Whipped Panathinaikos AKTOR, “suffocated” Partizan in the furnace of OAKA!

He continues his… hava o Panathinaikos AKTOR!

The “greens” struggled, but with soul and defense for a seminar they won 84-71 They were partisans in the furnace of OAKA, as a result of which they get a 4th straight pink card (and 8th in the last 9 European matches), rising to 14-8 in Euroleague and seeing even clearer quads!

The Serbian team “toughed up” the hosts with their terrible physical defense and took the faith of Panathinaikos AKTOR for three quarters. In the fourth, however, with the help of the crowd, the “clover” played incredible defense and ran out a partial score of 26-13, securing the precious pink card before the OAKA derby with Olympic (22/01, 20:15) for the championship.

The leader of the match was with 21 points Kendrick Nunn, who kept the hosts in front even in their worst period with individual efforts. Excellent with 16 points, 7 rebounds and big shots o Dino Mitoglouwhile the pivotal point was Matias Lessor, who “woke up” at the end and finished the match with 14 points and 9 rebounds. He gave it all again Jerian Grantwith 4 points, 5 assists, 4 steals and endless running in the 36 minutes he played.

On the part of Partizan, who fell to 11-11 and lost the tie against the “greens”, a great match was played by PJ Dozier with 16 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists and 6 steals, while 13 points were scored by James Nunnally.

The match

THE Nan AKTOR opened the scoring for Panathinaikos with a floater for 2-0, while o Open responded with back-to-back baskets to make it 2-4. Mitoglou scored the first three-pointer of the match, making it 5-4. THE Dossier he hit back-to-back long shots to cut Partizan’s lead to 7-10, while the Serbians drew defenses and he made a layup to make it 7-12. Lessor scored his first points for 9-12, while after a steal by Nan the Sloukas scored in the surprise for 11-12. Mitoglou equalized with one shot, while Nan gave the hosts the lead with a shot from 6.75m. for 15-12. After the timeout, the visitors showed a reaction with Dozier as the star, taking the lead again 15-16. THE Juancho made a three-pointer and the first quarter ended 18-16.

At the beginning of the second period, Smith layup and Antetokounmpo made shots for 20-18, while Antetokounmpo and Koprivica each scored once for 24-24 and Nunn tied it at 26-24. Andjusic scored a difficult foul goal for 26-27, while Smilagic he called for 28-29. Grigonis scored for three on a layup for 31-29, then immediately hit a foul field goal for 34-29. The Lithuanian continued his personal streak (36-31), while Nunn made two shots and Grigonis came back for the biggest margin so far (40-31). LeDay cut it to 40-33 from the line, while the Grigonis became the creator with an assist to Mitoglou for 42-33. THE They were partisans with consecutive shots he managed to cut it to 42-38, while Nunnally made a layup for 42-40.

With the “good evening” of the second part, o Nanali after a steal he tied the game at 42-42, while he also made a three-pointer for 44-45. Nan gave a solution after some time, while o Koprivitsa nailed impressively for 46-47. Antetokounmpo responded with a thunderous dunk of his own for 50-49, while after a sensational hustle play by Mitoglou Slukas made a shot for 51-49. Smilagić nailed and equalized at 51-51, while Nan in an incredible atmosphere scored for 53-51. Dozier made a difficult three-pointer to make it 53-54, while Andjusic hit two shots for 54-56. THE Lessor answered from the line (56-56) and Smith continued in the same fashion for 56-58. The French center scored at the end of the third period for 58-58.

At the beginning of the last quarter, o Sloukas scored from the line for 60-58, while Nunn did the same after a steal from Grant for 62-58. THE Lessor roused OAKA again with a terrific dunk, signing 64-58, while Nanali finally gave the Serbs a solution with a surprise basket (64-60). Lessor after a brilliant rebound scored for 66-60, while Slukas made a big shot for 69-62. The defenses continued to come out and Nunn hit two shots to make it 71-62, before Smilagic made it 71-64 with a dunk. THE Mitoglou continued his… shooting marathon of the match for 73-64, then hit a big shot on the follow-up for 75-66. Lessor answered Dozier for 77-68, while Dozier cut it to 77-70 later on shots. THE Mitoglou secured a key rebound and made important shots for 79-70, while Grant gave Partisan the free shot with a terrible foul goal for 82-71 in apotheosis.

The quarters: 18-16, 42-40. 58-58, 84-71

Detailed match statistics here.