A stormy one Laurel scan 96-71 the bad PAOK in East Attica for the sixth matchday of the Stoiximan GBL and took his second consecutive victory in this year’s championship for 2-4, leaving PAOK at 3-3, to accept second time in four days near 100 pointsafter the 99-64 by Porto, and showing that he is in a bad situation.
His players Costa Mexa they got a double-digit difference from the first period and continuously increased it afterwards, reaching +24 and in the final +25 against a team with very poor percentages throughout the match.
Top of the winners were Vaughn with 16, Wahab, Griffin with 12 and Ladybug with 11 points. For PAOK, the Bartley with 22, Katsivelis with 12 and Forrester with 11 points.
The match
Slater took matters into his own hands at the start of the match and made it 10-2 for the Eastern Attica team. With a 4-0 run, the difference reached +10 and the players of Costa Mexa maintained +8 to +10 during this period, having control over rebounds and better percentages. Tsamis brought +12 and Koniaris’ three-pointer was completed at 21-7 in the first quarter.
The consecutive three-pointers on either side at the start second period they maintained +14 for Lavriotes and the home team’s 4-0 run brought +16. OR excessive failureespecially the incredibly bad percentages of the “black and white” was followed by Slater’s three-pointer for +17. Henderson’s three-pointer dropped to -14 and Muratos’ three-pointer to +15 in PAOK’s attempt to find some stable offensive option. Wahab brought +17 and Muratos finished 41-24 at halftime.
Lavrio had 10/16 two-pointers, 12/16 shots and 26 rebounds and PAOK 5/17 two-pointers, 2/17 three-pointers and 25 rebounds.
Forrester went on a personal 4-0 run down 41-28 in the opener third periodbut the new 4-0 run brought a new +17. Forrester he was trying alone all the while trying to make up for his teammates’ poor percentages, falling 45-33. Lavrio responded with a 6-0 run for +18. Bartley responded with a 4-0 run to make it 51-37, but Lavrio’s 5-0 run against Massimo Cancellieri’s bad defense made it +19. A new 5-0 run by the home team brought the score to 61-40 with the good percentages from the perimeter and racket and, with the difference going up and down to +19 and +21, Koniaris’ three-pointer completed the 68-46 at the quarter.
Bartley’s 3-pointer made it 68-49 for PAOK in the opening fourth periodbut Vaughn’s personal streak made it 71-49. The American forward made it 74-51 for the team of Costa Mexa. Bartley’s three-pointer brought the team to -18, but Lavrio’s 6-0 run increased the difference to +24. Vaughn brought +25 and PAOK’s 4-0 streak was reduced to -21. Griffin’s personal 4-0 run made it 89-65, Katsivelis cut it to 91-71 and Lavrio’s 5-0 run set up the final 96-71 and the first victory of the Athenians.
Source: Sport Fm
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