Comfortable Panathinaikos in the premiere of the Basket League!
The “greens” reacted after the two defeats by Olympic against the neophyte Maroussi and they defeated it more easily than the final 82-71 shows, positively starting their course in the domestic championship.
On the other hand, the Northern Suburbs team keeps the good start in the match and turns to the next matches, aiming to establish itself in the division, where it returned after 11 very difficult years.
The guests behind closed doors OAKA were very competitive in the first period (16-16), however with a partial 31-13 the team of Ergin Ataman cleaned up the match from halftime, reaching at one point up to +28 (63-35). A tension during the fourth quarter with Costa Antetokounmpo as the protagonist broke the pace of the hosts, and gave Maroussi the right to reduce the difference to normal levels.
Leaders of the match with 12 points each were Lefteris Mantzoukas and Luka Vildosa. Marius Grigonis had 11, all in the first half, while 10 was counted by Matias Lessor. From the team of Giorgos Scarafigas, he stood out Shakur Juston with 21 points, while Haris Yiannopoulos scored 13.
The match
The two teams started competitively, with Panathinaikos to find solutions from GrigonisManjuka and the Maroussi from Juston, Radulitsa for the 7-6. Juston got off to a great start and made it 7-9 with a 3-pointer, but Grigonis responded for a 10-9 run and hit another long shot to make it 3/3 and 13-11. Ahmed Hill tied it with a nice move at 13-13 and made a three-pointer for 13-16, with Vildosa to respond with a goal-foul for 16-16 in the first period, during which the visitors proved very competitive.
Vildosa put forward him Panathinaikos at the beginning of the second quarter with 18-16, while Mantzoukas signed +4 (20-16). With a three-pointer by Kalaitzakis, the first +6 of the match was formed (23-17), while Manzoukas put his own for 29-21. The home team’s offensive outburst continued, with Lessor to score a basket and a foul for 34-23. The pace suddenly dropped, Panathinaikos was winning fouls but missing shots, and the lead was kept at +11, before Kostas nailed the surprise for 38-25. The Greek center had a leading role and signed the home team’s good finish in the first half (47-29).
With the “good morning” of the second part, o Balcherovsky with four consecutive points he formed the first +22 of the match (51-29). The margin grew even further, with Vildosa scoring for three to make it 54-31, before Manzoukas he also made a three-pointer for 57-33. Marusi couldn’t find any solution in this period and Balcerovski and Vildosa pushed the “green” lead to +28 (61-33). THE Juston playing with 4 fouls he tried with consecutive points to reduce for 63-41. The third period ended at 69-45.
THE Moraitis started strong in the fourth quarter as well, hitting from long range to make it 72-47, before Shamoturov, who passed on the match, made it 76-49 from close range. THE Peno cut it to 76-53 with a tough 3-pointer. After an unnecessary tension starring him Costa Antetokounmpothe match continued for the procedural last minutes, with Panathinaikos getting an easy victory in the final despite the honorable effort of the guests who managed to reduce the deficit.
The quarters: 16-16, 47-29, 69-45, 82-71
Detailed match statistics here
Source: Sport Fm
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