Thomason lit the spark and -16 turned into +24 for Prometheus vs Slask

Prometheus was pushed enough by EuroCup Group B bottoms Slask Wroclaw (1-13)However, in the first half, when he lost up to 16 points (9:25, 7’45”), he proved that he has more quality than the Poles and finally 90:66 clearly prevailed in the context of the game for the 14th game and improved his record to 9-5.

Joe Thomason led the Patriots by 20 points (2/8 2-pointers, 4/5 3-pointers, 4/4 shots), all in the first half, along with 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals. Nemanja Dangubic followed with 15 points (4/6 2-pointers, 1/2 3-pointers, 4/5 shots) and 4 rebounds. Bad night for Arnoldas Kulboka who stayed clean (0/1 doubles, 0/4 trebles) despite playing to 25’31”.

The race

Prometheus led 7-2 after 2’15”, with the Slask coach calling for a hasty time-out and the visitors then ramped up their performance, going 16-0 to make it 9-6 from 4’11” 9-25 (7’45”).

From that point on, the Patrinos were completely regrouped. First they closed the gap to single digits (18-27, 10”) and then retook the lead (39-33, 16’38”) with Joe Thomasan taking the lead and earning 18 points. The Poles responded with 8 of their own points (39:41, 18’40”). Finally, the hosts went into the dressing room with +2 (43:41, 20′) after a basket from Nemanja Dangubic and a set of precise shots from Thomason.

After the break, Yannis Christopoulos’ team asserted its dominance, increasing the value of the difference to 13 points (67-54) at the end of the third period and ending the game at +24.

THE REFEREES: Villius, Udiansky, Bittner

THE DECADES: 18-27, 43-41, 67-54, 90-66

PROMETHEUS (Christopoulos): Cowan 4 (5 assists), Dangubic 15 (4/6 2-pointers, 1/2 3-pointers, 4/5 shots, 4 rebounds), Muratos 2 (3 assists), Simpson 14 (4/5 threes), Hogg 3, Kulboka (7 rebounds), Condit 13 (7 rebounds), Tsairelis 5 (3 rebounds, 3 errors), Gikas 9 (1/4 threes, 4 assists), Thomason 20 (2/8 2-pointers, 4/5 3-pointers, 4/4 shots, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals), Laios, Tanoulis 5

SLASK WROCLAW (Urlep): Kolenda 10 (2/6 3 points), Golebiovski 7 (1/6 3 points, 5 turnovers), Parahuski (4 rebounds), Dzieva 19 (1), Wisniewski 1, Pavlov, Tomczak 10 (7 rebounds, 4 assists), Bibbs 8 (1/6 threes, 4 rebounds), Niziol 9 (1)

Prometheus team stats: 21/35 2-pointers, 10/23 3-pointers, 18/24 shots, 30 rebounds (22 defensive – 8 hypothetical), 21 assists, 12 steals, 3 blocks, 14 fouls

Slask Wroclaw team statistics: 16/32 2-pointers, 6/25 3-pointers, 16/20 shots, 32 rebounds (21 defensive – 11 offensive), 16 assists, 7 steals, 3 blocks, 20 fouls

The next games of the two teams: On the 15th day of the EuroCup, Prometheus will play away at Turk Telecom (July 3rd, 7 p.m.), Slask will host the London Lions (August 3rd, 8:30 p.m.).