He lost through his hands victories against Basconia, Bayern and Anadolu Efes, but now Panathinaikos seems to have suffered and learned! The “greens” prevailed 76-63 at the “Astrobal” of Villeurbanne achieving their first away victory of the season and went up to 6-17the moment the hosts fell to 9-16.
Although they had built a difference 16 points (32-48)the “greens” played with fire showing “diseases” of the away games, after the match reached 2 (57-59) but in the end the players of Dimitris Priftis were absolutely cool and with the right choices led the game to their own comfortable dominance.
First scorer and top in the last and critical period was Okaro White with 19p. and 4p. and he was followed by Nedovic (18 points, 4/10) who left injured and the Papagiannis with 15p. and 10p. Jovic also made his best appearance with me 6Ï€. and 5 assists.
On the losing side, Osetkowski went to … dress Okobo with 18 points. with 4 / 4tr. and 3/3 two points, but was followed at times only by Jones and Lighty who had 10 points each.
The match
With White doing great things in defense and attack, the Panathinaikos took a significant lead from the first minutes of the match with 9-2, forcing the hosts into time-outs. The interruption brought an immediate reaction, with Villeurbanne reducing to 11-7, but Panathinaikos was in good spirits in the atmosphere of the match and with Papagiannis’ offensive peak reached the difference in double digits (7-19). The completion of the first period found the “clover” in front of the score with 23-15.
With Osetkowski’s points coming off the bench offering immediate solutions, Villeurbanne reduced to three (20-23), but then Nedovic took his gun and put everything from everywhere. The Serb restored the difference to 10 (28-38), while with a new three-pointer with a scoreboard (!) He took the difference for the first time to 13 (28-41). The biggest difference recorded was +16 (30-46) with a three-pointer by Mantzouka, with 32-46 being the score of the first half.
It was expected that Villeurbanne would raise the index of its pressure in defense at the beginning of the second half and this did happen, but Panathinaikos either with a three-pointer by Jovic (36-51), or with the creation of the Serb (41-53), the “greens” kept the difference over 10 points, something that finally ceased to exist when Laiti made it 45-53. Villeurbanne may not have had Omobo, but it had Osetkovsky on a career night, who was unbeaten from 6.75 (48-53), (51-56). The good news for Panathinaikos was Evans with a big three-pointer raised the difference again (51-59), with the season closing at 53-59.
Things became even more difficult for Panathinaikos, when Villeurbanne dropped the difference to two points (57-59), with Osetkowski again being the spearhead for the hosts. However, in this counterattack, the team of Dimitris Priftis had the right reaction with a series of 0-6 (67-65) regained control of the match and with White remembering the period, the “clover” finally reached the victory with 76-63.
The ten minutes: 15-23, 32-46, 53-59, 63-76
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