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Nizhny’s victory over Turk Telekom (96-82) lifted the Russians to 3-0 and sent the Turks to 1-3, a positive result for AEK, which lost to Strasbourg on Tuesday night (23/3) in France. (91-73) and fell to 2-1, losing the difference of +9 from the first game.
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The yellow and black will play in two days, on Thursday afternoon (25/3) in Novgorod the postponed match of the premiere of the TOP-16 of the Basketball Champions League and then they will travel to Ankara (31/3) with the goal of al minus a victory that will grant them the title of favorite to qualify for the next phase of the tournament.
Without Zisis, Jankovic, Moreira, Sloter, Gondika, but also Dimitris Mavroidis who felt a spasm in the middle of the warm-up and didn’t play, AEK lined up, hoping for better days later in the season.
THE RANKING (AFTER 4 GAMES)
1. Nizni 3-0
two. AEK 2-1
3. Turk Telekom 1-3
Four. Strasbourg 1-3
THE RACE
Strasbourg put its own rhythm to the game early on, when Bohacic scored 11-3 in the third minute before the gap reached ten (22-12 in 7 ‘). AEK had no energy in defense, he went to great attacks, but the hosts were very effective in attack and closed the first ten minutes at +13 (31-18) thanks to 8/12 two points, 2/4 three points and 9 / 9 shots against the 6/15 shots of the yellow and black.
With a partial 7-17, AEK reduced to the basket in the middle of the second half (35-33), but again Strasbourg had more energy. A triple by Jefferson scored 50-39 in the 18th minute, but the image of the game did not change. The Papatheodoros players struggled to hold out as long as they could, were forced to continue at a high pace, Langford closed the first half at 52-45 and interest remained high.
With a 7-2 run in the first three minutes of the third half, Strasbourg escaped to +12 (59-47) and +16 (63-47) after an unsportsmanlike conduct by Moraitis, with the result that AEK stayed there from strength and start thinking about Thursday’s match (25/3) with Nizhny Novgorod. There he hopes to have Dimitris Mavroidis in his lineup, against a team that seems to be the clear favorite for the first place of the group.
THE REFEREES: Lanzarote, Voinovic, Salins
THE TEN MINUTES: 31-18, 52-45, 73-58, 91-73
STRASBOURG (Tuovi): Colson 18 (4/11 two points, 1/4 three points, 7/7 shots, 8 rebounds), Jefferson 18 (3/5 two points, 2/4 three points, 6/6 shots), Lanston 7 (3/10 shots), Udanoch 2, Wainwright 10 (4/4 two points), Bohachik 7 (3/11 shots), Cavaliere 12 (4/4 two points, 1/2 triples, 1/1 shot, 5 rebounds), Meig 5 (1), Maureen 12 (6/6 2 points, 8 rebounds)
AEK (Papatheodorou): Chrysikopoulos 9 (1/9 two points, 2/4 three points, 1/1 shot, 5 rebounds, 4 blocks), Katsivelis, Lodzeski 7 (1), Moraitis 4 (1), Mouzes 15 (6 / 8 two points), 3/4 shots, 9 rebounds), Gikas, Langford 20 (7/12 two points, 1/3 three points, 3/5 shots), Matsioulis 7 (3/4 two points, 5 rebounds), Rogavopoulos 3 (1)
Strasbourg team statistics: 26/47 two points, 7/23 three points, 18/18 shots, 46 rebounds (30 defensive – 16 offensive), 17 assists, 6 steals, 3 blocks, 10 errors
AEK team stats: 21/46 two points, 7/23 three points, 10/17 shots, 42 rebounds (23 defensive – 19 offensive), 9 assists, 6 steals, 5 blocks, 15 errors
The next matches of the two teams: In the fifth match, Strasbourg will play away with Nizhny (31/3), while AEK will first face Nizhny Novgorod (25/3) in the postponed match of the first match and then go to Ankara to play with Turk Telekom ( 31/3).
Photo credits: FIBA
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