Mars put an end to a negative tradition of six years and having a winning spirit prevailed over Kolossos Rhodes at Nick Galis Hall with 98-91 in a game for strong nerves which even ended with… an argument between Yiannis Kastritis and Kouros Segouras.
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Aris can be characterized as a… defense team, but it also endures when a game goes high. With Bankston, Harrell and Blumbergs leading the way, the “yellows” got what they wanted against Colossus of Rhodes who in the overwhelming stretch of the game shot over 55% on three-pointers. In the end, everything was decided by the effectiveness of Aris from the shooting line as Chris Bankston had 6/6 while with the last horn of the secretariat, an intense dialogue between Yiannis Kastritis and Kouros Segouras opened.
Aris took two minutes to read the Colossus’s defense and mainly activate his defense. Through this, he found rhythm and points in the transition game, reaching +11 (15-4) after six competitive minutes.
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There, Kolossos didn’t just manage to stay in the game, but through the nine points of Andreas Petropoulos, it was reduced to 23-18 at the end of the period.
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Yannis Kastritis chose a formation with three short ones at the beginning of the second period and thus saw his team move the ball better in the attack (32-23, 14′). Kolossos moved the ball to the racket, thus finding solutions, but as productive as he was in attack, he was just as vulnerable in defense (42-32, 16′). The half ended with a score of 53-48 as the Colossus further increased its shooting percentage from long range (6/8, 75%) with Andrew Goudlock as the star and combined with his frequent visits from the shooting line closed the gap .
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The attacks got excellent – in contrast to the defenses – in the first minutes of the second part (61-59). There Aris took out two-three defenses, combined them with baskets in the transition game and made another attempt to escape the score (68-59, 25:30). The Colossus found six straight points to break the pace of Aris and did it as the third quarter ended with a score of 71-69 as they did not allow the home team to find more than three points in the last 4:30 playing minutes!
The derby continued in the last period (79-78, 33′) as Perantes, having found a rhythm, was either executing or creating for his teammates while the protagonist for Aris was Roberts Blumbergs. An impressive cut by Bankston combined with two accurate shots by Ronnie Harrell kept the difference at four points (86-82) entering the final 3:30 minutes of the game. Kolossos made two bad attacks, but the same was true for Aris (86-83, 38′). In the last two minutes the game was taken to the line of shots with the players of both teams showing admirable composure and Aris maintaining the upper hand as Bankston’s 2/2 kept the safety cushion (92-87) 19” before the end. The American hit four more attempts and gave the victory to his team.
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WHERE THE MATCH WAS DECIDED: In addition to the psychological advantage Aris had in never losing the lead, he shot excellent 2-point and field goal percentages (Buxton’s 4/4 in , but mostly in a game with so many possessions he fell to just five mistakes
BEST OF ALL: Chris Bankston had a great game, making 6/6 shots in the final seconds.
COMPETITORS IN THE VICTORY: Roberts Bloombergs and Ronnie Harrell provided solutions in attack and defense
THEIR PERFORMANCE GONE WRONG: Godlock’s. Perantes had a good second half but also made the wrong choices at the end. Andreas Petropoulos was also effective and probably should have been drafted to take more tries
THEY COULD HAVE BEEN MORE: Colossus didn’t get any help from Utomi and Poley.
THE STATISTICS OF THE MATCH: Aris made his first mistake in the game after almost 18 minutes!
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE FIRST ROUND: Aris beat Kolossos in Rhodes 88-98
THEIR NEXT OBLIGATION: Aris will face Ulm in Germany and then Panathinaikos in OAKA, while Kolossos will host AEK in Rhodes.
The quarters: 23-18, 53-48, 71-69, 98-91
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