Aris won by AEK 76-63 in Ano Liosia in the fourth game of the Basketball League.
It was the first defeat of the Union in the championship of this year. Aris returned to victory and now has a record of 2-2.
The team of Giannis Kastritis controlled the match from the very beginning. The union did not find solutions offensively and made many mistakes.
The Thessaloniki team entered the field with a gas pedal. With Goodwin’s nail, Giannis Kastritis’s team went 5-16 and the Union fell to 12-16 with five points from Petropoulos. When Phyllios hit the ball unexpectedly, Ari took the lead 14-22 and with the same player’s 3-pointer, Thessaloniki went 15-25 before Papadakis made it 18-25 in the first period.
Ares continued to control the match. The union reduced the difference, but Horchler returned Kastritis’s team to +10 (23-33) with two accurate shots. With two three-pointers in a row, the visitors led by 16 points (26-42), and Frazier gave way to AEK. With a new three-point shot, Aris brought the difference to 17 points, and AEK scored the difference in 36-47 halves.
At the start of the third quarter, Frazier was down to 38-47, but Aris again managed to find solutions for 40-55 with Goodwin. With a 3-pointer from Strelnieks and consecutive points from Mitchell, the Union was reduced to 50-57, but the visitors had a 50-61 answer with Note and Horchler. Madsen’s backhand made it 52-63 in the third period.
In the fourth quarter, Aris controlled the situation. The union failed to find a solution in the offensive order, making several mistakes in its defense as well. Thessalonians reached 62-74, and Huggins with about a minute and a half before the end of the game actually gave the victory to his team.
Quarters: 18-25, 36-47, 52-63, 63-76
AEK (Kantsouris): Koniaris, Frazier 7 (3/10 2-pointers, 0/5 3-pointers, 3 errors), McGriff 5 (3 rebounds, 3 assists), Williams 6, Mitchell 13 (10 rebounds), Petropoulos 5, Xanthopoulos 2 ( 2 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals, 2 errors), Percedis, Madsen 8 (4 rebounds), Papadakis 8, Strelnieks 9
Ares (Kastritis): Horchler 16 (7 blocks), Goodwin 18 (8/9 2-pointers, 9 rebounds), Note 9 (7 rebounds, 3 assists, 6 assists), Nezipoglu 11, Huggins 10 (3 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 steals, 3 revs), Sanogo 2 (6 rebounds), Fillios 10 (5 rebounds), Sidiroilias
Source: Kathimerini
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