Panathinaikos blocked in the second half and experienced a friendly defeat by Tsedevita Olympia

“two face” Panathinaikos in Slovenia!

The “greens” were defeated with a score of 90-78 by the Tsedevita Olympiain a friendly charity match that took place at the “Stožice Arena”, with the aim of helping those affected by the devastating floods in Slovenia.

The “clover” was excellent in the first half, reaching up to +13 (29-42), with good ball circulation and many free shots, which they converted into… points Marius Grigonis and Kyle Guy. Despite this, the second part did not go the same way for Panathinaikos, who “stuck” offensively and faced difficulties defensively against the very accurate 6.75 Slovenians, finally knowing the defeat, much more difficult than the final 90- 78.

Of course, the result doesn’t matter in such matches, after all it was only his second friendly Panathinaikou, after the victory against Krka Novo Mesto. The internationals were left out Ioannis Papapetrou, Matias Lessor, Juancho Hernangometh and Dimitris Moraitiswho did not go to Slovenia, while he did not compete Dino Mitoglou, who still hasn’t gotten over the injury that kept him out of the World Cup. Ergin Ataman, who has gone to Turkey for personal reasons, was also absent from the team’s bench.

Among those present, he stood out with 18 points Marius Grigoniswhile he showed his offensive pluralism with 15 points o Olek Balcherovsky, who went to shoot… alone the match at the end. Good look for him Costa Antetokounmpo with 10 points, while 9 were from Jerian Grant, Luka Vildosa and 8 from Kyle Guy. From the side of Cedevita, the protagonist was Karlo Matkovic with 17 points, with Amadou Shaw having 15.

Now, Panathinaikos will return tomorrow (8/9) to Athens, and will turn to the next friendlies with Cluj (9/9, 20:15) and Pigeon bwin (10/9, 20:15), for the “Nikos Fassouras” tournament.

The match

THE Panathinaikos entered the match well against Grigonis and Balcerovski, taking an early 2-7 lead. Tsedevita reduced with a three-pointer to 5-7, but o Grigonis made a second three-pointer for 5-10 and o Balcherovsky he later did 7-12. The Slovenians got close to a point, but the Lithuanian guard made a third three-pointer to make it 11-15. Taking advantage of some wrong choices by the “greens”, Tsedevita with Shaw as the protagonist went ahead with 16-15. His reaction Panathinaikou it was straight with Guy and Grant, and the first period ended at 18-22.

With the “good morning” of the second quarter, o Guy he made a three-pointer for 20-25, while with three consecutive spikes by Antetokounmpo, it was 22-31. THE Kyle Guy made a second shot from long range, writing the first double-digit difference of the match (22-34). Chedevita reacted with Matkovic and Jones, cutting to 27-34, before Vildosa followed to make it 27-36. Two three-pointers in a row by Sluka and Grigonis, increased the difference again (29-42). Tsedevita showed a reaction and with a top Radovic cut the lead to 43-48 at halftime.

The reaction of the Slovenians continued in the second half, since o Justin Combs tied it at 48-48 with a 3-pointer, before Shaw made a foul shot to make it 51-48. THE Chedevita got away with 5 (55-50), but Jerian Grant made 4 straight shots for 55-54. The Slovenians escaped thanks to Sean Jones for the first time with +8 (62-54), but with Grigonis and Sluka the margin fell to 63-61 in the third quarter.

THE Chedevita at the beginning of the fourth period he took a double-digit lead again (74-63), with the protagonist Matkovic. Balcerovski cut it to 76-69, but Radovic cut the lead back to 10 with a 3-pointer. With two more difficult baskets by the Pole, Panathinaikos dropped to 79-73. Balcerovski cut the gap to 4 (81-77), but a big three-pointer Show wrote 84-77 and signed her final victory Chedevita.

The quarters: 18-22, 43-48, 63-61, 90-78