The curtain will fall on the penultimate game of the Stoiximan Basket League tomorrow (17/3). The last of its six games will be the one between Lavrios Megabolt and Apollon Carna (20:15, ERT3).
Lavrio Megabolt (10th, 7-13) is coming off a loss to Olympiakos, but prior to the SEF game, it had three wins in four games that not only moved it out of last place, but also put it in the bracket. of the six since mathematically it has probabilities for the “1-6” group. The Lavreotiki team has a record of 5-5 at home so the result of tomorrow’s game will determine the sign they will have as home team in the regular season. If he defeats Apollon Carna he will put a positive mark for the 6th time in his nine seasons in the Stoiximan Basket League.
Apollon Carna (12th, 3-17) is on a six-game losing streak, the second-longest streak in this year’s Stoiximan Basket League after the eight-game losing streak from the 2nd to the 9th game. The “black and white” are one of the two teams that have not tasted the joy of an away victory – the other is Karditsa Japan – and with 0-10 of the season, they have reached 26 consecutive away defeats in the division.
THE HISTORY
A special element characterizes this pair since no guest has ever won. The seats have done the absolute best both in Lavrio and in Patras. It is also notable that eight of the nine games between the two teams were decided by double digits.
The only exception is last season’s game in Lavrio, where the local team beat Apollon Carna 74-68 (Cyril Langewein 18p, 8/11d, 6r, RR Cole 13p, 7r, 5as, 8rf, Savion Flagg 10p, 15r, 6as, 7min – Alonso Verge 26p, 9/15d, 6as, 4cl, Nick Griffin 12).
What happened in the first round: Apollon Carna maintained their home unbeaten streak against Lavrios Megabolt and recorded one of their three wins of the season so far after prevailing 71-54. The Achaean team dominated the game on December 9, as it was never behind in the score while even leading by 21 points, in the debut of Yannis Christopoulos on its bench.
The leaders of Apollo Carna were Rashad Vaughan (13p, 4as), Gaios Skordilis (10p, 4/5d) and Christos Saloustros (10p, 9p). On the side of Lavrio Megabolt, Xavier Castaneda (13p, 3/6tr) and Kalid Moore (10p, 10r, 3as) stood out.
In summary the numbers of these matches…
IN TOTAL
Lavrio Megabolt – Apollon Carna 4-5
WITH LAURION MEGABOLT FIELD
Lavrio Megabolt – Apollon Carna 4-0
BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IN THE MATCHES OF LAVRIO
2015-16: Lavrio Megabolt – Apollon Carna 80-64
2021-22: Lavrio Megabolt – Apollon Carna 82-66
HIGHER POINT PERFORMANCE
2022-23: Lavrio Megabolt – Apollon Carna 74-68 (Alonso Vertz had 26 for Apollon Carna)
LAUREL MEGABOLT
MILESTONE
* 10 rebounds separate Theodoris Zara from 500. The experienced guard-forward has 490 in 379 games in the Stoiximan Basket League (1.29 average).
FACTS / RANKINGS / ΣΕΡΙ
* With his 380th appearance in the category, Thodoris Zaras will surpass Antonis Asimakopoulos and will be alone in 18th place in the professional Championship.
* Vassilis Mouratos has seven consecutive games with 4+ assists. It is a performance that he reached or surpassed in 16 of his 20 games this year.
* Marcus Thornton was the only player on the Lavreotiki team to reach double-digit points (13) in last week’s match against Olympiakos. It was the second time he had only one player with 10+ after the away game with PAOK mateco (Castaneda 18).
THE + AND THE –
+ With the 21.9 fouls it wins in each of its games, the Lavreotiki team shares the 3rd place in the relevant category with AEK Betsson, behind only PAOK mateco and Prometheus.
– Holding himself to 21 points in the 2nd half of last week’s game against Olympiakos, the Lavrio Megabolt posted his second-lowest performance of the year. He had 20 points in the 1st half of the away match against PAOK mateco. That’s two of the six lowest performances in a half of this year’s Stoiximan Basket League.
APOLLO CARNA
MILESTONE
* Chad Brown is eight shy of 100 field goals and 10 shy of 200 2-pointers in the Stoiximan Basket League. The American center is shooting 50.54% from the foul line and 58.64% from the 2-point range.
FACTS / RANKINGS / ΣΕΡΙ
* Chad Brown needs eight more defensive rebounds to reach 100 on the season. It is a number reached by 32 players in the history of Apollo Carna.
* Malik Osborne had five steals in last week’s match against the Pigeons bwin. This was the 7th 5+ steal performance of the season and the best for the Black and White.
* The Achaean team scored six points in the 2nd period of the previous game against Peristeri bwin. It was her worst this year and one of the four lowest overall in this year’s Stoiximan Basket League. Her previous hitting streak was seven points in the 4th quarter of a road game against the H Hotels Collection Colossus.
THE + AND THE –
+ The “black and white” had 12 and 13 points from offensive rebounds, in their last two games with Maroussi and Peristeri bwin respectively. They had reached double figures twice more in their previous 18 games, against AEK Betsson and Olympiacos away from home.
– Apollon Carna has not made more than four 3-pointers in any of his last three games. It’s something that’s only happened three times in the previous 17.
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