He did not extend the streak of o Panathinaikos!
The “greens” made a great effort against the Barcelonabut eventually bowed with a score of 88-74 and fell to 10-20 in the Euroleague. The Catalans went up to 20-10, almost securing the home advantage for the playoffs.
The one caught Panathinaikos (Bacon and Ponitka were missing) started the match very strongly and led by +11 in the middle of the first period (23-12), but gradually lost control of the match and found themselves at -14 in the third quarter (39-53). His team Christou Serelis however, he showed metal and claimed the victory in the fourth period, but in the end the Catalans had more solutions in the last part of the match and reached the precious pink card.
The leader of the race was the improbable Nikola Mirotic, who did… whatever he wanted on the floor and finished the match with 26 points (5/5 2-pointers, 4/8 3-pointers). Barcelona also got a lot of help from the x-factor Mike Tobey, who had a season high with 16 points. Exuberant appearance by Thomas Satoranskywho had 8 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists.
From the “greens”, a career record in the Euroleague with 19 points was made by George Papagiannis, who also collected 7 rebounds. The promoted player had 13 points Marius Grigoniswhile 11 added o Matt Thomas.
The match
THE Panathinaikos entered the match strongly and me Papagianni and Williams quickly found a small 6-2 lead before Grigonis hit a three-pointer to make it 9-2. The “greens” continued to take out the defenses and find solutions, with him Thomas to shoot from a distance for 12-5 and Papagiannis to pin for 14-5. Barcelona could only find solutions from Abrines, who hit his second shot from 6.75 for 14-8, before Williams write a double-score (16-8). Satoranski temporarily reduced with two shots to 18-10, but a good defense by Williams brought surprise and a layup by Bohorides for 20-10. The “hot” Papagiannis with a three-pointer brought the difference up to +11 (23-12). THE Have fun scored four runs to make it 23-16, with the first period ending at 25-22.
Good morning in the second quarter, o Yokohamaites with a three-pointer tied it at 25-25, before Kalinic made two shots for the first Catalan lead (25-27). Lee scored Panathinaikos’ first points of the period after 4 minutes to make it 27-27, but Laprovitola answered for 27-29 and Toby hit a three-pointer for 27-32, before also writing +7 (27-34). The home team reacted somewhere there, with the Williams and Papagiannis to run a small individual 4-0 for 31-34, but that’s when Tobi took action and made two three-pointers in a row for 33-40. The half ended at 36-43.
THE Barcelona started the second period hot, with Mirotic scoring seven straight points to make it 39-50, before hitting another 3-pointer to make it 39-53 to make it 10 straight points. After Serelis’ timeout, Panathinaikos made 6/6 shots, bringing the score to 45-53. Grigonis and Mirotic they exchanged 3-pointers for the Catalans’ 48-59, with the second also writing 50-61 being in amazing condition. Panathinaikos with Lee managed to reduce to 10 (55-65), before o Manzoukas write 57-65 and Papagiannis nails impressively for 60-65. The third quarter ended at 60-68.
THE Papagiannis at the start of the fourth period it was reduced to 62-68 with a hook, but o Kalinic answered with two points writing 62-70, with Grigonis to cut it to 64-71 through two shots before Papagiannis hit a 3-pointer for 67-73. Mirotic answered with a layup for 67-75, but Lee hit an improbable 3-pointer on defense for 70-75. The Montenegrin forward was hot though, immediately answering for 70-78, with Toby to put… signature with three points for 72-83. The match finally ended with a score of 74-88
The quarters: 25-22, 36-43, 60-68, 74-88
Detailed match statistics here
Source: Sport Fm
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