Even if it was ahead by +20, PAOK only defeated Oradea 73-68 in the “palace” for the second matchday of the second phase of the FIBA Europe Cup and made the “2 on 2” and at the same time an important step towards qualifying for the Round of 16 of the second round of the European Federation, leaving the Romanians at 1-1.
The “two-headed” took the lead from the beginning of the match, gained a double-digit difference at the end of the first half and led 56-36 at the end of the third period, a 15-0 run by Oradea reduced it to -5, but most of PAOK’s solutions they gave him the victory.
The leaders of the “black and white” were Cruiser with 18, Bartley with 17 and Reynolds with 14 points. For the Romanians, Petrilevicius stood out with 18 and Young with 10 points.
The match
Bartley was leading PAOK at the start of the match and led 7-4 before Kreuzer’s three-pointer made it 10-4 for the “doubleheader”. Reynolds made 13-6 and Katsivelis 17-9 in the attempt counter attack of Romanians from the region. A 5-0 run by Oradea cut it to 17-14, but one same streak of PAOK responded for 22-14 at the end of the first quarter.
Katsivelis brought +9 to PAOK at the start of the second period, but Young with a personal 4-0 streak reduced it to -5 for Oradea. Reynolds’ three-pointer brought +10 for the “two-headed”, who had found the solutions with his Americans, having more assists and more rebounds against the bad percentages of the guests. Kreuzer’s three-pointer brought +10 to the Romanians’ attempt to play inside the “black and white” basket. Oradea’s 4-0 run brought -6, but Papadakis’ three-pointer +9. Brown he was trying aggressively on his own for Oradea, but Bartley’s layup made it 40-31 at halftime.
PAOK had 13/27 two-pointers, 7/14 three-pointers and 18 rebounds. Oradea had 8/24 2-pointers, 2/10 3-pointers and 21 rebounds.
PAOK went on a 4-0 run at the start of the third period and reached +13 with the correct choices of the hosts in the Romanian basket. Henderson’s three-pointer made it 49-35 and Kreuzer’s +16 for Massimo Cancellieri’s players, who constantly found solutions and took offensive rebounds, forcing the guests to make mistakes. A 4-0 run brought +20, but PAOK’s defense there relax and the Romanians, with a 9-0 run led by Pridget and Petrilevicius, reduced the score to 56-45 at the end of the quarter.
With the same players, Oradea went on a 6-0 run to cut it to 56-51 at the start of the fourth quarter. PAOK went on a 4-0 run to make it 60-51, but Oradea’s new 6-0 run reduced the score to 60-57. The “two-headed” placed the ball correctly on the Romanian racket and with a 6-0 run it reached 66-57. Oradea had found the solutions and with a 4-0 run reduced to 66-61 with the actions of Petrilevicius. PAOK maintained +3 to +5, Upson and Kreuzer made it 71-63 and Oradea responded with a 5-0 run for 71-68. After some adventures, Reynolds made two shots to make it 73-68 at 5”, Richard missed a three-pointer at 3” and PAOK reached “2 on 2”.
The quarters: 22-14, 40-31, 56-45, 73-68
The statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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