Heartbreaking Panathinaikos, lost hands down to Bayern too!

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From bad to worse o Panathinaikos!

Everyone expected a reaction from the “greens” after the home crash by Olympicbut not only did this not happen, but the Panathinaikos submitted to Bayernknowing a comfortable defeat with a score of 84-68 in Germany!

In doing so, Dejan Radonic’s side have made it five straight European defeats, falling to 6-11, and now see the top eight slip noticeably away.

At no point in the match was he able to Panathinaikos to compete with the Bavarians, who took an early double-digit lead and never looked back, cruising to a very comfortable win that brings them level with the Greens. Indicative of his team’s appearance Dejan Radonicthe only 7 assists he gave in 40 minutes of play!

The leader of the match was Augustin Rubitwhich was an unsolved problem for Panathinaikos scoring 23 points, while 11 had Bonga and 10 along with as many rebounds o Gillespie.

For Panathinaikos, the first scorer was Dwayne Bacon, who scored 18 points, having 16 of them in the final period, when everything was already decided. 14 added o Derrick Williams who tried, while Nate Walters had 10.

The match

The two teams entered the game rather sluggish, with the score remaining very low and standing at 7-7 by the middle of the first period. Somewhere there, the home team “woke up” with a 12-2 run in hand BongaWeiler-Bubb and Giphywent 19-9, taking an early double-digit lead against a Panathinaikos which lacked any creativity in its attack. The situation did not change and the first quarter ended with a score of 21-11 in favor of the home team.

In the second period, Bayern with exuberant play and their protagonists Hunter and Ruby got away even more, quickly going to +13 (30-17). At that point, Panathinaikos appeared to mount a response, “tightening” their defense and going on a 6-0 run with Grigonis and Bacon for 30-23. However, creation continued to be an endangered species in Radonić’s team’s offense, which helped Bayern go on a 7-0 run at the end of the half that put the Bavarians up +15 (43-28).

The exact same picture continued in the first half of the second half. THE Panathinaikos she was getting absolutely nothing from his attack, with her Bayern on the other hand to find solutions with Gillespie, staying comfortably at +15 (47-32). With the Germans frequently visiting the shooting line and the attack of the “greens” remaining stuck, the difference slipped to 18 (53-35). Dejan Radonic’s team with peripheral shots from Li and Williams seemed to pull off a backlash, going down to 12 (55-43). Bayern was stuck, but Panathinaikos could not get any closer and finally the period ended with a run of the home team for 61-44.

THE Panathinaikos quickly found themselves down -20 for the first time early in the fourth period, giving up (64-44). Somewhere in there, Bacon, who hadn’t been seen in the whole match, started to “shoot” her basket Bayern, scoring 14 straight points. Nevertheless, Bayern with Ruby to be an unsolved problem, he easily found the way to the basket, as a result of which the difference dropped to just 14 (74-60). The Germans, undaunted at all and with a terrific Ruby, maintained a large lead, and eventually cruised to a comfortable victory.

The quarters: 21-11, 43-28, 61-44, 84-68

Detailed match statistics here

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