Evans brilliantly led Panathinaikos in the pink card in the match with the fighting Lavrio (102-83) in OAKA for the 9th game of the Stoiximan Basket League.
The American forward made a career record with the green jersey (22 points with 10/13 inside the child), while he had a worthy supporter, Sant-Ross (19 points).
The 7th consecutive victory of the “clover” In the championship (7-1), however, he proved to be a pyrrhic player, after Nedovic was injured in the 4th period, who turned his foot and raises, if I doubt, his presence in the game with Alba for the Euroleague (10/12).
On the other, for guests, which fell to 4-5, Geromichalos (16 points), Mouratos (15 points) and Carter (12 points, 8 assists) stood out.
The match
Both teams were quite inaccurate in their first attacks, resulting in a low score (2-3 in 3 ‘). Somewhere there he got ahead Nedovic for Panathinaikos, who ran a partial score of 11-3 and walked away (17-10 in 6 ‘), with the guests finding scores only from the periphery. With Evans giving solutions, the “clover” escaped even more (22-13 in 8 ‘), while it closed the tenth minute with +13 (29-16).
The “greens” reached up to +15 (31-16), but Lavrio increased their speed aggressively and with a series of 13-0, cut the difference and equalized (36-36 in 16 ‘), taking advantage of the failure of the hosts, who were absent for about 4.5 minutes.
Priftis’s players reacted after the timeout requested by the Greek coach and with Saint-Ross to enter the equation, they ran a series of 9-0 and moved away again (45-36 in 19 ‘), while they finished the half with “air” of 5 points (49-44).
Evans continued his crescendo and at the start of the 3rd period and led Panathinaikos aggressively, which tightened its defense, as a result of which it gained a double-digit difference again (63-51 in 25 ‘). Nevertheless, the “miners” did not give up and with a partial score of 7-2, reduced to the final of the quarter (73-66).
With Carter taking action, Lavrio came even closer at the beginning of the 4th period (75-72 in 32 ‘), however, the “clover” escaped somewhat (83-75 in 34’), although it lost Nedovic, who turned his leg and went limping on the bench.
At that point the “greens” went wild and with Papagiannis, Kaselaki to take the baton in scoring, ran a series of 8-0 and cleared the victory (94-81 in 38 ‘). The last two minutes were procedural, with Panathinaikos reaching a dead end (102-83).
The quarters: 29-16, 49-44, 73-66, 102-83.
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