AEK was off the last quarter and was left out of the final FOUR FOUR

She wronged herself and saw her dreamy European journey stop one step before the mug.

In a … hellish Sunel Arena by nearly 8,000 friends, the AEK Betsson BCnot only looked into eyes the mighty Unicaha Malaga, But she was equal to her, reaching the point of bringing the match to her measures and being close to victory. However, in the last five minutes, the many lost defensive rebounds, the 5 errors in this period (9 in the 4th period), gave the Spaniards the opportunity to return to the match and get the ticket for the final Four of BCl The final 71-65.

Essentially the “union” … paid the bad percentage of In three -pointers (1/10m, 10%), but also the total of 19 errors that brought 27 points to its opponent compared to the 14 she got.

Plus, the goal is third place where the podium will claim In the small Sunday final (11/05, 17:00) against Tenerifeat a time when Malaga a few hours later (20:00) will seek to do the back-to-back against Galatasaray.

The one who stood out for AEK was the Golden with 19 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, with the Gray to have 10 points, the Brace 9 points and 8 rebounds and the Hale 9 points, but also 6 errors.

For the winners, the top scorer was the Osetkovsky With 14 points and 10 rebounds, with Perez finishing the match with 10 points and 6 rebounds.

The match:

With Snel Arena … gums and giving huge boost to AEKDragan Sakota’s players entered very concentrated and dynamically in the match. With Brace To take advantage of offensive rebounds and Gray and Golden to add from a basket, the “yellow -blacks” preceded with 10-4 in 3 minutes. The sequel, however, was not commensurate, as some mistakes, but quite wrong shots, allowed Unicha Malaga with Osetkovsky and Kravis in the foreground, to run one 11-0 for 15-10 at 6 ‘. Despite the efforts of Brace and Golden, the Spaniards maintained the lead at 5 points, before Kuzminskas with a goal and Kouzeloglou in the final, they write the 20-23 of the period.

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With an impressive goal-to-go goal Tacker that brought the match to the equal (23-23) started the second quarterwith the Spaniards responding with a quick 9-2 series, going for the first time at +7 and 32-25 In the 14th minute. With the stubbornness and experience of Tucker and Kuzminskas who found their way to the opposing basket, AEK reduced to 32-29 a minute later. In the second half of the period, both teams were inappropriate, making hasty decisions, while making several mistakes. As a result, the score was low, AEK only scored two points in the last 5 minutes, with both teams going to the locker room with the Score at 31-37.

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The short half -minute break appeared to work beneficial to the ranks of the “queen”, who returned to the parquet for the third period fully concentrated and ready to play defense that will … chew iron! And that was exactly what happened, after stopping to get hasty attacks, he played a full aggressive defense “short -circuit” Malaga’s aggressive trumps, making it back in the match! With the Trinity of Golden, Gray and doing things and miracles on both sides of the parquet, the “Union” Equal to 42-42 at 25 ‘!

And while one would expect Malaga’s reaction, that didn’t happen! Because, with people creating a hellish atmosphere and giving wings to the feet of Sakota’s players, they made one terrible defense after another, finding easy points on the open court, with Hale, Hub and Golden For +7 and 53-46 at 29 ‘! In the last seconds, Perez and Heil exchanged baskets, with the quarter completed With the score at 55-50!

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With Kravis diminishing up close the Fourth and last period, At a time when Hale in the next phase, achieved AEK’s first three -pointer in the match after 8 inappropriate attempts For 58-52! Malaga, however It overtaken for 62-61 at 35 ‘. Golden again gave AEK the lead (63-62), to follow a time when the “Union” lost its mind, made five mistakes, lost defensive rebounds, with Malaga finding easy points and 71-63 Final 71-65.

The quarters: 20-23, 31-37, 55-50, 65-71.

See the statistics of the race here.