Adidas Next Generation Tournament: The dreamy Samodurov, Pietrus hurts the team of Spanoulis

Stellacura, a team from Rome, has been one of the biggest forces in European basketball in recent years in terms of infrastructure. It’s a talent factory. He came to Patras to win the Adidas Next Generation Tournament of the EuroLeague and on the first day of the tournament he defeated the Next Gen Patras of Vassilis Spanoulis and Alexandros Samodurov 82-78.

Inocenti on 18 points, Visidin on 19 and Pugliati on 15 made a great showing in a side forty minutes away from the Italian side, who with all-field pressure choked Next Gen Patras in the fourth third. He won it 29-15 and is already thinking about the program on Saturday (3/26) as he will face Helsinki Academy at 11:30 and host Prometheus at 18:30.

A nightmare afternoon for Ilan Pietrus (1/7 two points, 2/8 three points, 8/14 shots, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 7 errors) that didn’t give Alexandros Samodurov an opportunity to combine his incredible statistics (24 points). , 9/12 two points, 6/8 shots, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 38 ranking) with victory in his first experience with foreign teammates. Pakom Dadier and Mohamed Diavara had impressive breaks but in the end the mistakes and somber faces from the defeat lingered.

THE TEN MINUTES: 16-26, 38-36, 53-63, 82-78

NEXT GENERATION PATRAS (Spanoulis): Kalliontzis, Saraf 2 (0/5 shots, 5 rebounds), Lagos, Malovets 4, Samodurov 24 (9/12 two points, 6/8 shots, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 1 block, 8 wins fouls), Pietrous 16 (1/6 two points, 2/8 three points, 8/14 shots, 4 assists, 7 errors), Dadier 16 (4/5 two points, 0/4 three points, 8/9 shots ), Diavara 14 (3/5 two points, 2/7 three points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists), Pinis 2