In a match in which he reached +14 at his start, the PAOK won 82-76 the Freiburg In the “Palataki” in the second quarter of the FIBA Europe Cup and, in conjunction with the 62-62 draw in Switzerland last Wednesday, he qualified for the semifinals of the event, returning to a four-year-old Europe for the first time after 1996, where he will now face the semifinals. Sole (who excluded Zaragoza).
The “biceps” reached +14 at the end of the first period, found only at +1 at some intervals of the Kovac three -pointers, but in the fourth period with two series reached +13 and qualifying.
The top of Massimo Kanchelieri’s players were Foretser with 21, Bartley with 17 and Reynolds with 16 points. For the Swiss, Notes, Kovacs with 16, Williams with 14 and 12 points with 12 points, stood out.
The match
PAOK put the ball into the Swiss racket at the beginning of the match and reached 5-2 and 7-4 with its Americans, playing good defense on Freiburg’s regional shots. PAOK then began to stand up from the three-point line and with three consecutive leads 10-5, 15-7 and 20-11 in the Swiss effort in the “black and white” racket, after Massimi Kanchelieri’s players were taking the rebounds in the regional shots. Thus, Forrester brought 24-11 and 26-13 and Henderson 29-15 for 29-17 in completion of the first period.
The mistakes, failure and bad defense of the “biceps” gave a 6-0 series to Freiburg, which reduced 29-23. PAOK found solutions with surprise and with a 4-0 series reached +8 again. There, Kovac “warmed up” and reduced to -1 with three consecutive three -pointers, despite good defense on his shots. But then, PAOK improved in defense, its players blocked the opposing region and with the right choices in the rival racket and shots, made a 6-0 run for 41-34 in the half time.
PAOK had 12/21 two -pointers, 3/10 three -pointers, 8/9 shots and 23 rebounds. Freiburg had 9/19 two -pointers, 3/15 three -pointers, 7/9 shots and 14 rebounds.
PAOK did not find solutions at the start of the third period and accepted the Swiss series 5-0. The two consecutive three -pointers brought +5 for the “black and white”, but Freiburg responded with a 4-0 run to the opposing racket for -1. Kovac tied a three-pointer, PAOK responded with a 4-0 series for 57-55 and the thirty minutes ended 57-55.
In the derby at the start of the fourth period, Bartley’s three-pointer brought 61-57 and the 5-0 series brought 66-69. A new 7-0 series of “Biceps”, which found solutions from many of his players at the moment, brought +12 in the 4 ‘and PAOK was approaching the semifinals. Bartley’s three-pointer brought 76-63 and Dikefalos maintained +11 with +13 starring the American forward. The hosts’ mistakes brought 4-0 series to the Swiss for 80-73 at 13 ” for the final 82-76.
The quarters: 29-17, 41-34, 57-55, 82-76
The statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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