Panathinaikos proved to be very tough to die! The “greens” with the … aura from the great double at Olympiakos on Monday, returned to victories and the Euroleague after five consecutive defeats, prevailing with difficulty – but fairly – 70-64 of Zenit in OAKA for the 12th game of the tournament!
After a relatively bad first half, the “clover” speed up in the second half and thanks to the excellent third quarter he took the lead. However, in the end he needed a big three-pointer Nedovic (in 38 ‘for 66-62), but also two shots Papapetrou at the end for 68-64 to reach the third pink card of the season (3-9).
Top for the team of Dimitris Priftis George Papagiannis with 18 points (10 in the 3rd period), 13 rebounds, 4 blocks and 31 points in the rating system! Closely followed by Nemanja Nedovic with 18 points and 5 assists.
For the whole of Xavi Pascual – who was awarded before the start of the match for his offer to Panathinaikos – Lloyd (15 points) and Frankamp (14 points) stood out. Result that ended a winning streak of 5 games, with the Russians falling at 8-4.
The match:
Panathinaikos started with them Perry, Meikon, Papapetrou, White and Papagianni in the top five. Numb was the beginning of the “greens” in the match, with the players of Dimitris Priftis making great nervousness on both sides of the parquet. Something that Zenit took full advantage of and with Mickey in the foreground preceded 12-0 in 4 ‘.
The entrance of Nedovic and Sand-Ross on the floor gave the necessary impetus and energy that the “clover” needed. After six missed shots and almost five minutes, Sant-Ross scored the first basket of the hosts (3-12), with Nedovic then taking action and eight consecutive points to reduce to 15-21 in 9 ‘. A two-pointer by Poithres shaped it 15-23 of the quarter.
As in the beginning of the first ten minutes, so in the second, the “clover” started with nervousness, hasty and bad choices in the attack, while defensively gave some possessions to the Russians through the ugly block-outs, as a result of which Zenit maintained the difference in 9 points (19-28 in 14 ‘). But an outbreak of the “greens” behind the 6.75 meters with consecutive three-pointers of Meikon, Nedovic and Kaselaki eliminated the difference a minute later (28-28)!
And while the Greek team had taken the momentum, of course putting the people in the “equation” of the match, suddenly fell … black. Some defensive errors, combined with a two-point deficit (4/15 in the first half), allowed Zenit to run a 10-0 run for 28-38, before White picked up the five-point lead. 33-38 of the half.
Panathinaikos entered the second half determined and spiritually ready to reverse the situation. The “clover” defended exceptionally through the zone that Dimitris Priftis chose to play, a defense which gave him the necessary toughness. With Papagiannis declaring “present” (10 points in ten minutes), the “greens” ran an impressive series 16-0 (!) converting -7 to +6 for 46-40 in 25 ‘!
In fact, a little later his three-pointer Nedovic … raised OAKA to its feet, raising for the first time the difference to nine points (51-42 in 27 ‘). Frankamp and Kuzminskas narrowed the gap at the end, with ten minutes to be completed with 53-48 for the hosts.
With … gained speed from the good third ten minutes, Panathinaikos entered with the “foot” pressed on the gas in the fourth period, raising the difference for the first time to double digits for 60-50 in 34 ‘!
The guests, however, not only did not give up, on the contrary they ran one individual 12-1 within 4 minutes for overtaking (61-62 in 38 ‘), with the match taking on a wild … beauty.
Somewhere there, the top players of Panathinaikos took action tonight, with him Nedovic initially achieving a huge three-pointer from afar at 1:43 ‘for 64-62, while a little later Papagiannis and Papapetrou did not make a mistake from the line of fire with the last horn to find winner Panathinaikos with 70-64!
The quarters: 15-23, 33-38, 53-48, 70-64 / strong>
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