He went undefeated but… he’s worried Panathinaikos AKTOR!
The “greens” won with a score of 90-75 Pigeon bwin and improved to 13-0 in the Stoiximan Basket League, however saw Luka Vildosa and Matias Lessor leave the game injured, with a very tough “devil’s week” with Effects (09/01) and Monaco (11/01) to follow.
The victory of the “greens” was much more difficult than the final score shows, as its total Vasilis Spanoulis was absolutely competitive and completely in the match until late in the third period (67-63). Nevertheless, guided by Jerian Grant who made a career match with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assiststhe hosts broke out in the fourth quarter with a partial 23-12 and “cleaned up” the match.
From the rest, they stood out with 20 points o Kendrick Nunn and with 12 and 8 rebounds o Dino Mitoglouwhile he helped a lot with 6 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and an unimaginable shot from the center o Dimitris Moraitis. For Pigeon bwinwhich fell to 7-6, an excellent match with 14 points and 9 assists by Joe Ragland.
The match
THE Costas Antetokounmpo opened the scoring in the match with a shot, while Ragland answered with a three-pointer and Mitoglou made it 3-3 with a layup. Kaselakis hit a mid-range shot and Nan responded in kind for 5-5, while the two traded baskets again for 7-7. Grant hit the home team’s first 3-pointer to make it 10-9, while Thompson made an impressive layup and Dangubic made a tough finish to make it 10-13. THE Nan continued his strong early performance to tie the game with a three-pointer at 13-13, and Grant made two shots to make it 15-13. Mitoglou also made a long shot for 18-13, while Nan continued his… violin and Kaselakis reduced it to 20-17. THE Mitoglou made another shot from 6.75 for 23-17, while o Hoogaz he wrote closely at 23-19. The first period ended with shots by Grigonis for 25-19.
At the start of the second quarter, Peristeri bwin got closer to 25-23 with a 3-pointer by Kenny Williams, while Mitrou-Long tied the game with two shots. THE Vildosa regained the lead of Panathinaikos AKTOR (27-25) with a floater, while Juancho made a shot and a three-pointer for 31-25. Hugaz responded with his own long shot, while Ragland put Peristeri bwin ahead again with 4 consecutive points (31-32) and o Renfro made a difficult basket for 31-34. Dangubic continued the visitors’ good period with a basket from close for 31-36, while Love made a three-pointer and Thompson foul goal for 35-42. Antetokounmpo took advantage of a nice assist from Nan, who then scored to make it 39-42. THE Grant down by two shots to 41-42 and Mitrou-Long hit a buzzer beater layup to make it 41-44.
In a very positive way, Peristeri bwin also started the second half, which extended its lead to 41-48 with Thompson’s nail. THE Nan cut back with a layup and Lessor made two shots to make it 45-48, with Love doing the same for 45-50. Lessor earned an unsportsmanlike foul and made both shots, o Grant cut even further to 49-50, but Ragland responded with a three-pointer (49-53). Love and Grant traded layups to make it 51-55, then each made a 3-pointer to make it 54-60. Nan hit two shots and o Grigonis three point for 59-60, with Kaselakis answering for 59-63. Mitoglou nailed impressively for 61-63 while Jerian Grant with another big shot gave the lead to Panathinaikos AKTOR (64-63). THE Moraitis made an unimaginable buzzer beater from the center of the court and the third period ended 67-63.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, o Grigonis made a three-pointer and Lessor made a big basket for 72-63. Love reduced it to 72-65 for the visitors, but he was immediately penalized and the score became 73-65 with a shot by Grigonis. Moraitis proved to be pivotal and made another long shot for 76-65, while Grant steal and score for 78-65. Ragland made two straight layups to make it 78-69, Mitoglou answered with a basket from close for 80-69 and Grant made another 3-pointer to make it 83-71. THE Ragland cut it to 83-75 with another layup, while Nunn answered with a floater for 85-75 and essentially ended the match with a three-pointer for 88-75.
The quarters: 25-19, 41-44, 67-63, 90-75
Detailed match statistics here.
Source: Sport Fm
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