In an ideal way he completed “P. Giannakopoulos” o Panathinaikos!
The “greens” gave a… real final with her Effects and defeated her with a score of 70-69, winning the tournament thanks to his first game-winner Kostas Sloukas in the team!
THE Panathinaikos was superior until the end of the third quarter, even reaching double-digit differences. The Turks took advantage of the “blocking” of the “green” attack in the last period and returned to the match, but the Sloukas with a reverse layup with 11 seconds left set up the final score and gave the home team the win!
Sort of like that, his team Ergin Ataman completed her friendlies and is now turning to the start of official duties, the first of which is Super Cup which starts on September 29.
Leader of the match and first scorer was the impressive Matias Lessor, who scored 21 points and collected 9 rebounds, lifting OAKA several times. Another positive performance from the improved Kyle Guy, who scored 13 points on 3/8 3-pointers. 9 points were scored by Sloukaswho played poorly for three periods but came out ahead in the fourth and was credited with the winning basket.
On the side of Efes, 14 points were scored by Shane Larkin13 o Will Clyburn and 11 o Come on Zizic.
The match
The two teams started with an exchange of baskets by Mitoglou, Bryant and Larkin for the 3-4. Guy found himself free and scored for three, making it 8-4 for Panathinaikos, before Thompson cut it to 8-6 with a layup after a foul. He also scored a three-pointer for 8-9, but Mitoglou put the home team in front with 12-11, with the match going point-point. The Turks took the lead again on a 3-pointer by Clyburn, though Guy and Lessor they put in shots for 16-14. The derby continued with a spike by Lessor to put OAKA up 23-20, which was the final score of the first period.
At the beginning of the second period, Bobois and Papapetrou they traded three pointers for 26-23. His defense Panathinaikou improved and went on a short streak starring Juancho and Balcherowski to make it 33-23. THE Effects responded with a good layup of her own, but she missed her shots and missed a chance to cut it further than 33-26. Slukas took advantage of the passionate Guy’s steal and scored his first points to make it 35-26. The half ended at 36-31.
At the beginning of the second half, Effects came even closer, at 36-35, with Zizic. Somewhere in there, Guy took action, dressed as a creator and then an executor, writing with a three-pointer to make it 43-35. THE Mitoglou took over, going on a personal 4-0 for 47-35, the largest margin of the game. Larkin tried with two personal actions to reduce it, making back-to-back 3-pointers for 51-41. THE Lessor but he kept going to the basket and winning shots, writing 55-43. The third period ended at 55-46.
THE Effects came on strong in the final quarter and quickly cut it to 55-51 with Willis, but Slukas responded with a 3-pointer to make it 60-53 and his second straight basket to make it 62-53. Larkin and Zizic went on a 6-0 run for 62-59, while Willis’ three-pointer sealed the tie (63-63). During this time his attack Panathinaikou it was stuck for good, and it was Kyle Guy, who made a big three-pointer to make it 66-63. Clyburn and Lessor traded points for 68-67. Efes with two shots of Bryant went ahead, but the Sloukas made a reverse layup to make it 70-69.
The quarters: 23-20, 36-31, 55-46, 70-69
Source: Sport Fm
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