Basketball
Prometheus recovered from a -21 deficit, but Kolossos triumphed in an unimaginable defeat in overtime
Prometheus Patras – led by Anthony Cowan – made a strong effort to come back from -21, but Kolossos sent the game into extra time. There the Rhodians had more strength and solutions and finally prevailed with 114-109 (100-100 ka) in an exciting and satisfying game.
In Rhodes, unimaginable things happened in the game that raised the curtain on Game 10 of the Stoiximan Basket League. Prometheus Patras lost to Kolossos Rhodes by 21 points (70-49) early in the third period and led 98-100 with 9 inches left, but London Perantes sent the game to overtime. Five minutes into extra time, Kuro Segura’s team had more solutions and strengths to finally prevail 114-109 in a game that was not lacking in spectacle, excitement and results.
Perantes was outstanding throughout the game, scoring 27 points with 5 rebounds and 8 assists in 40’55 minutes of play. Luka Brajkovic achieved the double-double with 22 points and 12 rebounds. Tyler Poli had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Andrew Goudlock and Sotiris Billis each added 14 points.
From Elias Papatheodorou’s team, Anthony Cowan was sensational, flirting with a triple-double with 30 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists. The contribution of Jaime Etzenike with 19 points and 10 rebounds and Cameron Reynolds with 20 points and 6 rebounds was also valuable.
The race
After Tyler Pauli quickly scored 10 points and Luka Brajkovic added another 9, the Colossus ended the first period with a 33-25 lead. Prometheus scored an 8-0 run and tied the game at 33:33 (11:40″), while the two teams played a draw until the 15th minute (40:39). The Rhodians went into double figures at 57:47 They took the lead in the 19th minute and kept it until halftime (59-49, 20th).
The difference increased to 21 points (70-49) at 23:30, but this did not deter Elias Papatheodorou’s team at all, which did not stop fighting until the last fall. Prometheus initially reduced to single digits (82-49). 73) at 31:30″, while Anthony Cowan took action and scored 15 points from that point to put the game in the basket with 30″ to go (97-95).
Paulie took a shot. Cowan did the same before Chrysikopoulos collected the offensive rebound after the second miss and Cowan hit a huge 3-pointer that earned him a foul. All of this meant it was 98-100 with 9 inches to go, but the Colossus didn’t have the final say yet. Goudlock increased to a three-pointer, missed the target, but Perantes renewed the attack and scored with the exhalation to make it 100-100, which decided the match and extended it to five minutes.
In overtime, the home team had more strength, a clearer head and more solutions and ultimately won 114:109.
THE REFEREES: Papapetrou, Agrafiotis, Tsonos
THE DECADES: 33-25, 59-49, 82-67, 100-100 (ff), 114-109
COLOSSUS (Segura): Gaudlock 14 (1/4 3-pointers), Brajkovic 22 (12 rebounds), Billis 14 (2), Poli 18 (2/4 3-pointers, 7 rebounds), Perantes 27 (7/12 2- ) pointers, 3/9 3-pointers, 4/4 shots, 5 rebounds, 8 assists), Jorgensen, Utomi 9 (1/5 three-pointers, 5 rebounds), Petropoulos 6, Kamarianos, Gondikas 4, Hadjinikolas
PROMETHEUS (Papatheodorou): Reynolds 20 (6/11 three-pointers, 6 rebounds), Koniaris 5 (1/4 three-pointers), Chrysikopoulos 7 (1/3 three-pointers, 4 rebounds), Etsenike 19 (10 rebounds), Cowan 30 (4/10 2-point shots, 5/10 3-point shots, 7/12 shots, 8 rebounds, 10 assists), Kofi 15 (4/6 2-point shots, 7/8 shots, 6 rebounds), Stevens 4 , Karagiannidis, Plotas, Jones 7 (1), Bazinas 2
Colossus team statistics: 29/49 2-pointers, 9/28 3-pointers, 29/35 shots, 43 rebounds (30 defensive – 13 offensive), 19 assists, 9 fouls, 5 steals, 3 blocks
Prometheus team stats: 24/45 2-pointers, 14/32 3-pointers, 19/29 shots, 42 rebounds (30 defensive – 12 offensive), 21 assists, 9 turnovers, 5 steals, 3 blocks
The next games of the two teams: Next week (December 16-17) the All-Star Game will take place in Karditsa. On matchday 11, Kolossos will play against Marousi in the Agios Thomas indoor stadium (December 23rd, 6:00 p.m., ERTSPORTS 1), while Prometheus Panathinaikos welcomes AKTOR in Patras (December 24th, 8:15 p.m., ERT3).
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Three matches were played as part of the 18th round of the Euroleague on December 26.
Partizan hosted Maccabi Tel Aviv and suffered a heavy defeat.
The home team, which started the match better, was separated from the opponent by 11 points (28:17) in the first quarter, and at the end of the first 10 minutes, they missed the 3:13 attack and reduced the difference with the opponent team to 1 point (31:30). In the second quarter, Maccabi seized the initiative and after a 14:0 move, they fell behind by 15 points, 56:41. This part of the game was decisive, since then the away team increased their advantage and achieved +33 points – 92:58 at the end of the third quarter, after which they relaxed a little and allowed the opponent to reduce the gap to the last 25 points – 87:112.
This was Maccabi’s fifth consecutive win in the Euroleague, which moved them up to 14th in the standings.
While the most productive player of the match was Walker, who scored 20 points, overall five of Maccabi’s players scored 10+ points.
Monaco had a tough home win against Real Madrid.
The Monegasques were ahead almost the entire game against Los Blancos, but they could not gain a comfortable distance. At the beginning of the third quarter, the home team had a 14-point lead, but then they missed a move at 4:14 and allowed their opponent to return to the game, and at the end of 10 minutes, Real equalized the score: 70:70. The decisive factor in the fourth quarter was Monaco’s 12:0 breakthrough towards the middle of the 10-minute period, which gave them a 12-point advantage: 87:75. After this, although the guest team reduced the gap, they did not fully return to the game. As a result, Monaco won with a score of 100:95.
Real Madrid’s Ukrainian headquarters Alexey Len He spent 6 minutes on the field and made 1 incorrect two-point shot and 1 foul during this time.
The two visiting players immediately recorded double-doubles. Tavares had 21 points and 11 rebounds, while Campazzo had 28 points and 10 assists. Okobo scored 22 points for the winners, but Monaco showed more team play; 6 home players scored 10+ points.
Virtus Bologna hosted Olympiacos and almost staged a surprising comeback in the fourth quarter.
The home team won the first quarter with a score of 25:23, but then the game went sideways and at the big break the Greeks had a 9-point advantage – 50:41, and before the last minute of the third quarter the away team was ahead +20 – 77:57. The fate of the match seemed certain, but then Virtus got back into the game with a move at 18:3. There was an even game further down the field, where the home team tried to equalize the score, but Fournier’s three-pointer with a score of 92:93 and successful free throws helped the Greeks preserve the victory, but Virtus made a three-point shot for equal score at the last second through Alston’s efforts.
Dorsey scored 23 points and Fournier scored 21 points for Olympiacos.
Europa League. Regular season. 18th round, 26 December
Partizan – Maccabi Tel Aviv – 87:112 (31:30, 12:28, 16:34, 28:20)
Partisan: Payne (15 points + 3 rebounds + 6 assists), Brown (12+2+4), Bonga (10+4+1), Jones (10+6+2), Marinkovich (9+2+1), Washington (8+1 assists), Osetkovski (8+1+3), Fernando (6+4+1), Lakic (6+1+1), Calathes (3+2+2).
maccabi: Walker (20+2+5), Sorkin (17+6+3), Leaf (14+6+1), Brissett (11+3 rebounds), Santos (10+2+2), Gord (9+4+2), Ryman (8+4 rebounds), Clark (7+3+6), Blatt (6+4+7), DiBartolomeo (5+3+1), Lundberg (3+2+2), Levy (2+1 selection).
Monaco – Reality – 100:95 (21:20, 26:23, 23:27, 30:25)
Monaco: Okobo (22+2+2), James (15+4+5), Nedovich (12+3 rebounds), Strazel (12+4 rebounds), Diallo (11+7+2), Mirotic (10+1+2), Theis (8+7+1), Blossomgame (6+4 rebounds), Hayes (4+7+1).
Real: Campazzo (28+5+10), Tavares (21+11 rebounds), Okeke (12+2 rebounds), Dec (9+4+2), Abalde (7+2 assists), Hezonja (6+5+2), Maledon (5+1+2), Procida (3), Garuba (2+2 rebounds), Kramer (2+1 rebounds).
Virtus Bologna – Olympiacos – 94:97 (25:23, 16:27, 19:27, 34:20)
virtus: Wildosa (17+2+4), Morgan (15+5 assists), Edwards (14+1+2), Diouf (12+4+1), Smailagic (9), Alston (8+2 rebounds), Niang (7+4+1), Hackett (6+3+4), Payola (4+1+4), Akele (2+1 rebounds).
OlympiacosDorsey (23+4+3), Fournier (21+1 rebounds), Vezenkov (16+5 rebounds), Milutinov (13+9+5), Peters (13+6+1), Papanikolaou (5+4+2), Walkup (2+2 assists), Ntilikina (2+1+2), Hall (2+2 assists), Morris (3 rebounds + 2 assists).
tournament table
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Croatian “Zadar” reported on its official website the transfer of a basketball player from the Ukrainian national team Ivan Tkachenko.
After a short trial period during which the Ukrainian player met the requirements of the coaching staff, a contract was signed with him at the end of the season.
The club has already announced that Tkachenko will participate in the Adriatic League and the Croatian Championship, so the Ukrainian can make his debut for the new team in the local championship match against Kvarner on December 27.
Tkachenko did not sign a contract with any club at the beginning of the 2025/26 season and played in only two official matches after the start of the season – as part of the Ukrainian national team, against Georgia and Denmark in November as part of the 2027 World Cup qualifiers.
Last season Ivan played for Mitteldeutscher, where he won the German Cup. The forward, who played in 32 matches in the 2024/25 Bundesliga, averaged 4.9 points and 3.8 rebounds in 17.3 minutes.
During his club career, Tkachenko played for Ukrainians Cherkasy Mavpy and Prometheus, as well as Finland’s Helsinki Seagals.
Zadar is in sixth place in the Adriatic League Group B with 4 wins in 10 matches, and is in second place in the Croatian Championship with a score of 10-1.
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Star player of Los Angeles Lakers Luka Doncic Against the background of the embarrassing defeat of Houston Rockets (96:119), he explained what the team had to change to improve the results:
“I don’t know exactly what needs to change, but something definitely needs to change. We need to figure it out, that’s what we need to do. Everyone should discuss it.”
I know JJ Redick said it would be disturbing. And that’s the way it should be.
As I said, we need to discuss this. It may be uncomfortable, but everyone needs to try harder, starting with me.
We just have to challenge each other. Everyone should challenge themselves and their teammates. “There’s no way to play the way we play, so we’ve got to be better than that.”
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