FIBA Champions League
AEK lost a game and first place and awaits an opponent in the Basketball Champions League playoffs
AEK’s performance was good but they were defeated by Malaga (65-75) and go into the Basketball Champions League playoffs with a home handicap.
The crowd was back to support them, AEK gave a good performance against Malaga on Tuesday night (3/21) but in the end they lost 65-75 thereby losing first place in the group to continue in basketball playoffs Champions League with a home handicap to qualify for the Final Four.
The Yellow-Blacks finished the game with 3/19 three-pointers and that was the element that hurt them more than anything else, with the absence of Janis Strelnieks (for the remainder of the season) being more than apparent at several points in the game. Lemar, Miles and Oriola did not have a good night in the execution and AEK is now waiting to find out which team they will fight which will result in a tie. This will be one of Tenerife, Bonn, Strasbourg or Hapoel Jerusalem.
For its part, Málaga took first place and home rights for the best-of-three series, so it will be favorites to reach the Final Four. The Andalusians had 19 assists for 11 errors, they covered Kendrick Perry’s bad night and with Tyson Carter outstanding in attack, they got the result that they celebrated hard in the final.
THE REFEREES: Zurapovic, Listska, Kozlovskis
THE DECADES: 15-21, 38-39, 55-59, 65-75
AEK (Kantzouris): Flionis 4 (1/5 shots, 3 rebounds, 2 assists), Yankovic 9 (3/4 2 points, 3/3 shots, 5 rebounds), Lemar 12 (5/15 shots, 3 rebounds, 2 assists), Miles 7 (1), Mitchell 14 (5/6 2 points, 4/6 3 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists), Gondikas 2, Koniaris, Madsen 1, Oriola 6 (3/7 shots, 4 rebounds), Papadakis 5 (1), Petropoulos, Xanthopoulos 5 (1 three-pointer, 4 assists)
MALAGA (Navarro): Barreiro 3 (1), Diath 3 (1 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 5 assists), Kalinoski 5 (1), Kravis 9 (4/6 2-pointers), Osetkowski 7 (4 rebounds), Brithuela 13 (2/3 2-pointers, 3/4 3-pointers), Carter 15 (4/7 2-pointers, 1/4 3-pointers, 4/4 shots), Ejim, Perry 1 (0/4 shots, 4 assists), Sima 10 (4/6 2 points, 2/2 shots, 6 rebounds), Thomas 9 (1)
Team stats from AEK: 21/37 2-pointers, 3/19 3-pointers, 14/17 shots, 36 rebounds (25 defensive – 11 offensive), 16 assists, 5 steals, 1 block, 13 turnovers
Malaga team statistics: 20/39 2-pointers, 8/25 3-pointers, 11/14 shots, 42 rebounds (27 defensive – 15 offensive), 19 assists, 4 steals, 5 blocks, 11 turnovers
Source: sport 24
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