From… machine Lesor, redeem him Panathinaikos in a terrible match at “Andreas Papandreou”!
Despite the fact that the “greens” were bad and disjointed, tiring with mistakes and many missed shots, for more than 34 minutes, Ergin Ataman’s team showed character and soul in the final and with improbable 19 point upsetn, came to victory over him Pigeon bwin for 2/2 in this year’s Basket League with score 66-64!
The match:
The Pigeon bwin began with Hunts, Kaselakis, Dagubic, Rungland and Thompson in the starting five, with Panathinaikos to choose Vildosa, Grant, Grigonis, Hernangomet and Balcerovski. The start of the match was quite nervous from both teams as both fell to enough mistakes, while they proved to be a lot misplaced (5/19 and 4/13 field goals in the first quarter).
Vassilis Spanoulis’ team was generating energy and pressure in defense, pressing better on the floor. Which had the result of leading 4-0 and 8-6, during which only o Grigonis was finding the way to the opposing basket for the “greens”. Mandzuka’s 3-pointer in the 8th minute made it 8-9, Lessor’s dunk shortly thereafter made it 10-11, before Kenny Williams’ buzzer-beater 3-pointer sealed the game. quarter at 13-11.
A basket that gave the hosts a much-needed boost, who through the quick transition ran a quick 6-0 run for the 19-11 at 12′. Panathinaikos, for its part, continued to finds… ironmaking many mistakes at the same time.
“Hitting” the racket of the “greens”, Peristeri bwin raised the difference to a double-digit price, with Kaselakis and Renfro doing +13 for 31-18 at 17′. Vildosa and Hernangometh gave offensive “breath” to the Ataman team for 31-22, however, with another buzzer beater three-pointer from the same point – this time it was Hunts – the bwin Dove went to the locker room in front with +12 for 36-24.
Vassilis Spanoulis’ team entered the third quarter with their foot on the gas. Thanks to three consecutive three-pointers by Dagubic and Kaselakis, the home team opened the gap at +19 for 45-26 at 23′at the biggest difference price in the game!
The reaction of Panathinaikos initially came through… hand Kalaitzakis and secondarily by Grigonis. Significantly improving the defense and with the Greek forward having 10 points and the Lithuanian 5, the “greens” with a constant counter attack reduced to 7 (53-46) at 28′. Bad choices and missed shots in the final two minutes allowed only Hunts to score for 55-46 which ended the third period.
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The quarters: 13-11, 36-24, 55-46, 64-66.
Source: Sport Fm
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