“Wrecked” in Porto and PAOK will wait for first place

” dragons’, so everything will now be decided in the final matchday next week.

The Iberians took advantage of their amazing three-point percentages, unlike PAOK who hit their first in the fourth period and reached 4/23, they gained double-digit differences and reached +37 at the end of the third period, comfortably reaching the final victory .

Leading the Portuguese were Landis with 27 points and 7/12 three-pointers, Marble with 15, Williams with 13 and Fain with 11 points. For the “doubleheader”, Reynolds saved with 13 and Upson, Katsivelis with 12 points.

The match

Porto “threw” PAOK’s bad defense in the perimeter and racket and led 18-0 (!) of the “doubleheader” with Landis as the protagonist, who scored eight of the “dragons'” 23 points, having as their offensive supporters Delgado and Williams. PAOK fell 18-4 against their foreigners, but Porto’s 4-0 run brought the score to 22-6 at the end of the first quarter.

Upson and Henderson took matters into their own hands at the start of the second period and went on a 10-0 run to cut the deficit to 22-16 inside the Portuguese basket. Bartley cut to 24-19 on the counterattack of the “doubleheader.” Reynolds had taken the “baton” in scoring for PAOK, but the three consecutive three-pointers by Landis and one by Douglas brought a 14-0 run for the +20 of the hosts who were sweeping at that moment in rebounds and had good percentages, with the half ending at 42-23.

Porto had 8/14 two-pointers, 8/20 three-pointers and 20 rebounds and PAOK had 9/20 two-pointers, 0/7 three-pointers and 19 rebounds.

Porto was finding the solutions in the “black and white” racket and maintained +16 to +18 at the start of the third period. Landis began to “bomb” again from 6.75 and helped in a 15-0 run for the +31 of the “dragons”, while the “two-headed” had not hit a three-pointer and had missed 19 two-pointers, but he reduced with 4-0 run 59-32. With the many missed rebounds of the “double-header”, Porto went on another 10-0 run for 69-32 and 72-33, with Henderson finishing the third quarter to make it 72-35. PAOK had 0/13 three-pointers and 13/32 two-pointers.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter the pattern did not change, with the Portuguese maintaining +28 to +30 and Marble’s 3-pointer made it 81-46. Katsivelis’ three-pointers were the only “oasis” in the attack for Massimo Cancellieri’s team, reaching 3/20. Reynolds was down 81-49 and 83-54, with 4/23 3-pointers and 15/38 2-pointers offset by Porto’s just four more rebounds. Fain’s three-pointer made it 87-56 with 2’22’ left and Cardoso’s 97-64 before Marble made it 99-64.

The quarters: 22-6, 42-23, 72-35, 99-64

The statistics