Superior, more decisive, fuller and a little happier at the end, AEK took down the very competitive Apollo Indoor of Ano Liossia (77-75) for Game 16 of the Stoiximan Basket League with Keno by Colom Soll on Sunday night (6/3). lead and Hamer, Pappas, Kouzeloglou, Mavroidi will follow him.

At 7-8 the yellow-blacks (5-2 h and 2-6 a), with the Spanish playmaker carrying them on his back, at 5-10 the Patras (3-4 h and 2-6 a). from home) who tried very hard, they accumulated -12 in the last few minutes, they had the opportunity and the shot to win, but at the score of 76-75 they saw Tsalbouris miss a three-pointer and Diplaros make a mistake in the return to 2.9″.

The race

After Hamer scored eight quick points (1/1 two points, 2/2 three points), AEK entered the game dynamically while Colom shared one assist after another. A Rautins treble made it 18-8 in 4′, Filippakos kept the difference at that level (27-19), with the hosts ending the season at +10 (30-20) with 8/9, two points, 11 assists and no mistakes.

Apollon’s image wasn’t bad, only AEK was impressively effective. The Patras team increased their pace on both sides of the floor in the second half and equalized at 35:35, with Simmons breaking through on the execution part, but the hosts maintained the lead, counting 20 points on the racquet and Colom triple-double at halftime Track (7 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists without errors).

AEK went six minutes without a goal early in the second half as they scored their first points with shots from Kouzeloglou, Apollon failed to capitalize on the opportunity despite leading three (48-45) and when Dedas threw him to Mavroidi, who lost yesterday for a high treated for a fever took three baskets from him to make it 56-51 in less than three minutes.

And where everything was going well for the hosts, the referees went into the dressing room at 1:37 at the end of the third period. It wasn’t long before they returned, with AEK keeping the pace high and Pappas scoring 67-55 in 33 minutes, but the game had other emotions. McLean and Davis reduced to three (76-73), Tsalbouris made a big basket for 76-75, Colom made a mistake at 28″, Tsalbouris missed a three, but at 2.9″ Apollon had another chance.

Diplaros went to the rebound, made a mistake and then fouled Kouzeloglou to get the final score.

THE REFEREES: Koromilas, Manos, Tsimburis

THE TEN MINUTES: 30-20, 43-41, 58-53, 77-75

AEK (Dedas): Colom 12 (2/4 two points, 2/8 three points, 2/2 shots, 4 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 errors), Flionis 3 (1), Routines 3 (1/7 three points, 4 rebounds), Kouzeloglou 13 (4/6 two points, 8 rebounds), Hamer 17 (5/7 two points, 2/5 three points, 1/2 shots, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals), Petropoulos, Filippakos 5 , Pappas 17 (4/4 two points, 2/7 three points, 3/5 shots), Mavroidis 7 (4 rebounds, 2 assists)

APOLLO OF PATRAS (Vetoulas): Bogris 4 (4 rebounds, 3 assists), Chalbouris 18 (5/10 two points, 1/7 three points, 5/8 shots, 13 rebounds), Simmons 18 (3/4 two points, 3/9 three points, 3/5 shots), Diplaros 7 (1), McLean 16 (3/6 two points, 3/5 three points, 1/3 shots, 5 rebounds), Tsiakmas 6 (2), McLufflin, Davis 2 ( 7 rebounds), Mitrou-Long 4 (4 rebounds, 2 assists)

The team statistics of AEK: 20/29 two points, 8/33 three points, 13/22 shots, 39 rebounds (28 defensive – 11 offensive), 22 assists, 6 steals, 1 block, 8 errors

Apollo Patras team stats: 16/33 two points, 10/32 three points, 13/20 shots, 46 rebounds (31 defensive – 15 offensive), 13 assists, 5 steals, 3 blocks, 10 errors

The next games of the two teams: In the 17th game, AEK will play Aris in Alexandreio (13/3 at 17:00 CET), while Apollon will host Lavrio in Patras (12/3 at 17:00 CET).