Strasbourg – PAOK 105-78: Heavy defeat in France, in Palataki to a draw

It was a game under special conditions, a game before which a lot happened. Coronavirus cases, injuries, fear of being postponed or carried out. On Wednesday evening (5/1), PAOK finally had a bad performance in Strasbourg and were clearly defeated by the local team (105-78), which means they need a draw in Palataki on January 12 to return to France for the double and qualification for the 16th Basketball Champions League.

Great match from shooter Jarel Eddy (26 points, 3/4 two points, 4/5 three points, 8/10 shots), great from Jaromir Bochachik (20 points), where the hosts had 25 assists for 5 mistakes, performance that made has the difference to the above, as PAOK had 18 assists for 17 mistakes and 24 fewer shots than his opponents.

The race

Strasbourg got off to a good start and went into the game in the ninth minute with 5/7 three-pointers for a nine-point lead (21:12). Bocacic and Cavaliere damaged PAOK with their shots from the edge and at the end of the season (30-18) the hosts had 7/12 threes, Jarel Eddy with 12 and their opponents with four errors and Lov with eight points. Nobody else was in really good shape.

Strasbourg were impressive in the first half, stepping up their performance in the second ten minutes, sending the difference over 20 to go into the locker room with the impressive 57:34 that left PAOK no room to hope for a turnaround. Eddie and Bohachik had scored 30 points, the hosts shared 14 assists for only two mistakes and got 14 points from the mistakes of their opponents, who could not work in defense or attack.

PAOK is another team at the start of the second half. With a partial 9:22 reduced to 10 (66:56), four minutes before the end of the third period, but Strasbourg gave no further rights. He went back to +18 (77-59) in 30 ‘and never looked back, he also wrote the icing on the cake that had a bitter taste for the Thessalonians who saw Aris Lykogiannis eliminated and the locker room left prematurely.

THE REFEREES: Liska, Castillo, Horozov

THE TEN MINUTES: 30-18, 57-34, 77-59, 105-78

Strasbourg (Tuovi): Bengi 2, Courier 4, Meig 3, Minig 1, Mitchell 13 (1 threesome, 7 rebounds), Bohacic 20 (2/6 twos, 3/6 threes, 7/7 shots), Cavalier 9 (2) , Eddie 26 (3/4 two points, 4/5 three points, 8/10 shots), Lansdowne 10 (2), Udanoch 17 (7/10 two points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists)

PAOK (Lykogiannis): Jones 18 (7/9 two points, 4/4 shots, 13 rebounds, 2 assists), G. Kamberidis 5 (1), Ogbeide, Roumoglou 3 (1), Toliopoulos 18 (6/10 two points, 6/9 shots, 5 assists), Christodoulou 5 (1), DiLeo 14 (4), Kamarianos, Lov 10 (1), Mantzaris 2, Rivers 3 (1)

Strasbourg team stats: 20/36 two points, 13/26 three points, 26/31 shots, 38 rebounds (21 defensive – 17 offensive), 25 assists, 5 steals, 2 blocks, 5 errors

PAOK team statistics: 13/25 two points, 15/28 three points, 7/7 shots, 22 rebounds (17 defensive – 5 offensive), 18 assists, 3 steals, 1 block, 17 errors