Panathinaikos AKTOR gave a three-point show and… breaths in Lavrio

Invincible without… stepping on the “gas” o Panathinaikos AKTOR.

The “greens” won very easily in Laurel by a score of 92-76 and improved to 14-0 in the Stoiximan Basket League, one game before hosting the Olympic in OAKA for the championship (22/01), in a match that could be decisive for home advantage at the end of the season.

After a mediocre start in the first 5 minutes, his team Ergin Ataman found a rhythm and took advantage of her long-range accuracy (12/21) to take a double-digit lead without being threatened at any point in the match. At the same time, the Turkish technician breathed a sigh of relief, since Kostas Sloukas left out of commission, o Matias Lessor didn’t play, o Marius Grigonis he fought for just 9 minutes and Jerian Grant for 13.

Leader of the winners with 16 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists was Costas Antetokounmpowhile excellent was Dimitris Moraitis with 12 points and 6 assists. The same number of points and 8 final passes were scored by Kendrick Nunnwhile Grigonis had 12 points and 10 along with 9 rebounds had Juancho Hernangomet. He returned after 92 days and played 16 minutes o Ioannis Papapetrouwho managed to score 7 points, although he committed 5 errors.

On the part of the guests, who suffered a third consecutive defeat and they went 4-10a good performance with 18 points was made by Xavier Castaniedawhile 14 was achieved by Skyler Flaten and from 12 o’clock Vassilis Mouratos, Marcus Thornton.

The match

The Laurel got on the board first, with two shots from Thornton, while Flaten made it 5-0 with a three-pointer. THE Nan he opened the scoring for the “greens” with a long shot for 5-3, but Muratos responded for 8-3. Antetokounmpo nailed and Kalaitzakis made a layup to cut it to 8-6, but Flaten countered with a 3-pointer to make it 11-6. Moore made 4/4 of the home team’s 3-pointers to make it 14-8, but his response Grigonis it was immediate for 14-11. Nice ball movement led to another long shot by Grant to tie the game at 14-14, while a hot Grigonis followed to make it 14-17. THE Grant took the baton again, with a nice execution in the post for 14-19. THE Papapetrou he returned after 92 days and went 14-21 from the corner, while Antetokounmpo posted back-to-back 14-25 points. Castanieda with a layup at the end made it 16-25 in the first quarter.

At the beginning of the second period, Moraitis he scored from mid-range for 16-27, while Mitoglou did the same for 16-29. Castanieda gave a solution to the hosts, with a difficult shot over the defense for 18-29, while Muratos took advantage of his mistake Papapetrou for 20-29. Kalaitzakis scored with a layup and restored the double-digit lead of Panathinaikos AKTOR (20-31), but Tsamis made it 22-31 by defeating Samonturov. The guests’ mistakes continued, with Castaniedas reducing even more (24-31) and Murato to write 26-31. The “Greek” five of the “clover” that did not come out was replaced by the basic one and immediately Nan and Grigonis provided a solution for 26-36. THE Antetokounmpo nailed it too Grigonis made a foul field goal to make it 26-41. Juancho made a three-pointer and Zaras answered for 29-44, while Grant made it 29-46 from the top. The half ended with a score of 31-46.

In the second part, Thornton he immediately reduced it to 33-46 for Lavrio with a mid-range shot, while he immediately made a three-pointer for 36-46. THE Papapetrou gave an important solution with an improbable shot at the end of the attack, while Nan made his own three-pointer for 38-52. The American scored another 4 consecutive points, writing 40-56, while Chestnut cut it to 43-56 with a 3-pointer. The outstanding Thornton continued to be unstoppable and cut it to 45-56, but Moraitis responded with a three-pointer to make it 45-59. THE Juancho he also shot from 6.75m. for 45-62, while Antetokounmpo made a reverse layup and a foul for 45-65. Papapetrou started to find a rhythm and scored back to back for 45-67. The home team countered with Gromovs and Flaten, cutting it to 50-67, while Castanieda and Mitoglou they scored 52-69. Juancho hit his third 3-pointer to end the period at 54-72.

At the beginning of the fourth period, Chestnut reduced with a three-pointer to 57-72, while Moraitis made shots for 57-74. Flaten with another long shot reduced the score to 60-74 for the struggling home team, but Mitoglou provided a solution with a layup for 60-76. Muratos made another three-pointer and cut the difference to 13 (63-76). Moore and Thornton had one shot each for 65-76, but Mitoglou provided a solution with a hook for 65-78. THE Antetokounmpo he made three shots and restored the visitors’ +16 lead (65-81), while Moraitis scored a layup for 65-83, with the remaining minutes now procedural. THE Zaras hit 5 straight points and cut it to 70-83, while Antetokounmpo nailed and Kalaitzakis scored in transition for 72-89. The match ended 76-92 with a three-pointer by Moraitis.

The quarters: 16-25, 31-46, 54-72, 76-92

Detailed match statistics here.