the match, Panionios seemed to be running out of strength, with Peristeri going on a streak, eventually winning 82-72.
The quarters: 33-16, 53-40, 61-62, 82-72
The match statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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