With a great performance in defense and attack, the bwin Dove defeated Bonn (90-62), tied the series at 1-1 and will return to Germany for the victory and qualification to the Final Four of the Basketball Champions League.
Great night, great performance from Peristeri bwin, who defeated Bonn 90-62 in the hot Andreas Papandreou and took the Basketball Champions League quarterfinal series to game three.
Vassilis Spanoulis’ team destroyed the Germans with an impressive balance in defense and attack, to return next week to Bonn and fight on 16/4 for the result that will send them to the Final Four in Belgrade (26-28/4) .
Joe Ragland had yet another spectacular performance in scoring and creating, Jermaine Love, Elijah Mitrou-Long and Trevor Thompson followed and despite a low three-point percentage, the bwin Dove dominated.
Even lower was Bonn’s perimeter shooting percentage, with Roel Moors seeing his team “melt” in a really hot atmosphere that played its part.
Glenn Watson and Till Pape were the first goalscorers for the Germans, who are now under pressure, have the decisive game at home, but know that at worst the chances are 50-50.
19-12 the points from the opponent’s mistakes, 9-8 the points from the suddenness, 12-12 the points from second chances (offensive rebounds), 50-32 the points from the racket, 27-35 the points from the substitutes of the two groups.
THE REFEREES: Conte, Ciulin, Attard
THE DECADES: 19-14, 46-34, 69-48, 90-62
BWIN PIGEON (Spanouli): Dangubic 8 (2 three-pointers, 6 rebounds), Poulianitis, Stavrakopoulos, Xanthopoulos, Zougris 2, Hougaz 2, Kaselakis, Lov 15 (5/7 two-pointers, 1/3 three-pointers, 2/2 shots), Mitrou -Long 17 (4/6 2-pointers, 3/7 3-pointers, 4 rebounds, 4 assists), Ragland 21 (7/8 2-pointers, 2/5 3-pointers, 1/2 shots, 3 rebounds, 9 assists), Renfro 8 (3 /4 2-pointers, 2/6 shots), Thompson 17 (7/11 2-pointers, 3/6 shots, 5 rebounds)
BONNIE (Moors): Forbes 3 (1/9 shooting), Grizell 4 (2/6 shooting), Sengfelder 4, Tiemann 4, Watson 13 (3/8 2-pointers, 1/3 3-pointers, 4/4 shots, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 turnovers, 4 fouls), Flagg 2 (1/6 shots), Frei 2, Kennedy 7, Kirkwood 10 (5/9 2-pointers), Pape 13 (1)
Peristeri’s team statistics: 27/41 2-pointers, 8/23 3-pointers, 12/20 shots, 40 rebounds (26 defensive – 14 offensive), 16 assists, 8 steals, 4 blocks, 9 errors, 20 fouls
Bonn’s team stats: 20/45 2-pointers, 3/15 3-pointers, 13/13 shots, 29 rebounds (18 defensive – 11 offensive), 15 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, 14 turnovers, 21 fouls