Gran Canaria – Prometheus Patras 91-72: Bow to Spanish supremacy

Prometheus Patras is one of the two teams that Gran Canaria won in the EuroCup this year. However, on Wednesday night, January 18, he was unable to repeat the feat he accomplished three months ago after knowing the defeat at the Gran Canaria Arena (91-72).

The home side took an early lead, which they quickly extended to double digits without ever looking back. As much as Giannis Christopoulos tried to change the (big) picture of the game, Gran Canaria’s drive and superiority were evident, resulting in an easy Spanish victory.

Thus, in Group B, Prometheus dropped to 6th place while Gran Canaria remained in 1st place.

Placement in Group B

1. Gran Canaria 9-2
2. Turk Telekom 8-3
3. Hapoel Tel Aviv 7-4
4. Budukhnost 7-4
5. Paris 7-4
6. Prometheus Patras 6-5
7. London Lions 5-6
8. Hamburg Towers 3-8
9. Trento 2-9
10. Slask Wroclaw 1-10
    *The first eight (8) will receive the knockout ticket

The race

The hosts came onto the field furiously, accelerated and quickly took a double-digit lead – as they constantly ran in the switching game. Mistakes and missed shots on the edge essentially restricted Prometheus Patras, who was only able to make up the deficit to ten points (41:31) by the break.

Essentially, however, zero in the quotient. Gran Canaria didn’t lose control of the situation, getting a lot from Damien English and, with an excellent function in the attacking part, managed to keep a safety margin throughout the second half. This is exactly why the Spanish lead increased significantly, reaching +19 (75-56) in the 34th minute. To write the epilogue of the game at this point.

THE REFEREES: Jovcic-Silva-Cicci.

THE DECADES: 29-14, 41-31, 67-53, 91-72.

Gran Canary (Lakovich): Inglis 18 (6/8 2-pointers, 6/7 shots), Balcerovski 11 (4/4 2-pointers, 0/1 3-pointers, 3/4 shots), Slaughter 9 (1), Bassas , Albicci (7 assists, 3 fouls), Benite 13 (2), Brussino 5 (1/5 3 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists), Salvo 13 (5 rebounds), Surna 7 (1), Diop 12 (5 /7 2 pointers, 2/5 shots), Mutaf 3 (1), Stevis.

PROMITHEAS OF PATRAS (Christopoulos): Cowan 4, Condit 8, Muratos (3 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 fouls), Gikas 2, Laios 2, Sobson 8 (2), Hogg 5, Thomason 11 (1 three-pointer, 4 rebounds, 4 assists). , 5 fouls), Tanoulis 7, Kulboka 13 (2 threes, 6 rebounds).

Gran Canaria team statistics: 24/34 2-pointers, 6/22 3-pointers, 25/31 shots, 39 rebounds (33 defense + 6 offense), 24 assists, 6 steals, 13 turnovers, 4 blocks.

The team statistics of Prometheus Patras: 18/33 2-pointers, 6/21 3-pointers, 18/30 shots, 26 rebounds (22 defense + 4 offense), 17 assists, 7 steals, 15 turnovers, 1 block.

The next games of the two teams: For Gran Canaria, the away game against the London Lions follows (January 24th, 9:30 p.m.), Prometheus Patras returns to “Dimitris Tofalos” and welcomes Buduchnost (January 25th, 7:30 p.m.).