Slukas Wins Duel With Walkup: What The Numbers Say

Can o Kostas Sloukas don’t… dazzle with his performance, he may have forced efforts at some moments wanting to prove things to his former team, however the numbers show that this time he was the winner in the match-up with Thomas Walkupwhich proved decisive in victory of Panathinaikos in the derby with Olympiakos in SEF (54-66).

In… absolute numbers, the statistics wrote that in 23:37 on the floor, Slukas had 5 points (2/3 2-pointers, 0/6 3-pointers, 1/1 shot), 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 errors, 1 steal and 3 earned fouls with a 7 rating, while Walkup in 32:40 had 2 points (1/4 2-pointers, 0/4 3-pointers), 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 6 turnovers, 2 steals, 2 blocks, 1 earned foul and 4 in the rating.

The two of them they were on the floor at the same time for 17 minutes and in that span Slukas had 3 points, 4 assists and 2 turnovers to Walkup’s 0, 0 and 3 in the same statistical categories. Yes, during this time partial score was 36-17 in favor of Panathinaikos (!), who had over +19 in those minutes 6 more rebounds and 5 more assists.

In total in the 23:27 played by Slukas, Panathinaikos had a partial score of 46-28, with +18 being the biggest +/- for the “greens”. On the contrary, at 32:40 of Walkup, Olympiacos was at -13which was the worst number for the home team (as was Isaiah Kanaan).

In this part, Sluka’s progress from the first to the third derby of the season is impressive.

In the first, for the Super Cup in Rhodeswith the 33-year-old guard on the court, Panathinaikos had -16 points, -12 rebounds and -12 assists compared to Olympiakos.

In the second, for her Euroleague in OAKAwith Slukas on the court, Panathinaikos had -4 points, +4 rebounds and -5 assists.

In the third, yesterday at CEO for the Stoiximan Basket Leaguewith its leader in the top five, Panathinaikos had +18 points, +1 rebound and +6 assists.

It is worth noting that Sluka’s most productive minutes on the court were when he was in the same formation as them Dino Mitoglou (37-21 the individual score), Matias Lessor (31-15) and Juancho Hernangomet (44-28).

Kostas Sloukas has already played 3 times against #OlympiacosBC.
Here is how it started and how it’s going.

Plus minus in PTS / REB / AST

September 30??
-16 / -12 / -10

Oct 6 ??
-4 / +4 / -5

October 30 ????
+18 / +1 / +6#paobc #olypao

— 3StepsBasket (@3StepsBasket) October 31, 2023

Kostas Sloukas on his return to Piraeus.

??PTS: 5
??AST: 5
??REB: 5

Meanwhile the plus/minus with him on the floor.
??Score: 46-28 (+18, game high)
??Assists: 10-4 (+6, game high) https://t.co/Nk7aUQUg7u

— 3StepsBasket (@3StepsBasket) October 30, 2023

The Sloukas vs. Walkup battle ??

Stats while both on the floor (25 mins).

Sloukas – Walkup
PTS: 11 – 9
AST: 3 – 2
TOV: 6 – 2
Plus-Minus: #OlympiacosBC won it by 12 points (38-50).#olypao #paobc

— 3StepsBasket (@3StepsBasket) October 6, 2023