With Kenny Williams “bombing” in the second half, Prometheus won 93-84 at “Dimitris Tofalos” for the second matchday of the Stoiximan GBL and made it 2 out of 2″, “catching” Panathinaikos, Olympiakos and AEK at the top and leaving the eastern suburbs team at 0-2.
The players of Costa Mexa led by +5 at halftime, but from the end of the third period and throughout the fourth, Kenny Williams “turned” the match around for the Patrinos, who endured and with Walker’s shots reached the final victory.
The American forward reached 21 points, supported by Walker with 16 and Ivudu, Luntzi with 13 points. For Lavriotes, Slater stood out with 16, Wahab with 15, Muratos with 14 and Vaughn with 11 points.
The match
The visitors’ attacking versatility made it 4-10 for the eastern suburbs team in a poor perimeter defense by Prometheus at the start of the contest. Wahab’s three-pointer made it 6-14 for the Costa Mexa players, and the many solutions and rebounds of the visitors kept them at +5 to +7 in that period. With a 6-0 run with aggressive polyphony in the opponent’s basket, Lavrio reached +11, but the 5-0 run of Patrina reduced the score to 16-22 at the end of the first period.
On a 4-0 run to start the second period, Prometheus cut it to 20-22, but Kenny Williams’ personal streak cut to 23-24. He started “bombing” himself and equalized in the zone defense of the Athenians, who with their consecutive three-pointers reached +6. A 5-0 run by Prometheus cut it to 31-32, with the Lavriotes holding +1 to +3 in that span thanks to their slight superiority in the opposing basket. Sherman’s 3-pointer made it 33-39, but Kenny Williams’ personal 4-0 run cut it to 37-39. Wahab helped spark a 6-0 run for Laurel to make it 37-45, but Kenny Williams’ 3-pointer made it 40-45 at halftime.
Slater made it 40-47 at the start of the third period, but Prometheus’ 6-0 run cut it to -1. Slater’s three-pointer made it 46-50, but the Patrinas’ 5-0 run made it 51-50. Slater alone played aggressively against the Patrinos and gave “breathers” to the advances of Prometheus. Uhab brought +3 and Vaughan’s three-pointer +4. There, Ilias Papatheodorou’s players made it 64-61 with a 7-0 run and Kenny Williams made it 67-63, but Lavrio’s 3-0 run ended the quarter at 67-66.
Kenny Williams with a personal 5-0 run at the beginning of the fourth period continued his “crescendo” and brought the score to 72-68. He helped in a 5-0 run for the +8 of Patrina, but Lavrio’s 4-0 run was reduced to 77-73. The home team maintained +4 to +6 during this period. Luntzis’ three-pointer made it 82-75 for Patrinos, but Wahab reduced it to 82-78 with a goal-foul. Muratou’s shot reduced it to 82-79, but Ivudou’s three-pointer made it 85-79 at 1’52” and Luntzis made it 87-79 at 1’10”. Walker’s two shots brought the score to 89-80 at 33” and with Walker’s consecutive shots the match ended at 93-84.
The quarters: 16-22, 40-45, 67-66, 93-84
The statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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