His triumph Panathinaikou in a match… not suitable for the faint of heart!
The “greens” won without impressing but with too much “cheekiness” 73-71 Zalgiris in the “hot” OAKA, they got their second consecutive pink card in Euroleague and they went up to 4-4!
The educated Lithuanians made it very difficult for his team Ergin Ataman and they took the match exactly where they wanted, however o Panathinaikos he had soul, he pulled off great defenses at the end with Slouka, Grant, Grigonis and celebrated a character victory in a match where there were all the conditions to “go wrong”!
Leader of the match was once again o Dino Mitoglouwho tallied 19 points and 6 rebounds and was a consistent offensive force even at points where the Panathinaikos was stuck”. Kombikos o Kostas Sloukas with 16 points, many of which came in the fourth period, during which the Green captain also made some big saves.
He was also exuberant once more Jerian Grant with 10 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, while he struggled with 13 points, but also 7 errors, the Matias Lessor. It didn’t help in the nearly 6 minutes played by Kendrick Nunn, who went scoreless (0/1 2-pointer, 0/2 3-pointer).
On the part of Zalgiris, which fell to 3-5, a great match with 15 points was made by Rolands Schmitzwhile he had 10 Butkevicius and from 9 o’clock Dimsa, Birutis. Next match for Panathinaikos next Friday (17/11, 21:15) with Virtuesagain at OAKA.
The match
The two teams started nervously and were absent for more than two minutes, until Evans broke the Gordian bond for 0-2. THE Panathinaikos he couldn’t find the way to the basket at the beginning of the match, before Mitoglou broke the pomegranate with a three-pointer from the corner for 3-4. THE Grigonis with a goal foul he signed the home team’s first lead at 6-4, while Schmitz responded with a three-pointer for 6-7 and Mitoglou continued in the same pattern for 9-7. With points from Schmitz and Butkevicius, Zalgiris went ahead again with 10-11, while Lessor “knocked down” the basket with a nail for 12-11. The first period ended at 13-15 on a buzzer beater by Evans.
In the second period, Zalgiris came on strong and went +3 with the star Ulanova (16-19), with Balcherovski nailing impressively for 18-19. Biroutis answered with a goal foul for 18-22, with Sluka answering with a drive for 20-23. THE Manzoukas made a nice basket for 22-25, while Vildosa with an elaborate foul goal equalized at 25-25. The visitors reacted and found a three-pointer with him Butkevicius and a basket with Biroutis for 25-30, while Mitrou-Long hit from a distance for 27-33. The Canadian with… an identical Greek passport made a second long shot for 29-36, with Panathinaikos reducing it to 35-36 thanks to Lessor and Grant. Dimsa made a difficult three-pointer for 35-39 at the end of the attack.
THE Butkevicius came on strong in the second half and made two consecutive baskets for 39-43, with Sluka to score three-pointers in between. Mitoglou also hit from a distance for 42-43, with Manek answering for 42-46. Lessor nailed impressively in front of Hayes for 44-46, while o Mitoglou scored an incredible three-pointer at the end for 47-46 and the “green” overtake. The Lithuanians fought back and Hayes hit 4 straight points to make it 47-50, with Grant tying it at 50 with a 3-pointer. THE Mitoglou with a nail he put Panathinaikos in front with 53-52, a score that was also the final of the third period.
With a three-pointer by Schmitz, Zalgiris went ahead 53-55 taking advantage of Panathinaikos’ mistakes, before Lessor nailed the equalizer. Schmitz hit again from long range for 55-58, with Grigonis answering immediately for 58-58. Schmitz and Mitoglou traded baskets for 60-60, with the former writing with a shot from Ataman’s technical penalty at 60-61. Grant made two shots from the line for 62-61, but the Schmitz he was “over the moon” and hit a third three-pointer in the last quarter for 62-64. THE Sloukas with a difficult layup he equalized at 64-64, while Lessor wrote 65-64 with one shot and the captain of Panathinaikos scored again for 67-64. THE Zalgiris with shots from Dimsa and Evans he went ahead 67-68, while Lessor put two of his own for 69-68. Slukas made a big steal and made two shots to make it 71-68, while Manek tied it at 71-71 with a 3-pointer. THE Sloukas put a shot, o Grigonis made a great defense and Panathinaikos won 73-71.
The quarters: 13-15, 36-39, 53-52, 73-71
Detailed match statistics here
Source: Sport Fm
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