Paralimni Youth Union was the winner in the last match for 2017, prevailing in Avgorou tou Keravnou with 69-68, after an exciting game which took place in the context of the 11th match of the OPAP Basket League.
The "purple" entered the match very well and managed to be ahead 40-35 at halftime. Then Keravnos was better and made the upset, taking the lead in the score at 53-48 at the end of the third period. Before the end of the match, however, the hosts were focused and managed to take a new lead and in the end to take the victory with a final score of 69-68.
Keravnos played without Mo Abucar. This was the fifth victory for ENP in ten games, which reached 15 points. For Keravnos this was the second defeat this year, in nine games, which is now at 16 points. Top of the match were Zakis Papadopoulos with 14 points (4 three-pointers, 2 rebounds), Anthony Hickey (2 three-pointers, 6 rebounds, 4 assists) and Tivon Myers (1 three-pointer, 1 rebound, 3 assists).
With a three-pointer by Hickey and a two-pointer by Myers, ENP entered the game, taking a 5-0 lead. Scott then responded with a three-pointer for Lightning, to be followed by another eight consecutive points for the hosts (three-point Major, two by Hickey-Mygers, one by Pyrillis) leading the score to 13-3 at 4:15. The difference in the score rose to eleven points a minute and a half later (17-6), with Keravnos then being improved and by 8:30 scoring ten points, while conceding just one, reducing to 18-16. ENP scored another point with Okonobo before the end of the season.
With four points from Papadopoulos and Myers, ENP started the 23nd period, taking a lead of seven points (16-12) at 20:29. By the middle of the season, Keravnos had reduced to 23-33, with the "purple" responding with four points by Hickey in the next minute and making it 23-18. By 10:35 the "red-yellows" reduced the difference to five (30-40). The two teams scored five points until the end of the half, which found Nikola Papadopoulos' team leading 35-XNUMX.
Lightning entered in the third quarter and with a series of ten points (out of four King-Parks, two Scott) took the lead with 45-40. Strovolos 'team increased the difference to six (26-49) by 43', with ENP responding with four points from Pyrillis and Hickey and reducing it to 49-47. By the 29th minute, the team of Christoforos Livadiotis scored another four points (from two Parks-Barkers) and took the lead with 53-47, with ENP scoring another point before the end of the season with Myers (53-48).
ENP started the 12th season in the best way, scoring nine points until the 57th minute (Papadopoulos had three points, Hickey, Major and Myers had two points each), taking the lead again with 53-58. Lightning responded in the next minute and a half with five points (three by Parks, two by Barker), bringing the score in his favor to 57-35. Then we saw a more balanced game, where the score remained at small levels of difference. In 64 'the two teams were tied at 64-67. Myers then gave ENP a 64-68 lead with three points, for Keravnos to respond with four points from Barker and Parks and bring the score to 67-38 in his favor. At 30:69 the hosts with a layup of Hickey took another lead with 68-XNUMX, which they maintained until the end where they got the very big victory.
THE TEN MINUTES:
19 am - 16 pm
40 am - 35 pm
48 am - 53 pm
69-68
IN. Paralimni (Nikolas Papadopoulos)
Atwood 3 (1), Hickey 21 (2), Major 5 (1), Myers 20 (1), Pyrillis 5, Papadopoulos 14 (4), Okonombo 1, Solomou.
Lightning of Strovolos (Christoforos Livadiotis)
Michael 9 (3), Theocharidis 2, Barker 12 (2) Parks 20, Scott 11 (3), King 14, Neophytou, Koronidis, Ross.
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