He found the breath he was looking for Panathinaikos!
The “greens” won with a score of 95-81 Baskonia in OAKA and broke the negative streak of two defeats that ran to Euroleaguerising to 2-3 and now turning their attention to the derby with Olympiacos for the Basket League (30/10, 20:15)!
THE Panathinaikos it was dark for three periods against the “missing” but fighting Basques, but in the last quarter he played as he should, took out defenses, found surprises and big shots, and finally reached a balmy victory without stress in the final.
The leader of the “greens” was Dino Mitoglou, who had a great performance with 23 points (7/8 2-pointers, 2/4 3-pointers), leading Panathinaikos’ good stretch in the fourth quarter. Up close and Matias Lessor, who was the best of the winners in… the rest of the match, also tallying 23 points, along with 14 rebounds and 2 blocks! Persuasive o Kyle Guy with 13 points, while 12 along with 7 assists were counted by the very positive Kostas Sloukas.
Among the losers, who fell to 1-4 and are in crisis, with Juan Peñaroja in a very difficult position, stood out Marcus Howard with 22 points and the Nico Manion, Vanja Marinkovic with 17.
The match
The visitors came out stronger against the nervous Panathinaikos and took a 0-4 lead with Howard and McIntyre before Juancho cut it to 3-4 with a triple. The visitors had a clearer mind and found themselves at 3-8 with points from Howard and Kochar, but the Sloukas hit a 3-pointer for 6-8 from the top and tied it at 8-8 with a layup. Marinkovic and Vildosa traded three pointers for 11-11, but the Basques retook the lead with Enjoy and Manion (13-15). Juancho made a stop on one side and a follow on the other for 15-15, but the Baskonia answered with a 5-0 run by Mannion and Howard for 15-20. The Greens responded with a run of their own, capped by Guy’s 3-pointer to make it 24-22.
With Lessor in terrible condition, the greens quickly found themselves +5 in the second quarter (30-25), but Sendekerskis made a crucial foul for 30-28. Grant and Guy with individual actions they increased the difference to +6 (34-28), while Mitoglou made it 37-30 with a difficult three-pointer. Led by Vania Marinkovic, the Baskonia she kept her cool and quickly reduced it to 39-37, but Lessor and Grigonis they restored a +6 for the hosts (43-37). After Howard and Grigonis traded 3-pointers, the half ended at 48-43.
At the start of the second half, a goal foul by Guy sent him off Panathinaikos for the first time at +8 (53-45). Howard cut it with a terrific 3-pointer, but Grant answered with a foul shot for 55-48, while Lessor grabbed three offensive rebounds in the same phase to make it 57-48. The permanent danger Howard made three shots for 57-51, while with Kochar leading, Baskonia got closer to 59-55, before Sloukas made two shots for 61-55. Marinkovic made a difficult three-pointer for 61-59, while Rooster tied at 63-63. Lessor made a foul shot for 66-63, and two more shots for 68-63, with the third period ending at 70-66 after his “cheap” three-pointer Manion at expiration.
With the beginning of the last period, o Mitoglou signed the home team’s +9 (75-66), after two good defenses and steals by Grant and Grigonis. Lessor made two shots, writing 77-66, the first double-digit difference of the match, while Mitoglou scored four consecutive points for 81-68. Baskonia tried to mount a response and cut it to 81-72 with back-to-back points from Sendekerskis, Howard. Mitoglou gave an emphatic answer, with a three-pointer that made it 84-72, while Grant he also hit, for 87-74, a point where the match effectively ended.
The quarters: 24-22, 48-43, 70-66, 95-81
Detailed match statistics here
Source: Sport Fm
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