Aries Trikala hosted and defeated PAOK for Greek League seventh day. This was a great victory for Aries Trikala who have won the leading team of the Greek League table. Patrick Ewing Junior scored four points in the first minutes and Aries Trikala made a 6-0 run. First quarter finished with Aries Trikala ahead by 7, 18-11. PAOK didn't balance the game in the second quarter and the first half finished with the two teams having an eleven points difference. Third quarter is the most productive quarter for PAOK in this season but at this game it was destructive. PAOK finished the third quarter 21 points behind Aries Trikala. PAOK players were tired due to many travels for Eurocup and the two extra time in their previous game in Greece. The final score was a big surprise for the Greek League. Aries Trikala dominated the rebounds with 44 collected while making only 7 turnovers. Two players of Aries Trikala finished the game with a double double, Chris Evans with 11 points and 12 rebounds and Patrick Ewing Junior with 22 points and 12 rebounds. Patrick Ewing Junior was rated 33 in the ranking system, a score which can lead to the MVP of the day. Ewing had 22 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and zero turnovers!
Quarters' scores: 18-11, 45-32, 66-45, 87-76.
Aries Trikala: Evans 11, Perunicic 3, Ewing 22, Giannakidis 8, Petrovic 11, Lekakis, Granger 21, Deligiannis 3, Matalon 6, Fountas, Nikolopoulos, Mutakabbir 2.
PAOK: Payne 4, Cooper 7, Charalampidis 13, Tsochlas 8, Vucicevic, Tsairelis 10, Dedas 9, Margaritis 17, Kalles, Bogris 8, Kaselakis, Liapis.
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