Pressed… the gas and cleaned Virtus, the loaded Panathinaikos!

An ideal end to the “devil’s week” for Panathinaikos!

The “greens” won with a score of 90-76 Virtus Bologna in the “hot” OAKA, as a result of which they get a third straight pink card and go up to 5-4 in the Euroleague!

The match was a derby for 33 minutes, with Virtues to put on a competitive face and show her quality on the floor. Somewhere there, however, the Panathinaikos erupted, OAKA became… a volcano and pushed his team Ergin Ataman in a huge victory, with the counter writing individual scores 28-13 in the fourth quarter!

Top of the match (again) o Dino Mitoglou, with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 30 points in the evaluation system! Great performance by Matias Lessor, who was invisible for three quarters but came out in front in the fourth and finished the match with 10 points and 9 rebounds. 11 points were counted by Sloukas and Vildosaas many as the improved Kendrick Nunn, while he helped with 10 points Balcherovsky.

On the part of Virtus, which fell to 6-3, the “hot” stood out with 20 points Marco Belinelliwhile he showed the “class” of o Tornik Sengelia with 17 points and 11 rebounds.

The match

THE Virtues entered strongly with baskets in the racket from Dunston and Sengelia for 0-4, while Grigonis opened an account for Panathinaikos, scoring three points for 3-4. The Lithuanian also provided the assist on a goal foul by Mitoglou, who scored 6-4. THE Belinelli he answered with his classic three-pointer for 6-7. Balcherowski and Dunston traded points to make it 10-11, before Nunn made his first basket from mid-range to make it 12-11. THE Balcherofki made two shots off a steal by Grant to make it 14-11, while Nunn drew defenses and scored again to make it 16-11, adding a nice assist to Mitoglou for 19-13. The first period ended at 21-15.

With Lessor and Sluka, o Panathinaikos came on strong in the second quarter as well, with the score at 25-19. Kecock scored impressively to make it 25-21, but Nan made it 28-21 with an elaborate foul goal and 30-23 with another mid-range shot. Lundberg made a difficult three-pointer (30-26), with the Balcherovsky and Mitoglou to answer for 34-26. Virtus countered with a lead from Belinelli, who made a 3-pointer and a foul to help his team cut it to 36-33. Panathinaikos tried to find a rhythm again with Nan and Mitoglou, but the Italians kept close (40-37). The half ended with a score of 45-42.

At the start of the second half, o Belinelli reduced it with an unimaginable three-pointer to 47-45, while he also scored a second for the overtake with a score of 47-48, although the Mitoglou he immediately responded by writing 50-48. Vildosa with his first basket in the match made it 52-48 with a layup. Two missed defensive rebounds led to Smith’s 3-pointer for 52-51, while another one later led to Paiola’s long shot, 52-54. Slukas tied the game at 54-54 with a fancy layup, but the Sengelia he had answered for 54-56. THE Vildosa after an offensive rebound he wrote with a three-pointer at 57-56, but Belinelli was unstoppable and made a fifth three-pointer to make it 59-61. The third period ended with a three-pointer by Vildosa for 62-63.

Very quickly in the fourth period, two layups by Cordinier and Paiola brought Virtus to +5 (62-67) for the first time. Panathinaikos was without a point for almost three minutes, but found a big goal foul with him Grigonis (65-67), who gave a back-and-forth assist to Mitoglou for the equalizer at 67. The Lessor he scored impressively and gave Panathinaikos the lead again, while in the next phase he scored a foul goal for 72-67! THE Sloukas capped a 13-0 run to make it 75-67, with Hackett hitting a foul shot to make it 75-70. Lessor made another basket, while two shots by Sluka made it 79-70. Mitoglou gave the free kick to Virtus after his dismissal Belinellimaking it 85-72 with a three-pointer, at a point where the match was finally decided.

The quarters: 21-15, 45-42, 62-63, 90-76

Detailed match statistics here.