“Katostara” on Mars with a magic Nedovic for Panathinaikos before the devil week!

The upward course and the good “moon” in which he is in the last two weeks confirmed the Panathinaikos, prevailing with the impressive 103-83 of Mars in OAKA, for the 14th game of the Stoiximan Basket League!

By Nemanja Nedovic to play one of his best games with the Panathinaikos jersey and setting a record of points in his career in the Greek championship (28 points, 5/8 points), the “greens” – who had preceded up to 23 points – bent the resistance of the fighting Mars and they made up their psychology in view of the “devil week” that follows in the Euroleague!

In addition to the 30-year-old Serbian guard, the “clover” also stood out Evans (17 points), White (16 points), Bohoridis (14 points), while his return was also positive Papagianni in action after injury with 7 points, 6 rebounds and two blocks. In the … shallow he moved Jovic, who in some phases showed nuggets of his talent (4 points, 4 assists).

Aris, who “bent” at the end and while he had reduced to 7 points, fell to tenth place with a record of 5-7, while the Hanlan and Kelly with 25 and 15 points respectively.

The match:



With … time from the good performance against Baskonia last Friday, Panathinaikos entered the match with the foot pressed on the accelerator. By Bohoridis to start “hot” behind 6.75 m with two consecutive three-pointers from the corners and the Nedovic to follow him with five consecutive points, the “greens” were ahead with 11-5 in 3 ‘.

Then, the “baton” in scoring was taken by Okaro White, raising the difference to double digits in 5 ‘ (20-10). In the last five minutes of the season, the excellent defense of Panathinaikos led Aris to several mistakes, with the result that Thessaloniki remained without a point for 4:30 minutes! Interval in which Papagiannis dominated in defense and attack, with the “clover” closing the ten minutes at +17 (29-12).

With baskets of Jovic and Nedovic at the beginning of the second period, the hosts raised the difference for the first time over 20 (35-14 in 12 ‘). Somewhere there, however, the “yellow-blacks” reacted and ran fast series 11-0 with three-pointers by Poulianitis-Williams and a nailing by Johnston, “gnawing” the difference and lowering it to ten (35-25 in 14 ‘).

With Panathinaikos losing a significant difference, the amazing one in the first half Nedovic (17 points), came out ahead and with seven consecutive points did the +17 (42-25). In fact, the “greens” taking energy in the last three minutes ran a partial 10-2, closing the half at +21 and 54-33.

With Nemanja Nedovic in the … twilight zone, Panathinaikos went for the first time at +23 with a three-pointer and a foul by the 30-year-old Serb (58-35). As time went on, however, Aris increased his performance with him Cell to enter the equation of the match dynamically and the 28-year-old forward to become the second pole of the “yellow-black” attack next to Hanlan.

THE poor defense of the hosts from the middle of the third period, they allowed Aris to find rhythm in the attack, but also easy points from the line of fire. It is indicative that the Thessalonians succeeded 32 points in the third quarter, and while in the first half they had a total of 32! Somehow, the team of Giannis Kastritis “gnawed” the difference, collecting it at 13 for the ten minutes (78-65), giving new interest to the match.

With the psychology on his side, Aris took advantage of the many mistakes and failures of Panathinaikos, collecting the difference up to 7 points in the middle of the last period (86-79). The “greens”, however, did not stress me either rational options in the offensive part found rhythm, but also toughness in defense, “locked” the guests and with a impressive series 17-4, reached victory with 103-83.

Watch here the … film of the match.



The quarters: 29-12, 54-33, 78-65, 103-83.

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