Third loss in four games in the Basketball Champions League for AEK

The home loss to Bonn (66-73) was a painful result for AEK, who had traveled to Germany to… recover, but failed again (80-72) in the fourth game of the Basketball Champions League.

The Germans rose to 3-1 and made a leap to qualify for the next stage of the competition, the yellow-blacks fell to 1-3 and now have a very difficult task to hold their own ahead of Carciyaka and Rezzo Emilia as they will received in the closed area of ​​​​Ano Liosia in the last two games.

The group rating

1. Bonn 3:1
2. Karsiyaka 2-2
3. Rezzo Emilia 2-2
4. AEK 1-3

With Strelniek leading in the first period (7 points), AEK showed that they went to Germany to win, but they didn’t have enough creativity and efficiency from the perimeter (2/7 trebles for 19-17 in 10 minutes). ). Williams and Mitchell were there to show AEK was ready for the double and Madsen pulled off a shot late in the first half to make it 34-35, even between two teams who knew the importance of their mission.

With shorts in the third quarter, Bonn extended an 11-point lead (52-41 at 25′) and increased 15 (59-44 at 28′) to end the game in minutes. Kanzouri’s players didn’t have the energy or guts to challenge for the upset, Shorts did what he wanted by scoring in spurts and by the end of the evening the better team, the one with the best player of the game, had won.

THE REFEREES: Comte, Maestre, Zupancic

THE DECADES: 19-17, 39-38, 63-50, 80-72

BONN (Draw): Delaney 11 (1 3-pointers, 6 rebounds), Herrera 4, Malcolm 7 (1), Morgan 11 (2), Shorts 27 (10/16 2-pointers, 2/5 3-pointers, 1/ 3 shots, 2 rebounds, 4 assists), Kessens 1, scratches 7 (9 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals), Tada 3, Williams 9 (3/4 3 points)

AEK (Kantzouris): Frazier 16 (1/6 2-pointers, 2/6 3-pointers, 8/10 shots, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals), Mitchell 13 (5/6 2-pointers, 1/1 3 -Pointers, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks), Petropoulos, Strelnieks 17 (3/3 2-pointers, 3/7 3-pointers, 2/4 shots), Williams 11 (3), Flionis 6 (2), Koniaris, Madsen 3, McGriff 4 (1/7 shots), Miles 2, Persidis, Xanthopoulos

Bonn’s team statistics: 19/37 2-pointers, 9/21 3-pointers, 15/24 shots, 41 rebounds (26 defensive – 15 offensive), 14 assists, 7 steals, 1 block, 13 fouls

Team stats from AEK: 12/26 2-pointers, 11/27 3-pointers, 15/22 shots, 29 rebounds (20 defense – 9 offense), 13 assists, 10 steals, 3 blocks, 13 fouls

The next games of the two teams: On the next matchday, Bonn plays away at Karsigiaka (7/12, 7:00 p.m.), while AEK Rezzo hosts Emilia in a closed game against Ano Liosion (7/12, 7:30 p.m.).