Touch the twist with a mythical, but also fatal Walker Prometheus!

Very close to a huge twist on her Galatasaray arrived Prometheus of Patras!

Elias Papatheodorou’s team had an amazing fourth quarter, coming back from -15 (54-69) in the 34th minute, thanks to his orgies Jordan Walker (19 points in the 4th period)! However, in the final, the American guard missed a seemingly easy game-tying layup, with Chim Bomb walking away with a hard-fought victory over D. Tofalos” with score 79-75 for the 3rd matchday of the BCL group stage!

She was also second defeat of Prometheus this year in Europe, with Galata improving their record to 2-1, at the time where Niebuark has the ultimate in wins.

The first scorer for the winners was Cummings with 21 points and 5 rebounds, with Livingston to follow in performance with 17 points. For the Greek team, in addition to Walker, o Ibudu had an excellent game with 17 points and 5 assists.

The match:

It was quite closed and balanced first quarterwhere neither team could escape the score. It is characteristic that in the first period the lead changed hands a total of 7 timeswhile there were also four draws. For him Prometheusin excellent condition were found Chrysikopoulos and Ibudu who found easy points, with the Galatasaray on her part to “dominate” at points, closing the quarter in front with score 19-17.

With a goal-foul by Perry and two shots by Varnados, the hosts overtook for 22-21 at 12′. Somewhere in there, however, came a burst from “chim bom”, who, thanks to a terrific performance inside, but also near the racket, managed to retake the lead, reaching at +10 for 37-27 at 17′. The answer of Patrina came in the last three minutes of the period, with the good defense of the team, but also the 11 points by the hands of Luntzis and Ivudou, sending the two teams to the locker room with score at 38-40.

The scene was different in third periodwith Elias Papatheodorou’s team falling into several mistakes and having many missed shots. Which resulted in the Turks scoring several points in the open field and at the same time finding a rhythm offensively. With them Cummings and Livingston in the foreground, Galata gradually increased the difference up to +13 (46-59) at 28′, closing the quarter ahead with 61-48.

With six quick points from Yvondo and Hernandez, Prometheus cut it to 63-54 early in the fourth and final period, looking capable of getting back into contention. Despite all that, a 6-0 run by the visitors increased the difference to +15 (54-69) at 34′. At that point, the Patrinos not only did not “bend”, but managed to react, finding in his face Jordan Walker the unexpected hero! The American guard “exploded” and with an unimaginable crescendo 16 consecutive points (4 3-pointers), Prometheus overtook me 70-69 at 38′! In fact, a little later, with another three-pointer by Walker, the hosts went to +2 (73-71), before Galata found baskets with Delgado and Cummings for 75-77 25” before the final. Prometheus’ last attack came from Walker, who missed a seemingly easy layup, with Livingston in the finale setting up from the line of scrimmage the final 79-75.

The quarters: 17-19, 38-40, 48-61, 75-79.

See here the statistics of the match.