PAOK prevailed with the final 87-63 of the fighting Apollon Patras in the framework of the 1st matchday of the playouts
PAOK turned up the heat in the fourth quarter with a partial score of 30-7 and comfortably prevailed over the fighting Apollo Patras, ending the negative streak of five consecutive defeats after 56 days.
Dikephalos entered the court somewhat awkwardly and found himself losing by six points at the start of the match (11-17, 5′). The visitors took a small lead at the end of the 1st period (23-26).
The home team took advantage of the visitors’ nine mistakes in the first half and took the lead with Fridriksson’s layup (31-30, 15′), ending up in the locker room with a three-point lead (44-41, 20′).
However, once again Apollos overtook PAOK, who had 8 points in 8 minutes of play in the 3rd period, but Tsiakmas’ three-pointer put them back in the lead (57-56).
In the 4th period, PAOK took advantage of the visitors’ scoring weakness (no points for 5:20) by going on a 17-0 run.
Thus, PAOK started with a win, improving its record to 9-14, rising to the 1st place of the play outs, which gives a place in the play offs, and Apollonas stayed in the last place with 3-20.
The quarters: 23-26, 44-41, 57-56, 87-63.
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2024-04-05 11:26:04
