AEK crushed and solemnly qualified in the semifinals of the Cup by PAOK!

He painted the black and white derby and left for the OPAP Final 8 of the Greek Cup. PAOK!

Making a chilled appearance from the beginning to the end of the race and having many protagonists, Massimo Kanchelieri’s team “locked” her trumps AEKwhich he crushed with score 84-65in the third quarter -finals of the event!

The Thessaloniki, who had the upper hand in scoring from the very beginning of the race, even reaching to +22they had Seven players with a double -digit number of points, Sample of pluralism and teamwork in attack. Top of all was the Reynolds with 11 points, 7 assists and 5 rebounds, with the Henderson to add 17 points.

The “Union”, who didn’t come out in the match and stayed well below her standards, ‘Was hurt’ incredibly by the line of shotsfinishing the match With 20/42 and 47.6%! The only one that stood out was the Kuzminsca With 12 points and 4 rebounds.

Now, the “biceps of the North” awaits the couple’s winner “4” Olympiacos-Karditsa, which will take place later today.

The match:

With Golden To succeed the first basket and opens the score, the big “biceps” derby began, with PAOK Since then, it has dominated defense and attack and with Rynolds and Persides scoring 5 points each, with the result that the typical hosts go ahead with 10-5 at 4 ‘. After five minutes, the AEK He got off aggressively with both the Hambs and Ophesis equalized in 12-12 Two minutes later.

The entry of Forrester In the parquet, he aggressively raised the “black and white”, who, with Reynolds steadily led 18-14 and shortly thereafter with 21-16, again equalizing the biggest difference in the match. Kouzeloglou and Katsivelis exchanged baskets in the last seconds, with the quarter of Complete at 23-18.

With Henderson’s two -pointer started second period For PAOK’s 25-18. With Skordil to give big battles and to give offensive solutions, the ‘union’ equalized to 25-25 at 14 ‘holding the Thessaloniki without a point for 3.5 minutes. Kanchelieri’s team found a score after Katsivelis’ three -point lead, with Skordilis and Kouzminskas then writing 28-29 15 ‘for the first “yellow-black” lead after the original 2-3.

At that point, PAOK greatly improved its image on both sides of the parquet, played aggressive and pressing defense, stealing several balls, and at the time, in the attack, with the front of it. Hendersonran a 11-0 series For the 39-29 in 19 ‘! After quite some time, AEK temporarily reduced to 39-32, with Henderson forming toward the Final 41-32 of the halftime. A remarkable statistics, which shows a lot about the outcome of the match, was the fact that AEK had 7/20 shots (!) And PAOK one more in 11 fewer efforts (8/9)!

The short break stops not only did not “clean” AEK’s mind, but, on the contrary, made PAOK even more concentrated in the match! Playing terrible defense With steals and blocks and with baskets of Cruzers, Bartley and Persides, the “black and white” ran a quick 8-0 series, launching the difference At +17 and 49-32 in 22 ‘! Relying mainly on Golden and targeting the rival racket, AEK reduced At 12 (51-39) Two minutes later, with all Sakota, however, continuing to waste shots (11/18) … with Forester passing through the parquet and causing many problems, PAOK raised the difference for the first time. At +18 and 59-41 at 16 ‘!

In the remaining time of the period, AEK’s good defense, a little bit of relaxation of PAOK players, allowed the “yellow -blacks” to gnaw the difference, mainly from the line of shots, due to the many fouls of the “black and white”, with As a result, it reduces to 12 (61-49) to 29 ‘. In the finale, with a Hunter Heill lean, the “Union” threw the difference at 10 For 61-51 of the quarter.

To Fourth and last periodthe derby was judged early. With Bartley’s three-pointer the score was 64-51, with the Kuzminsca Answer with 4 of his own points for 64-55, before Katsivelis with Step Back Tripod wrote 67-55, all in the first minute of the season! Subsequently, with a shot of Reynolds from Kuzinskas’ technical penalty, as well as two back-to-back three-pointers by Katsiveli and Henderson, the difference was launched for the first time in the match At +19 and 74-55 in 33 ‘! Somewhere there, the match was essentially judged permanently, with PAOK not turning and with a “gun” of the three -pointer, taking the victory with the final 84-65.

The quarters: 23-18, 41-32, 61-51, 84-65.

See the statistics of the race here.