Heavy defeat by Bursaspor and exclusion for PAOK by BCL

Finally in the dream of participating in his groups Basketball Champions League put on Boursaspor in PAOK.

The barrier of the Turks proved insurmountable to the “biceps of the North”, who paid the destructive first of the quarter and was excluded with the heavy 92-73 from the BCL qualifiers semifinals held in Samokov, Bulgaria.

His team Yuri Zdovc had a lot of ‘dead’ intervals in the first 20 minutes, going In the halftime rear with 28 points (54-26) And while the difference reached up to 32. All the Thessaloniki could do was to get a little bit the difference in the finale and say goodbye to the event. The only rescuing for the Greek team was the Thomas Dimsa with 18 points, While for Bursspor the distinguished Berk with 22 points.

Now PAOK will compete in his clubs FIBA Europe Cupwhere it has been drawn in the 6th group with opponents Trappy (Kosovo), Braunswig (Germany) and the winner from Blotslavek (Poland)-Bakslimi (Kosovo) who will play on the 24th of the month.

The match:

Nightmare was the first quarter for him PAOKwho although he had More than 500 fans At his side to support him, he entered the match very slowly. Making a lot of mistakes (6 in the period) and shooting with very bad rates, Yuri Zdovc’s team was back in the scoring early. In fact, after the 4th minute, the “biceps of the north” as if … Boursaspor To make the most of it and with a 19-2 individual score in the next six minutes, the quarter closed at +21 and 30-9.

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After the initial shock, the Thessaloniki turned turns and reacted to the parquet, gradually groaning the difference. With Stephen Brown and Thomas Dimsa pulling the … cart off, PAOK reduced to 13, to get Filios in the 16th minute and with a three-point shot to write 38-26. However, not only was the following not proportional, but it could well be characteristic “catastrophic”, as the Turks kept the typical guests at zero for the next four minutes and with an unanswered 16-0 series, they went to the locker room with +28 and 54-26.

Unstoppable.

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Quite balanced was the third quarter, with Bursaspor touching and exceeding 30 points, even reaching the +32 (66-34), and PAOK with the Melvin in an executive role to find a score for his team For 74-46 of the period. With the match essentially judged by the first half and the Turks throwing “turns”, the “biceps of the north” fought in the last quarter to collect the extent of the difference.

With Dimsa and Jackson executing from afar and Filli and Iatridis scoring from the racket, the Thessaloniki reduced to 18 for 82-64 at 34 ‘. A difference that was left at these levels, with the final horn finding the PAOK to win with a score of 92-73.

The quarters: 30-9, 54-26, 74-46, 92-73.

See the statistics of the race here.