Panathinaikos-Kolossos of Rhodes: For qualification against a dangerous opponent, the greens

He wants to confirm the title of favorite Panathinaikos against the competitor Colossus of Rhodes. The two teams face each other in the last quarter-final of the Cup (19:15, ΕΟ3, bwinSPORT FM, sport-fm.gr), looking for a place in the top four where either Olympic either the Mars.

The Greens are going through a year where they are in danger of being prematurely off target. The home advantage in Basketball League is probably lost, as is the Super Cupwhile the qualification to her eight Euroleague it is improbable. The Cup is, therefore, probably the only realistic goal for his team Dejan Radonic, who want to do their best to qualify comfortably and turn their attention to the potential derby of the ages in the semi-final. Helping in this effort, the Montenegrin coach will not have one of Matt Thomas and Derrick Williams, due to the complicated issue with Andrews, while he will normally compete after the injury suffered by George Papagiannis. Except, of course, and Marius Grigoniswho is not declared on the domestic roster anyway.

Against him, Panathinaikos will find its impressive team Elias Papatheodorou. THE Colossus of Rhodes is making the top eight in this year’s Basket League with a record of 8-7, although it comes from two straight losses at the hands of Promethea and PAOK. The people of Rhodes know the difficulty of the match against the greens, however this year they have achieved impressive victories against superior opponents, while with the Panathinaikos they have played twice, losing in details (72-67 in the Super Cup, 77-67 in the Basket League). Ilias Papatheodorou has no significant absences to manage, while in the match against PAOK he saw the valuable What Jay Starks to return to action.

Tradition

THE Panathinaikos he is the big favorite, as he is the all-time winner of the institution with 20 victories. THE Colossuson the other hand, has managed to reach the semi-finals of the Cup just once, in the 2006-07 season, when it was eliminated from the Rethimno.

In terms of head-to-head games, Panathinaikos’ dominance in the history of games against Kolossos is complete in the regular season of the league, since it counts 32 wins, home and away, in equal number of matches. The only victories of her team Rhodes they were scored in the playoffs, for the 2012 semifinals (73-68) and for the 2015 quarterfinals (75-73).