He broke out in Bayern with a terrific Papagianni and Panathinaikos is turning to SEF!

He reacted Panathinaikos!

The “greens”, despite the negative results of the last few days, showed their appetite on the floor and dominated the Bayern Munich, which they defeated with a score of 86-76, rising to 11-20 in the Euroleague! Now, his team Christou Serelis turns to the other match of the “devil’s week”, with Olympic at SEF (31/3, 21:30).

THE Panathinaikos after the bad first quarter (21-27) got serious, took control of the game from the second period and sent the difference to 17 points at the end of the third (71-54). Bayern tried to come back at the beginning of the last quarter by troubling the “greens” a bit (74-67), but there the again improbable “cleaned up” Papagiannis!

The Greek center had his best appearance in the Euroleague, after scoring 24 points (career record), collecting 11 rebounds and blocking 3 shots! Not only that, but he was… “unstoppable” going 10/10 from the field and 3/3 from three. Total, 40 in the ranking (also a career record), a performance that will probably give him the MVP of the matchday.

Of the rest, the Paris Lee was excellent in the second half and finished the match with 10 points and 11 assists, while his long shot was key Matt Thomas, who added 12 points. Positive once again Lefteris Mantzoukaswho scored 8 points on 2/2 3-pointers.

From Bayern, which now has the same record as Panathinaikos, stood out Weiler-Bubb and Obst, who each had 12 points, while 11 was added by Cheetham.

The match

THE Panathinaikos entered very strongly with the protagonists of Li and Papagianni, as a result of which he took a lead of 9-5, which with a nailing of the Greek center became 12-7. Bayern during this time only found solutions with the “hot” Weiler-Bubb, who quickly reached 8 points to reduce it to 12-10, before Seeley tied it at 12. With three well-placed shots by the latter, Bayern went ahead for the first time in the match (14-15), and shortly after they escaped for 4 with Walden (16-20). THE Papagiannis with a three-pointer he again reduced to the basket, quickly reaching 11 (20-22). Finally, a three-pointer Zipper at the end he wrote 21-27 of the first period.

With the “good morning” in the second quarter, o Manzoukas cut to 24-27 with a three-pointer before P. Kalaitzakis scored four consecutive points for 28-27. THE Gudaitis a little later with a nice post he made it 32-30, while Grigonis made it 35-30 with a goal foul. Two shots by G. Kalaitzakis and one nailed by him Manjuka they brought Panathinaikos to +7 for the first time (40-33), with Bayern’s attack looking stuck. THE Grigonis in fact, with a three-pointer, he brought the difference to double digits for the first time (43-33), before the Bavarians reacted with Cheetham and reduced it to 5 (45-40). The half ended with Lee’s 3-pointer for 48-43.

A quick 5-0 early in the second half with Papagianni and Tomas again brought Panathinaikos to +10 (53-43), before the American made a second three-pointer for 56-43. THE Bayern with Cheetham and Obst reacted, reducing to 58-50, but o Thomas he also made a third long shot for 61-50 and immediately a goal-foul for 64-50. The difference went up even more when o Li made a three-pointer for 69-50. The third quarter finally ended with a score of 71-54.

As soon as the fourth period started, Obst scored for three to cut it to 71-57, but o Manzoukas had an answer by writing 74-57. The Germans didn’t give up and went on a quick 4-0 run with Weiler-Bubb and Bonga cutting the score to 74-61. The latter also scored a three-pointer, reducing the score to 74-64, with Obst taking the turn and reducing the difference to 7 (74-67). Panathinaikos was stuck until he was unstuck by Papagiannis, who made a long shot for 77-67 and another for 80-67! Somewhere there came the end of the match, since the Bavarians were unable to react.

The quarters: 21-27, 48-43, 71-54, 86-76

Detailed match statistics here