Triumph for AEK Betsson against Sassari with a comeback of -19 and great McRae, Tillman and Randle

AEK Betsson caused a big surprise in Italy and with Jordan McRae, Justin Tillman and the decisive Chayson Randle as protagonists, they came back from -19 and made it into the Basketball Champions League at 2/2 (83-79).

Five decisive shots from Chaison Randle put the momentum in the hands of the yellow and black and Platha’s team walked away with the “double”. The Union made 26 errors in the game compared to 13 for the Italians, but dominated in the area of ​​rebounds (48-20).

Two wins in as many games for AEK Betsson, sole first place in Group D.

The race

AEK Betsson didn’t start the game in Italy well at all, the main problem was in defense. The yellow-blacks had poor results, they allowed Sassari a lot of free shots and the home team took advantage of them by scoring 33 points in the first quarter (33-20). Platha’s team went into the second half changed, significantly limited the Italian team, narrowed the difference to single digits, but then got stuck offensively and Sassari went into the locker room with +14 (46-32).

Although the yellow and black saw Sassari go on a 5-0 run to start the second half and increase the difference to almost twenty points (51-32), they flipped the switch and returned to the game. Justin Tillman and Jordan McRae led the way offensively, and the latter’s basket and foul brought AEK Betsson within one shot at the end of the third period (61-58).

Now Union was well in the game and everything would be decided in the last quarter. In addition to the constants for Platha’s team, Chaison Randle was activated in the critical moments with big throws and gave AEK Betsson the lead with his fifth three-pointer 39 inches from the final (79-81). The momentum was now in the hands of the yellow and black, who left Italy with the “double”.

THE REFEREES: Conte, Baki, Calatrava

THE DECADES: 33-20, 46-32, 61-58, 79-83

SASARI (Bookmaker): Charalambopoulos 11 (3 rebounds), Diop 19, Trayer 2, Tyree 14 (7 assists), Whitaker 8 (4 assists), Cappelletti 4, Gentile 2, Gobbold 10, Cruslin 3, McKinney 6, Pisano, Raspino

AEK Betsson(Fouls): McLemore 5 (5 rebounds), 2 assists, McRae 22 (8/8 two-pointers, 5 rebounds), Netzipoglou, Randle 18 (5/8 three-pointers, 6 rebounds), Tilman 20 (10/13 twos, 7 rebounds), Hatzidakis 1, Flionis 6 (5 assists), Hall, Karabelas, Kottas, Kouseloglou, Kuzminskas 10 (5 rebounds)

Sassari team statistics: 18/34 2-pointers (52%), 8/26 3-pointers (30%), 19/21 shots (90%), 20 rebounds, 24 assists, 13 turnovers, 12 steals.

AEK Betsson team statistics: 24/38 2-pointers (63%), 7/23 3-pointers (30%), 14/20 shots (70%), 48 rebounds, 20 assists, 26 turnovers, 5 steals, 2 blocks.

The next games of the two teams: On the next matchday, AEK will face Stettin (8/11, 7:30 p.m.), while Sassari travels to Germany to play against Ludwigsburg (7/11, 9:00 p.m.).