Larissa – AEK 82-65: Thessalian supremacy over the Yellow Black Specter

Great result for Larissa on Saturday evening (12/2) with the aim of staying in the Stoiximan Basket League. Thessaly prevailed 82-65 from AEK, who went to an eight-player rotation and failed to make up for their significant absences indoors in Naples.

The team of Fotis Takianos rose to 5-9 (3-5 at home and 2-4 away), the team of Stefanos Dedas fell to 6-8, not waiting for Nikos Pappas, Brian Angola, Andy Rautins and Keith Integration Langford , who arrived in Greece today to take on the yellow and black in the Final Four of the Cup in the semifinals on Friday 2/18. to help with Olympiacos.

The race

AEK got off to a good start in the game, Griffin scoring eight points for 8-14 and by the end of the season the hosts were 3/13, finding two points and 16 rebounds against nine of the yellow-blacks who went for big attacks but got early charged with fouls in a seven-player rotation. The game didn’t have much quality, the score remained low, the hosts had a significant problem on the two points (7/22 to 17′), but they had more solutions on their bench for the 35-31 at half time, the visitors had 9 /29 shots (5/16 two points, 4/13 three points) and just one shot from Larissa’s three penalties.

Thessaly maintained the lead and control of the game early in the second half, with AEK having no scorer to pull them out of the mud. Maric and Moody scored 45-39 midway through the third period while Kouzeloglou kept the yellow-blacks up late in the quarter, leaving 56-50 promise of a grand final. Green and Zaras came in fourth with three points for 62-50, Green scored four points for 66-52 in 32′ and somewhere there the game was judged. Dedas was sent off in the 36th minute after several skirmishes on the floor and only the best team of the night winning the final.

THE REFEREES: Poursanidis G., Symeonidis, Agrafiotis

THE TEN MINUTES: 15-16, 35-31, 56-50, 82-65

ΛΑΡΙΣΑ (Takianos): Hudson 12 (4/7 two points, 1/1 three points, 1/2 shots, 5 rebounds), Kroumbali, Green 16 (3 three points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists), Maric 18 (7/14 two points, 4/10 shots, 12 rebounds), Moody 11 (1 three points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists), Tsairelis 12 (3/9 two points, 6/7 shots, 5 rebounds), Zaras 5 (1), Karabelas 3 (1 three points, 5 rebounds), Papantoniou 2, Bergins 3 (1)

AEK (Dedas): Colom 9 (2/9 three points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists), Petropoulos 8 (1 three points, 5 rebounds), Griffin 6 (3/8 shots), Mavroidis 11 (4/8 two points, 3 /6 shots, 8 rebounds, 2 assists), Hamer 12 (1 three, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals), Flionis 4 (1/10 shots), Filippakos 6, Kouzeloglou 9 (5 rebounds, 2 assists)

Larissa’s group statistics: 16/39 two points, 8/16 three points, 26/37 shots, 40 rebounds (29 defensive – 11 offensive), 18 assists, 6 steals, 3 blocks, 12 errors

The team statistics of AEK: 16/37 two points, 5/25 three points, 18/28 shots, 44 rebounds (27 defensive – 17 offensive), 18 assists, 6 steals, 2 blocks, 14 errors

The next games of the two teams: In the 16th game, Larissa plays in Lavrio (5/3), while AEK Apollon hosts Patras (5/3).