Get back to winning ways with… style o Panathinaikos!
The “greens” struggled a lot for 25 minutes, but with a great reversal they defeated him Red Star 75-66, returning to winning ways after a 6-game losing streak in the EuroLeague and climbing to 9-19!
THE Panathinaikos surrendered until the middle of the third quarter to the appetites of the Serbs and found themselves at -16 (37-53), but with a weapon of defense “suffocated” Dusko Ivanovic’s team, found offensive solutions and ran an impressive 38-13 which formed the final score. And all this, without him Dwayne Bacon who was left out by choice of Serelis as well as the injured Gudaitis and Agravani!
The protagonist in this great effort was George Papagiannis, who made a performance reminiscent of his good old self. The Greek center had 17 points, 7 rebounds and 1 block, covering the baskets in the second half and helping the maximums in their breakout Panathinaikou. Up close and Matt Thomas, who hit 3 3-pointers in the second half that tied OAKA and finished with 11 points, while Derrick Williams had 13. A great effort, which is not reflected in the statistics, was made with 3 points and 4 rebounds by Manzoukas.
For Redwhich fell to 12-16 and is now in a very difficult position regarding the eight, Nedovic and Petrusev each had 12 points, while at 0 with 4 mistakes Campacho.
The match
THE Red Star with Dobrich and Bendil as the protagonists he entered the match better, taking a quick lead with a score of 2-7. The match had a very low tempo at the beginning, with Panathinaikos managing to equalize thanks to consecutive points Papagianni (7-7), before Bendil made a three-pointer for 7-10 and o Nedovic another one for 7-13. The Serbs also escaped with +10 (7-17), before o Walters write the final 9-17 of the first period.
At the beginning of the second quarter, o Walters cut it with a floater to 11-17 but Nedovic answered with another three-pointer for 11-20 and shots for 11-22. Red Star maintained this lead until the middle of the period, with Mitrovic to mark 15-26. THE Papagiannis he assisted Williams and then scored a foul goal for 20-26, but the Serbs escaped again with an Ivanovic three-pointer and a Nedovic layup (22-33). Williams with the first three-pointer of Panathinaikos reduced it to 27-35, but his answer Petrushev it was immediate for 27-38. The half ended with his buzzer beater Bulldozer for 29-42.
At the start of the second half, a three-pointer Ivanovich formed +16 of Red Star (29-45), before o Thomas reduce with a triple to 12 (34-46) and with a second to 11 (37-48). THE Markovic had an answer, increasing the difference again to 14 with a shot from 6.75 (37-51), while Petrushev again brought +16 (37-53). THE Panathinaikos tried to reduce, with Papagiannis nailing for 41-53 and Mandzoukas making a foul shot for 44-53. The counterattack of Serelis’ team continued, with Ponitka and Tomas reducing Astera’s lead to 5 (49-54) and Williams writing 52-54. The third period ended at 52-55.
With the good morning of the fourth period, o Walters reduced the difference to a point (54-55) and Papagiannis gave Panathinaikos the lead 56-55, with Walters making a three-pointer for 59-55. THE Dobrich answered for 59-58, but o Grigonis made a difficult three-pointer on defense for 62-58 and o Williams foul goal for 67-58. Two shots by Papagiannis sent the difference over 10, with Ponitka writing 73-60 and effectively ending the match.
The quarters: 9-17, 29-42, 52-55, 75-66
Detailed match statistics here
Source: Sport Fm
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