He lost to Bilbao, but PAOK stayed alive for the mug!

Good PAOK can lift the Europe Cup mug in Palataki (23/04) that will not drop a pin! This is the finding from the first biceps final with Bilbao in the Basque Country, where despite being lost with 72-65stayed alive as he kept the difference in levels he might overthrow, since He wants a win with 8 points and up.

Dikefalos was very unluckyespecially from the three -point (3/26), while not managing to exploit and 14 offensive rebounds He collected, scoring just 5 points in these extra possession.

Best for PAOK the Reynolds with 15, with the Bartley that … it was late to wake up to count 14, while for the winners it was decisive Pantzar with 19.

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The match:

Very strong start for the Basque, who with the Amazing 4/5 from the three-point line they quickly made the 12-2. PAOK responded with a 3-10 series reduced to 3 (15-12), 3:10 for the end of the first period, finding easy baskets through the painter. However, the many mistakes in attack and the bad choices led to a 7-0 run of the hosts, which also brought the 22-12 of the first octale.

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With Goat Kanchelieri’s team was going on in the match … as the Greek guard with personal baskets broke up after almost 5 minutes PAOK out of 12 points. Then defense and concentration in the attack brought the difference up to 4 with Papadakis’ three-point lead (28-24). Dikefalos even approached 2 (31-29) 2:39 for the half time, however a Hederson and a mistake by Henderson and A De Rider’s… Fetter made it 35-31with his Pantzar with three shots at the end to make 38-31 of the half.

In the repetition PAOK started impressively and with him Bartley to get into the equation too (until then he had 3 points)Kanchelieri’s team not only returned, but managed to completely overturn the situation! By taking first first lead after nearly 28 minutes of play With Bartley’s shots, while Katsivelis made it 44-48 two minutes before the end of the third period, with the individual being 6-17. However, Bilbao ran an 8-0 run and made it 52-48, with Henderson making it 52-50 with shots.

In the last quarter The Basques ran again an 8-0 series And they made it 61-53, 7:22 for the finale, with PAOK completely losing its concentration. Pantzar was decisive for the stadium, Dragic achieved significant baskets and the victory case seemed to be lost. The difference, however, was just as important and Dikefalos continued to fight to the end. Bilbao made a mistake in her last attack, Katsivelis scored and PAOK threw the difference at 7which enables him to fight in the palace.

The quarters: 22-12, 38-31, 52-50, 72-65.

See HERE the statistics of the race.