Camba… defeat for him Panathinaikos in Bologna!
The “greens” had brought the match where they wanted against Virtues and looked capable of a “double”, but suffered an unrepeatable blackout in the final minutes and suffered a partial score of 14-0, losing 74-64!
In doing so, the green fell to 7-13 and fell even further out of the top eight, which is starting to look like an… unlikely goal. On 9-11 the Italians went up and returned to victory.
THE Panathinaikos he was very bad for 25 minutes, he was at -14, but from the middle of the third period he made a lasting counterattack and went ahead at the beginning of the fourth (55-57). Somewhere there, he stuck to the attack for almost six minutes and found himself again at -12 (69-57), finally knowing the defeat.
The leader of the “greens” was Nate Walters. The American guard scored 15 points and dished out 3 assists, being a key factor in Panathinaikos’ upset. Very decisive in this period was also Mateus Ponitka, who 13 points with big shots. He stayed low Bacon (8p.) in his worst appearance in green.
For the winners, he was outstanding Tornik Sengelia with 16 points and 7 assists, while Milos Teodosic had a very good second half, scoring 12 points and handing out 4 assists. An exuberant appearance was made by Daniel Hackett (7 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists).
The match
THE Panathinaikos entered well in the first two minutes and found, however gradually the Virtues he was finding very easy solutions aggressively with Sengelia and Zaite, going to +5 (12-7). Panathinaikos was not taking advantage of the mistakes of the Italians and was off target, as a result +5 (14-9) quickly became +9 (18-9) with an amazing Sengelia in this period. Finally, the first period ended with a basket by him Li at 18-11 for the “greens” who were showing a bad face.
Very quickly in the second period Virtues escaped for the first time at +12 (23-11) with an impressive spike by Bako and then at +14 after consecutive mistakes by the “greens” and points by Lundberg (27-13). Somewhere there, Panathinaikos found two consecutive three-pointers from Grigonis and Walters, reducing to 8 (27-19), with Bacon to put the third in a row for 27-22. Virtus had an answer with Hackett and Zaite to restore +10 (34-24), before o Otzelege write +12 again (40-28). Finally, the half ended with +13 for the home team (43-30).
THE Panathinaikos entered the second half very well and with a 5-0 run in hand Bacon and Lee cut it to 8 (43-35), before Walters cut the gap to 5 (44-39). A 5-0 individual score of her Virtues with a three-pointer by Hackett and a basket by Zaite, he restored the double-digit lead of the Italians (49-39), with Walters to reduce again to 7 (52-45) and Ponitka to put a goal foul for 52-48. Finally, with a big shot by the Pole, the third period ended at 55-51.
Very quickly in the fourth period o Panathinaikos got within a point (55-54) with a 3-pointer by Williams, before passing with a 3-pointer by Pony (55-57). The Greens were missing opportunities to extend their streak with poor choices, and a 9-0 Virtus split with Cordinier and Teodosic put her back in front by a good margin (64-57), before Sengelia restores the double-digit lead (69-57). From then on, Panathinaikos had no reaction and was easily defeated 74-64.
The quarters: 20-11, 43-30, 55-51, 74-64
Detailed match statistics here
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