FIBA Champions League: ‘VEF Rīga’ – Athens AEK. Live text

FIBA Champions League: VEF Riga – Athens AEK

33: 34Madsenam picks the ball out of the hoop as he tries to hit the ball in the basket over the opponent. However, Riley reduced the deficit with a long shot.

30:34 In this game, the players of both teams made quite a lot of mistakes and clumsy actions. The result of the game did not change for a long time. Griffin increased the AEK’s lead with a beautiful ball from above.

30:32 The Rigans were unable to collect the rebounds at their basket, so the AEK could play a long attack but did not score. Curry then intercepted the ball and counterattacked Gulbim, who easily scored two points. True, Mavroidis played exactly below the basket and scored two points.

28: 30AEK player Karlis got an ankle injury, but Volkers scored two points for Rigans. Papa was punctual in his aggressive passage, while Curry allowed a technical flaw in the dribble. Colom gave control of the Athens team in a completely free long range.

25:25. The 1st quarter is over. Vaulets hit the ball from the top, leveling the score again, but Gulby’s shot was inaccurate in the last seconds.

23: 23Hammers threw free throws, then the hosts responded to the unsuccessful attack of the Rigans with a quick attack, in which Vaulets scored two points. Gailitis called the people of Riga for a minute’s break.

23:19 Colom fired two free throws, then Hammers was punctual. AEC’s breakthrough was continued by Papas, who threw free throws.

23:14 Colom was punctual, and Zoric’s hand was hot in the game, his fourth three-point throw in the quarter.

20: 12Griffin entered the penalty line and scored two points for the AEK team. Zorik continued to be accurate from a long distance, taking the third shot. Papas then earned a technical note against Zorik, but the Latvian did not hit the penalty shot.

17: 10 Another accurate long shot from Zorik. This was followed by remarks in the attack for both teams, but Zoriks with an excellent pass to Hemonds contributed points to the Rigans. Hemondss was also accurate after Railie’s pass, continuing the breakthrough of the Rigans.

10:10 In one episode, the judges recorded a walk for Hemonds, but in a similar episode, Angola did not record a defect. VEF legionary Hemondss got a pass in the next attack, scoring two points and throwing a penalty shot. The players of both teams had a bit of a quarrel and the referees awarded a double penalty.

7: 8Flionis and Angola throw in the shot and put the home team in the lead, but Zorik made an accurate long shot over the opponent’s hand. Angola immediately responded with his three-point throw, a moment later Madsen threw a free half.

2: 1 The first points of the game were scored by VEF player Hemondss, who scored the ball after a very unsuccessful long shot from Ate and was accurate from the bottom of the basket. The Rigans did not hit the next shots, but then Flionis scored the first point for the AEK unit by taking a free throw.

“VEF Rīga” basic line-up for the game: Zorik, Riley, Ate, Madsen, Hemonds.

This season is quite difficult for the AEK team, as the financial debts do not allow it to be at the level at which the club was before. However, they are made up of pretty good players who have shown themselves in European basketball. AEK has won three of the seven battles in the Greek championship, taking sixth place. In turn, VEF Rīga ranks second in the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League for eight wins in nine doubles.

In the subgroup D of the Champions League, “VEF Rīga” ranks third, which would allow them to fight for the place in the next round of the tournament.

“VEF Rīga” basketball players have won only one in three games in the FIBA ​​Champions League tournament this season, and it was won in the previous round against Athens AEK. The two teams will now join forces in Athens. https://www.delfi.lv/sports/news/basketbols/vef-riga-ar-stabilu-speli-pret-aek-izcina-pirmo-uzvaru-cempionu-liga.d?id=53743307

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