The match
The two teams entered with appetite and with the protagonists of the tall ones McNish and Lessor it was 6-3 in the first minutes. The French center continued to take initiatives and went 6-7, while Juancho made a three-pointer for 6-10. Fridriksson fouled out, with Lessor responding with a dunk to make it 9-12, while Sloukas scored for three signing 9-15. PAOK with the protagonist McNish he didn’t flinch and cut it back to 15-17, but Guy hit a three-pointer to make it 17-22. The first period ended at 18-22.
The two teams entered the second quarter “cold”, with the score remaining at 18-23 for a long time, before Tsairelis scored a foul for 21-23. THE Harrison drove in a run and tied it for him PAOK in 25-25, with Panathinaikos to stay at zero for over three minutes before Grant made a shot to make it 26-26 and a layup to make it 26-28. The pace dropped a lot with back-to-back visits to the line, which made it 27-31, with Lessor scoring the second for 29-33. The first half ended at 33-38, thanks to his three-pointer Guy at expiration.
In the second part, Sloukas he immediately scored from mid-range for 33-40, the largest margin of the match up to that point. Juancho made a three-pointer from 45 degrees, signing the first double-digit lead of the “greens” (33-43). Margaritis reduced it with a three-pointer, but Juancho responded for 36-45. THE PAOK countered with McNeese and Harrison, cutting the gap to 3 (43-46). THE Kyle Guy with Lessor, they sent the difference to 8 again (45-53), with the former making another three-pointer for 45-56. THE Grant with three shots and Vildosa with a three-pointer shot the difference to +17 (45-62). The Argentine scored at the end of the quarter for 45-65.
Early in the final period, Panathinaikos’ lead jumped to +23 with another long shot by Vildosa (45-68). THE PAOK tried to cut it a bit with Arsenopoulos, but Kostas Antetokounmpo maintained +20 (54-74) with back-to-back spikes, before Arsenopoulos cut the gap to 16 (58-74). The “two-headed man of the north” managed to reduce to 12 with McNish (62-74), but shots from Sluka and Lessor they scored 62-77 and the match was essentially over.
The quarters: 18-22, 33-38, 45-65, 64-77
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Source: Sport Fm
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