OR AEK With a 13-0 series in the last 2.5 minutes, Dragan Sakota’s team was the winner of the Greek duel with Prometheus Patras In the latest Basketball Champions League match.
AEK, which had already secured the first place in the 9th group and qualifying for the quarter-finals of the competition, prevailed 60-56 in Patras Prometheus who ranked 4th with a victory in 6 matches.
In the face of the indifferent AEK standings, the hosts took the lead from the beginning with the Union being kept close to the score. In the final minutes of the second period, with the score at 22-21, the hosts ran 13-4 and closed the quarter with a double-digit difference, 35-25.
The last period started with Prometheus at +13 (49-36) and AEK with a 8-1 run to 50-44. Two and a half minutes before the end, Hale was “awakened” and union made a 11-0 series. So, from where he was back in the score of 56-47, he went 58-56 ahead, taking a lead for the first time after 6-5 in the 3rd minute! Lundzis missed the crucial shot and Kuzminskas with two shots finished the match.
With a three-pointer by Hunter Hale (his first points in the match!) And with two shots of Kuzminsca, the guests first came close to a shot (56-54), 1:14 before the end.
After this victory, AEK, who finished in the 1st place of her 5-1 group, enters the quarter-finals as strong, avoiding the first of the three other groups!
As such, the “yellow -blacks” are waiting to learn their opponent in the draw on Friday (28/3/25, 12:30), with Galatasaray, Reziana and Nader being candidates.
Indeed, whatever the opponent, Dragan Sakota’s band will have the advantage of the Best-of-Three series.
The quarters: 19-15, 35-25, 49-36, 56-60
PROMETHETHEAS (Elias Papatheodorou): Lountzis 5, Bazinas, Kenny Uliams 7 (1), 4, 4, Lagios, Chrysikopoulos 5 (1), Prekas, Varnando 21 (2), Ivountou 12 (3), Karagiannidis 2
AEK (Dragan Sakota): Hub 11 (2), Karambelas 2, Fliisis, Brais 6, Kuzminskas 10, Necipoglou 6 (1), Opiessi, Kouzeloglou 6, Golden 14, Heil 5 (1)