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In a shocking situation, AEK had fun on Friday night (2/10) against Zaragoza in the semifinal of the Basketball Champions League. The yellows and blacks beat the Spanish (99-75) and qualified for the final of the tournament, in which they will face the ambitious Burgos who in turn easily defeated Dijon in the first semifinal of the night.
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Tyrese Rice, Keith Langford, Janick Moreira, Matt Lodzeski, Nikos Rogavopoulos did a great job scoring, and Zaragoza were reconciled to their fate early on. The Spanish lost to Rashid Suleiman, who played just three minutes, with an injury, with the exception of Di Jay Shili, who was no longer in good condition and the dream of participating in the trophy match was shattered in a few minutes, from the first period.
The MVP
Tyrese Rice returned to Greece to help AEK win their second Basketball Champions League trophy and is in a scandalous state. At 4:45 p.m. the American superstar scored 18 points from 6/6 two points, 1/3 from three points and 3/3 from shots, gave five assists, all for highlights, made a mistake and looked ready for the big game. . Live for these games, so it’s easy to understand what’s coming next …
THE WEAK LINK
Jason Thompson. The former NBA player with almost 600 games in his NBA career, he never helped Zaragoza. He played 17:40, had 2 points from 2/2 shots, missed all four shots out of two he made, made three errors and five fouls, moaned at the referees, left as silently as he entered OAKA. His coach would expect much longer, but …
THE STATISTICS THAT stood out
AEK closed the first ten minutes with 5/8 triples and an error, at halftime he had 14 assists for three errors (!) And at the same time Zaragoza had 7/22 of two points, ten more shots and only four final passes. At the end of the night the hosts had 23 assists, they shot with 66% in two points and 46% in three points, they kept Zaragoza at 38% in two points, cleared it and continued on the third step they still need to climb to the top of Europe.
THE RACE
Jankovic’s two quick fouls in the first 18 seconds of the match seemed like a bad omen, but AEK were well prepared for this semi-final. Two 3-pointers from Chrysikopoulos and four consecutive points from Langford made it 12-0 at 4 ‘, with Brusino-Benzing responding with his own 0-8, but achieving nothing else. The 26-15 of the first period flattered the Spaniards and this was demonstrated later.
The yellows and blacks opened the second ten minutes with lozeski triples, Rice was very focused and 38-19 in the 13th minute they began to distinguish the clever from the unsuspecting. If, in fact, it were not JJ Shili to take the ball and play with terrible stubbornness, Zaragoza would have been even further behind on the scoreboard as the giant Hlinason fired a cannon shot against much closer players, Brusino lost at 53-32 of the half left no room for hope.
The image of the party did not change even in the third period. Just as Zaragoza was worse, against AEK, who did not take their foot off the accelerator, they kept pushing and increasing the difference. She was over 30 years old, everyone was enjoying the night, smiles were everywhere and the Spanish accepted their fate. Some look at the finale, and others are indifferent to the little finale that no one can really understand why it still exists.
THE REFEREES: Glisic, Lanzarote, Kozlowski
THE TEN MINUTES: 26-15, 53-32, 83-57, 99-75
AEK (Papatheodorou): Atkins, Chrysikopoulos 10 (2/2 two points, 2/3 three points, 6 rebounds), Gikas 3 (8 assists), Langford 18 (3/6 two points, 4/7 three points), Matsioulis 6 (1 three points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists), Jankovic 6 (1/2 two points, 4/4 shots), Lodzeski 11 (3/4 three points), Moreira 10 (5/8 two points, 6 rebounds), Rice 18 (6/6 two points, 1/3 triples, 3/3 shots, 5 assists), Rogavopoulos 10 (2/4 two points, 2/2 three points), Sloter 5, Zisis 2 (1 / 5 shots, 6 assists)
SARAGOSSA (Okambo): Benzing 6 (2/6 shots), Ennis 13 (2/7 two points, 2/3 three points, 3/4 shots), Fernández, García 6 (2), Hlinason 11 (5/9 two points , 8 rebounds)), Barreiro 4, Brusino 15 (3/7 two points, 1/2 three points, 6/6 shots, 9 rebounds), San Miguel, Sili 18 (4/10 two points, 2/5 three points , 4/4 shots), Sulaiman, Thompson 2
AEK team stats: 25/38 two points, 13/28 three points, 10/14 shots, 34 rebounds (28 defensive – 6 offensive), 23 assists, 3 steals, 1 blocking, 9 errors
Zaragoza team statistics: 17/45 two points, 7/19 three points, 20/22 shots, 35 rebounds (23 defensive – 12 offensive), 13 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks, 13 errors
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