THE Mars lost 87-77 to Turk Telecom on the road for its 11th game eurocupwith the “yellows” being competitive for most of the match, but paying for their poor 4th period.
He “looked” into the… eyes of his opponent for 35′ minutes, he believed that he could “escape” from Ankara with a positive result, Aris, in the end, “bent” tonight in the last five minutes of the away match, for the 11th matchday of the EuroCup, against Turk Telecom. He was defeated 87-77, “writing his 9th ‘straitjacket’ of the tournament.”
The Turks “cleaned up”, shortly before its end, the match, having more and better offensive options, with Ismet Akpinar, who was one of their leaders on the floor (19 points, 4 assists, 1 steal) and the former guard of Aris, Olivier Hanlan (16 points, 4 assists). The presence of Anthony Brown (18 points, 4 rebounds) was also a catalyst.
The ones who stood out the most for the Thessalonians – who could not “cash in” the momentum they had during the longest match in the racket (35 rebounds, 18 of which were offensive) – were Sharif Cooper (20 points), Darral Willis (15 points, 6 rebounds).
The quarters: 14-22, 45-43, 63-60, 87-77
Turk Telecom (Erdem Can): Durmaz 5 (1), Akpinar 19 (4), Alexander 7, Brown 18 (3), Tuncha, Agwa 5, Bess 2, Hanlan 16 (2), Smith 6, Makudu 9 (1).
Aris (Yiannis Kastritis): Cooper 20 (3), Banks 2, Noley 10, Hatzidakis 2, Lazevski 9 (2), Bessariou 3 (1), Willis 15, Roberts 5, Fillios, Hodge 11 (2).