His team Peristeriouwhich is so far the surprise of the season, welcomes tonight (19:30) at “Andreas Papandreou” Kutaisi from Georgia for his 2nd game FIBA Europe cup and he wants to continue the good results, since he counts three consecutive victories in Greece and Europe with the last one against Bilbao.
The team of Vassilis Xanthopoulos, confirmed last week, after its victory on Spanish soil against Bilbao (84-81), that something is going well this year.
It is not only the specific double, but also his general presence so far in the league with victories against Panionio and Mykonos. A team consisting of 10 young basketball players, but presented with very good chemistry.
So today Peristeri is invited to face Kutaisi and confirm the title of favorite with the world on its side. The weight will drop to Cardenas and Nicholswho were outstanding against Bilbao with 22 and 21 points respectively, helping the western suburbs team pull off an epic upset of -16.
Vassilis Xanthopoulos will have at his disposal all the players except Papadakis whose absence has been known since the beginning of the year due to injury.
On the contrary, the nameless Kutaisi. The Georgians competed last year as well FIBA Europe Cupbut without being able to qualify from the group stage. This year they started from the BCL qualifiers, but were eliminated. Now they want to go as far as they can in the European Cup, aiming for more than just a presence, despite the home defeat to Brno (66-84), in the 1st game.
Back-2 back champion Georgia’s roster consists of 12 Georgians and four Americans, with Nika Darbaize and Derek Browning scoring 18 and 16 points, respectively, against Brno.
It is recalled that the group of Peristeriou (1-0) and Kutaisi (0-1) is completed by Bilbao (0-1) and Brno (1-0).
Editor: Thanos Kostas
Source: Sport Fm
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