Apollon Patras – Kolossos 76-80: Diplaros is deadly, a triumph for the Rodites

A big match took place in Patras on Saturday afternoon (12/2) where Apollon and Kolossos fought for forty minutes but the Rodites smiled in the final (80-76). Two errors from Nikos Diplaros and two big baskets from Sean Miller judged the match, one of the nicest of the last games in the Stoiximan Basket League.

Apollon fell to 5-9 (3-4 home and 2-5 a), Kolossos raised to 9-5 (6-1 home and 3-4 a), breaking the rebound (47-33), showing pluralism in attack and took 41 points from his substitutes. Six misses and a low percentage of two points (36%) pained Patras, who now faces even more pressure in his bid to stay in the top tier of Greek basketball.

The race

Apollon’s start to the game was incredible, Diplaros had eight quick points in the fourth minute to make it 14-5! Tilly’s two threes helped the Colossus quickly close the gap and reduce the lead (14-13) before Floyd put the Rodites ahead and turned the match into a great fight. The match turned into a rodeo, impressive at the beginning of the second period, with great phases, with nails and with the derby that lasted (34-32 in 15′) until halftime where the hosts had a small advantage thanks to 7/9 they had three points at a time when the Hulk was 4/15.

The picture of the game did not change at the beginning of the second half, the colossus took the lead with a three-pointer from Momirov in the 26th minute (49:47), the defense now became tougher and the priority of the two coaches with Williams gave the Rodites a six-point lead (56-50) at the end of the third period. Apollonas responded and reduced to a point (64-65) in the middle of the quarter, with Mitrou-Long doing an incredible job for 70-70 in 36′ and for 76-74 in 39′ and the derby turned into a thriller. This was followed by a misplaced shot from Miller but an aggressive rebound from the Colossus, which saw Miller hold on to a tie at 35.2 inches, Diplaros slipped and Miller scored 76-78 at 11.8 inches.

Diplaros took the ball for the final attack, lost the ball and became the undoing of the game with his second error in equal stages when Floyd laid immediately after the shots in the Colossus’ victory.

THE REFEREES: Tsaroucha, Tsolakos, Malamas

THE TEN MINUTES: 18-17, 40-36, 50-56, 76-80

APOLLO (Vetoulas): Bogris, Tsalbouris 20 (5/14 two points, 2/7 three points, 12 rebounds, 2 blocks), Diplaros 1 5 (2/4 two points, 3/5 three points, 2/4 shots, 5 assists, 5 errors), McLean 7 (1/8 two points, 1/3 three points, 2/3 shots, 5 rebounds, 3 assists), Mitrou-Long 17 (5/10 two points, 2/3 three points, 1/2 shots, 5 rebounds, 4 assists), Tsiakmas 8 (2), Zoumpos, Molfetas, Davis 9 (1)

COLOSSUS (Kantzouris): Momirov 5 (1/5 three points, 4 rebounds), Williams 11 (2), Tili 10 (2), Hatzidakis, Pot 13 (2 three points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists), Margaritis 4 (5 rebounds ). , 3 assists), Billis 6 (2), Miller 16 (6/12 two points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists), Floyd 13 (1 three points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists), Slaftsakis 2

The group statistics of Apollo: 17/46 two points, 11/21 three points, 9/15 shots, 33 rebounds (25 defensive – 8 offensive), 14 assists, 6 steals, 3 blocks, 10 errors

The group statistics of the Colossus: 17/36 two points, 10/27 three points, 16/19 shots, 47 rebounds (35 defensive – 12 offensive), 17 assists, 8 steals, 2 blocks, 12 errors

The next games of the two teams: In game 16, Apollon plays AEK (5/3) in Ano Liossia while Kolossus hosts Aris (5/3).