The 2/2 in the second phase of the Europe Cup was made by PAOK. The Thessaloniki team prevailed at home against Oradea with 73-68 and stands alone at the top of its group with a 2-0 record.
After the double at the home of Kalef/Kramos, PAOK defeated Oradea 73-68 in Pylaia and took an important step towards qualifying for the quarterfinals of the FIBA Europe Cup. The next matchday, the Thessalonikis welcome Dijon.
The Northern Biceps managed to escape with 20 points (56-36) just before the end of the third quarter, but the Romanians managed to get back in contention for the victory, without being able to pull off a complete upset.
Jackson Kreuzer (18 points, 4/5 three-pointers, 12 rebounds), Frank Bartley (17 points, 1/3 three-pointers, 4 rebounds) and Savar Reynolds (14 points, 1/4 three-pointers, 4 rebounds, 6 assists). On Oradea’s side, Paulius Petrilevicius stood out with 18 points and 6 rebounds.
THE DECADES: 22-14, 40-31, 56-45, 73-68.
PAOK (Chancellery): Lefas, Henderson 5 (1/2 two-pointers, 1/3 three-pointers, 3 rebounds), Upson 7 (3/4 three-pointers), Forrester 2, Iatridis, Persidis, Katsivelis 7 (3/5 two-pointers, 4 rebounds) , Papadakis 3 (1/2 3-pointers), Bartley 17 (4/10 2-pointers, 1/4 3-pointers, 4 rebounds), Antetokounmpo, Reynolds 14 (3/6 2-pointers, 1/4 3-pointers, 4 rebounds, 6 assists), Kreuzer 18 (2/4 2-pointers, 4/5 3-pointers, 2/2 shots, 12 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 stealing, 1 cap).
ORANTEA (Acim): Richard 8 (0/8 threes), Williams 8 (1/4 threes, 10 rebounds), Pridget 9 (1/3 threes), Brown 9 (2/4 threes), Young 10 (16 rebounds), Petrilevicius 18 (6 rebounds), Nastrut, Nikolescu 6 (1/5 three-pointers, 7 rebounds), Schmidt, Muresan.
The team statistics of PAOK: 17/35 2-pointers, 8/21 3-pointers, 15/19 shots, 37 rebounds (27 defensive, 10 offensive), 14 assists, 22 fouls, 19 turnovers, 7 steals, 2 blocks.
Oradea’s team statistics: 17/51 2-pointers, 5/24 3-pointers, 19/25 shots, 51 rebounds (24 defensive, 27 offensive), 14 assists, 23 fouls, 14 turnovers, 11 steals, 2 blocks.