Game of the week: PAOK mateco (0-2) host Galatasaray NEF (2-0)
THESSALONIKI (Greece) - PAOK mateco are looking for their first win of the 2021-22 Basketball Champions League season when they host undefeated Galatasaray Nef in a Group E game on Oct. 25.
Where: Thessaloniki, Greece (PAOK Sports Arena)
When: 19:30 CET
PAOK are coming off a one-point buzzer beater loss to ERA Nymburk (84-83).
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Galatasaray, meanwhile, pulled out a close 89-85 win over Igokea in their last game.
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PAOK mateco (0-2), fourth-place in Group E
In their last game, Marvin Jones (17 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists) and Vlado Jankovic (14 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists) both recorded double-doubles.
The two also combined for half of the team's 42 rebounds.
Team leaders:
Points per game: Malcolm Griffin 15.5, David DiLeo 11.5, Jones 10.0
Rebounds per game: Jankovic 8.5, Jones 7.0, DiLeo 5.0
Assists per game: Griffin 4.0, Jankovic 3.0, Vasileios Toliopoulos 2.5
Galatasaray (2-0), first-place in Group E
In their last game, DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell went off, scoring 31 points with 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals on 11-of-15 shooting from the field and 4-of-5 from three-point.
Galatasaray also got contributions from Dee Bost (17 points, 3 rebounds), Melo Trimble (12 points, 4 assists) and Kerry Blackshear (11 points, 7 rebounds, 4 steals).
Team leaders:
Points per game: Akoon-Purcell 27.0, Trimble 22.5, Bost 15.0
Rebounds per game: Akoon-Purcell 5.5, Goksenin Koksal 5.0, Ege Arar 4.0
Assists per game: Trimble 3.5, Akoon-Purcell 3.0, Bost 3.0
Team comparison by the numbers: Left = PAOK, Right = Galatasaray
40.5 |
|
2-Point FG % |
|
51.4 |
34.0 |
|
3-Point FG % |
|
42.6 |
38.1 |
|
Overall FG % |
|
47.3 |
70.0 |
|
Free Throw % |
|
87.0 |
28 |
|
Defensive Rebounds |
|
26 |
10 |
|
Offensive Rebounds |
|
8 |
38 |
|
Total Rebounds |
|
35 |
7 |
|
Steals |
|
8 |
16 |
|
Assists |
|
18 |
8 |
|
Turnovers |
|
9 |
4 |
|
Blocks |
|
2 |
18 |
|
Fouls |
|
18 |
12.0 |
|
Points from Turnover |
|
19.0 |
13.0 |
|
Fast Break Points |
|
18.5 |
8.5 |
|
Second Chance Points |
|
11.5 |
32.0 |
|
Points in the Paint |
|
27.0 |
27.0 |
|
Points from the Bench |
|
14.5 |
8.5 |
|
Biggest Lead |
|
17.0 |
13.0 |
|
Biggest Scoring Run |
|
12.0 |
14:59 |
|
Time Leading |
|
30:24 |