He couldn’t stand it in Belgrade Panathinaikos!
The “greens” despite the lack of motivation made a spirited performance at the “Stark Arena”, they came very close to victory, but in the end the They were partisans got the pink card with a score of 83-81!
His team finished the season 11-23 (9-23 if two wins are deducted) Christou Serelis. The Serbians, on the other hand, reached 20-14 and “locked” the sixth place, which will bring them face to face with Real Madrid!
THE Panathinaikos he was “magical” in the first 17 minutes of the game, taking an 18-point lead (20-38) against the “depleted” Serbians. Gradually, with the push of the home team, Partizan decreased and made the match a derby, but at no point in the match was it able to “put its back” on the team of Christos Serelis.
Ultimately, a mistake of his Grigonis brought his three-pointer Nanali which formed the final score (83-81). THE Bacon he had the chance to equalize and send the match to overtime, but he missed a nail-biter (!) and the home team won.
Top of the winners o Dante Exumwho scored 18 points and led the Serbian upset, along with Kevin Pander who scored 17. Pivotal with 14 points was Abramovichas well as Nanali who scored only 5 points but also the winning shot.
From Panathinaikos, a leading but also fatal o Bacon, who had 19 points but bad decisions at the end. 12 points for the outstanding Ponygreat battles were fought by Gudaitis (11 points, 8 rebounds).
The match
THE Panathinaikos came on strong in the match with leading players Ponitka and Williams, taking a small lead with a score of 4-8, before Gudaitis pin for 6-10. Partizan countered with Papapetrou and Lessor taking the lead (11-10), but Grigonis made a three-pointer for 11-13. Panathinaikos with excellent Grigonis kept the lead, but Exum hit another 3-pointer to make it 18-17. Somewhere in there, the Greens ran a 9-0 scoreline with Bacon and Williamsgoing 18-26 in the first period.
With two shots by P. Kalaitzakis, o Panathinaikos took a double-digit lead early in the second period for the first time (18-28), while Grigonis wrote +11 (20-31) with a three-pointer and Kalaitzakis +13 (20-33). The “greens” played excellent defense and found space to run, with Manjuka to put three points and him Bacon to nail for 20-38. Somewhere there, came the expected reaction of the home team, who ran with him as leader Panther a quick 10-0, cutting it to 30-38. Panathinaikos found solutions with Ponitka and Walters, increasing the difference again to 11 (32-45). Finally, the first half ended with consecutive points by Abramovich for 39-45.
THE They were partisans very quickly in the second part he reduced me Abramovich and Panther at the point (45-46), with Williams making a three-pointer for 45-49 and Bacon another for 48-54. The Serbs went to the bonus early with shots from Lesor and Exum they reduced to 52-54, but o Gudaitis made a foul field goal for 52-58. Exum and Bacon traded 3-pointers for 55-61, with the American making one more for 57-64. Finally, P. Kalaitzakis made it 58-66 with a buzzer beater.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, o Papagiannis he nailed it for 60-68, before Mantzoukas tripled at 60-71. Partizan responded with LeDay and Abramovic, cutting to 67-71, before Smailagic cut to the basket (69-71) and Exum put Partizan ahead (72-71). THE Panathinaikos found a solution with him Papagianni, which he wrote in 72-73, before Bacon made a foul goal for 74-75. Pander provided a major solution, scoring four straight points for 80-77, but Ponitka made four straight shots for 80-81. THE Nanali hit a key 3-pointer after a Grigonis foul for 83-81, Bacon missed a game-tying layup and Partisan took the win.
The quarters: 18-26, 39-45, 58-66, 83-81
Detailed match statistics here
Source: Sport Fm
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