Greece

Regular Season Round 20: PAOK - Apollon Ptol. 65-63

Date: March 27, 2011
Important game to mention about took place in Thessaloniki. Ninth ranked PAOK (9-11) saved a 2-point victory at home edging 8th ranked Apollon (10-10) 65-63 on Sunday evening. The hosts trailed by 8 points at the halftime before their 33-23 charge in the second half, which allowed them to win the game. PAOK dominated on the defensive end, holding Apollon to just 7 points in third quarter. They also forced 24 Apollon turnovers. Worth to mention a great performance of the former international guard Nafsika Stavridou (182-86) who helped to win the game recording 24 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists and the former international forward Dimitra Giannopoulou (184-84) who added 14 points during the contest. Nigerian-American power forward Nkem Nkele (185-86, college: Cal-Riverside) responded with 20 points and 8 rebounds and Serbian guard Tamara Ruzic (181-79, college: Charleston So., agency: Global Sports Plaza) scored 18 points. Newly promoted PAOK maintains ninth position with 9-11 record. Loser Apollon keeps the eighth place with ten games lost. PAOK will face higher ranked Panathinaikos (#5) in Athens in the next round and it may be quite challenging game.
Top scorers:
Apollon: N.Nkele 20+8reb+3ast, T.Ruzic 18+3reb+3ast, A.Karadima 9+6reb+3ast, K.McLaren 8+13reb+1ast, A.Magaliou 5+6reb+5ast, S.Holopoulou 3+2reb+1ast
PAOK: N.Stavridou 24+9reb+6ast, D.Giannopoulou 14+2reb+1ast, M.Avtzi 10, F.Skiadopoulou 6+7reb+1ast, S.Spanidou 6+8reb, E.Kazantzidou 5+2reb+1ast
gschID: 112655

  APOLLON63
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
60 euJaZ, wiBiQi 35 0-65 (05%) 5-4 (5%) 4-4 (655%) 5 4 4 4 3 5 8 5 5 0 62 63 5
9 biDilaIu, SfRdIuli 35 4-1 (05%) 5-0 (5%) 5-8 (5%) 6 0 1 0 5 5 8 5 5 4 0 65 5
68 XVRlR, XVRB 40 0-65 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 1-7 (11.9%) 6 9 2 4 4 5 6 5 5 3 85 83 5
66 KiQidaBi, SDliai 43 4-1 (05%) 5-9 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 4 4 1 4 8 5 5 5 5 3 7 4 5
63 bZviQRj, Kiala 48 4-1 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 8-3 (05%) 1 9 64 6 0 5 5 6 5 1 2 65 5
64 HIlIpIulIu, AUQiUI 60 5-5 (5%) 5-8 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 6 8 6 3 5 6 5 5 8 4 5 5
1 OipiLissalaIu, biQai 6 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
2 vIDdijadIu, biQai  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   67-42 (05.5%) 8-69 (66.2%) 66-62 (16.6%) 68 81 42 61 62 5 1 6 5 83 14 16  


  PAOK (coach: Angelos Angelidis)65
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
7 AUiLQadIu, XifsaVi 49 9-63 (05%) 5-8 (5%) 9-2 (29.0%) 8 9 7 1 6 5 8 5 5 2 83 87 5
2 GaijjIpIulIu, gaBaUQi 41 3-2 (05%) 5-8 (5%) 4-1 (05%) 6 6 8 6 4 5 8 5 5 0 63 1 5
68 AVaidIpIulIu, yRdQi 43 0-66 (30.0%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 1 9 6 3 5 4 8 5 5 1 2 5
9 KiJijUJadIu, qfa 44 6-4 (44.4%) 5-3 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 8 8 6 4 5 4 5 5 5 0 0 5
65 ApijadIu, AUiLQIuli 48 6-4 (44.4%) 5-5 (5%) 3-1 (11.9%) 3 3 2 5 8 5 4 5 5 6 1 63 5
1 SLUJa, biQai 80 8-3 (05%) 6-4 (44.4%) 8-8 (655%) 5 5 5 5 3 5 8 5 5 4 65 4 5
60 wsRlRMa, OiLlaji  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
3 GQRRj, OIQZhai  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
63 zRVjaZ, AliLaZi  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   86-34 (32.2%) 8-66 (62.8%) 61-88 (98.9%) 2 85 82 7 69 5 60 8 5 69 10 10  



Terms:
Field Goals :  2PM-A  (2 point Field Goal made-attempts)     3PM-A  (3 point Field Goal made-attempts)   FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive)  DEF (Defensive)   TOT  (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed)  RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor)  AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes)  AST (assists)  ST (steals)   TO (Turnovers)   PTS (points)  RNK (ranking)