Aris collapsed in the second half and suffered a heavy defeat against Hapoel Jerusalem

Collapsed in the second half and suffered a heavy defeat by Hapoel Jerusalem Ares.

With the debut of Igor Milicic on their bench, the Thessalonians were competitive in the first half of their away (in neutral Belgrade) clash with the Israelis, for the 5th matchday of the EuroCup, but they did not maintain their good competitive face in the continuation of the match, finally knowing the defeat with 103-76.

Thus, Ares fell into 2-3and now turns its attention to its big home derby with PAOK (1/11, 18:15) for the 5th matchday of the Stoiximan GBL, while next week it will host the Slask Wroclaw (5/11, 20:00).

First scorer for Milicic’s team was Joneswho finished the game with 18 points, which he accompanied with 5 rebounds and 3 assists, while double figures were also Kulboka (12p, 3 rib) and Mitrou-Long (10 points, 5 assists). On the other hand, for the winners, who improved their record to 3-2, Harper (18p), Smith (18p), Carrington (18p) and Zusman (14p) stood out.

The match:



The match was ambiguous in its first minutes, with Poulianitis putting Aris in front 5-2, hitting the first three-pointer of the match, while Kulboka, Forbes and Jones kept the Thessalonians in front of the score. THE Bohorides made it 9-13, the Israelis went ahead for the first time with 16-14, while Mitrou-Long and Harrell hit three-pointers, with Hapoel closing the first quarter ahead with 23-21.

Up top, down hard??

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Aris blocked aggressively early in the second period, getting scored on just six shots in 4.5 minutes and allowing his opponent to go on runs to get away with 34-25 and 36-29. THE Jones with consecutive baskets he brought Aris back to “shooting distance” (36-33), while a little later and after a series of baskets by Inok, he reached 16 personal points to reduce the score to 42-41. The derby continued until the end of the first half, with Kulboka putting Aris ahead (47-48) and with Zusman to hit a buzzer-beater three-pointer, for the 50-48.

The Thessalonikians went cold in the third period, having just two points in the first five minutes and allowing Hapoel to go on a 16-2 run and get away with 66-50, before Mitrou-Long made consecutive baskets to cut it to 68-54. Carrington with a three-pointer of his own put the typically home team first in the +17 (71-54)o Kulboka answered, while o Mitrou-Long with his three-pointer he shaped it 81-68 of the third quarter.

THE Mars he was too late (3.5 game minutes) to score in the fourth period as well, with Hapoel throwing the difference in their favor to +20 (88-68), before Bohorides… break the pomegranate for 88-70. The hosts continued to be in complete control of the match, eventually easily taking the win with 103-76.

The quarters: 23-21, 50-48, 81-68, 103-76

The match statistics