He painted it “green”. derbara of the “eternals” which was held at the packed “Pavlos Giannakopoulos” and celebrated the qualification to this year’s semi-finals Greek Women’s Basketball Cup The Panathinaikoswhere PAS Ioannina, Esperides and Eleftheria Moschatos are already located.
Despite their bad start to the game, the “greens” found a reaction and finally got the big win with 65-61 upon him Olympiakouin a match that had all the characteristics of a great derby!
Leading among the winners are Jones (24p), Alain (12p, 19 rib) and Cvitkovic (15p), while for the “red and white” they stood out Christinaki (16p, 7rb), Vitola (15p, 7 rib) and Nikolopoulou (8 points, 9 assists).
The match
The match started with both teams quite stressed and with Olympiacos finding the first pace, taking an 8-0 lead. Jones “smashed the pomegranate” with a three-pointer for the “greens”, before Syrra made it 3-10. Pavlopoulou reduced it further with a triple for Panathinaikos (7-10), Vitola made it 6 early for 7-14, before Jones executed again for three, for 10-14! Nikolopoulou scored Olympiakos’ first three-pointer in the derby for 12-17 and the “red and white” closed the first period with a 19-14 lead.
The second quarter started with Panathinaikos coming in more focused! Jones reached the ; three points to cut it to 17-19, before Alexandri and Alain tied it at 19-19 and 21-21. Nikolopoulou and Tobin put Olympiakos ahead again (22-27), while Cvitkovic then took action for the home team, giving her team 8 big points in a row! She first gave her her first lead of the derby (33-32) and then hit a three-pointer to make it 36-33, before Jones made it 38-33 and Williams hit a buzzer-beater two-pointer to make it 38-35. first half.
The third period started with Vitola dominating for the “red and white”, scoring 7 consecutive points for 40-44. The two teams then went without a point for almost three minutes of the game, having continuous mistakes and missed shots. Panathinaikos was finally the one to find a rhythm, making a run, tying the game at 46-46, thanks to a two-pointer by Alain. The third quarter ended with Cvitkovic scoring with a basket-foul and the “greens” leading 53-49.
Entering the “final stretch” of the grand final, Panathinaikos even led by +8 (57-49), at the maximum difference in their favor, Stamolambrou hit shots for 59-52 and with 5 minutes left for the finale, but at that point Olympiacos countered, making a 6-0 run and getting closer to the point (59-58). Nevertheless, in the last decisive minutes, Panathinaikos was cooler and more accurate in the shots, prevailing with the final 65-61.
The quarters: 14-19, 38-35, 53-49, 65-61
The match statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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