Panathinaikos, who will host the Barcelona for the 30th matchday of the Euroleague.
A few days after losing 76-74 in the home derby against Olympiakos for the Basket League, the “greens” turn their eyes back to their European obligations, where they will try to maintain their positive momentum and celebrate a third consecutive victory.
Last week came the 86-82 victory against Villerban in France, while it was preceded by the victory over Red Star in OAKA. Panathinaikos is located in 16th place of the leaderboard with records 10-19 and he has no substantial motivation in the last five Euroleague games, games which he can use as preparation for the battle to win the title in the Greek league.
Christos Serelis will not have them at his disposal Dwayne Bacon and Mateus Ponitkawith both suffering from a sprain, while his participation is doubtful Paris Lee, who felt discomfort in his shin and missed Wednesday’s practice. Nevertheless, he will probably be able to compete in tonight’s match.
On the other hand, Barcelona It ‘s in the 3rd place of the record scoring 19-10, having two victories less than the pioneer Olympiakos. Last week he returned to the victories against Red Star, after the unsuccessful results of the devil’s week against Piraeus and Fenerbahce, while last Sunday (19/3) he beat Malaga 86-81, remaining at the top of the ACB together with Real.
THE Saras Jasikeviciuswho in his statements before the match emphasized that the “greens” are a completely different team after the change in his technical leadership and added that in OAKA it is always difficult, he will decide at the last minute whether to use the Corey Higginswho is suffering from back problems, but traveled to Athens.
In the first round match at Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona had won with 74-68with Veseli (15p.) and Mirotic (14p.) as the leaders, while Bacon (19p.) and Papagiannis (13p., 9 rebounds) stood out for Panathinaikos.
The referees of tonight’s match will be Olegs Latishevs (Latvia), Milan Nedovic (Slovenia) and Luka Kardum (Croatian).
Source: Sport Fm
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