The spirited Panathinaikos AKTOR reacted!
The “greens” gave everything and won with a score of 74-63 Fenerbahce in OAKA-volcano, getting a great pink card in the battle of the four and putting the Turkish team under them, even if they narrowly failed to cover the difference of the first match!
After a poor start, during which the visitors did everything they wanted and got away with +12 (7-19), the Panathinaikos AKTOR tightened his defense for good with their protagonists Panagiotis Kalaitzakis and Juancho Hernangomethstarting an epic 25-9 second quarter comeback.
From the moment he took the lead, his team Ergin Ataman never lost it, reaching the great victory and leaving behind the negative results of the previous days with Zalgiris and Ari.
Statistically, he was the leader with 23 points Kendrick Nunnhowever pivotal due to his formidable defensive contribution was the Juancho, who had 5 points, 8 rebounds and 3 steals, but the passion he brought out on the court is not reflected in the numbers. Very good with 13 points and 7 rebounds o Matias Lessorhelped with 6 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and plenty of defenses Kalaitzakis.
The match
The home side came on strong and took advantage of Fener’s early miscue to take a 3-0 lead with a Grigonis hat-trick. Fener opened their own scoring with his header Sanli, while Kalathis went all the way and scored a layup for 5-4. After his mistake Grigonis, Noah put the visitors in front for the first time, while he scored again for 5-8. Panathinaikos AKTOR, who missed for a long time, broke the… improbability with two shots of his Grant, cutting it to 7-8, but Sanli answered with a 3-pointer from the top and Hayes made a layup to make it 7-13. The Turks continued to show a very serious face and found themselves at +8 with the star of the first minutes, Nick Calathes (7-15), while the also excellent Hayes made the difference by double digits (7-19). Vildosa took the “greens” away with a three-pointer with the third for 12-19, while the first period ended with a score of 13-21 thanks to a basket by Biberovic.
In the second quarter, Kalaitzakis stole the ball and scored in transition to cut it to 15-21, while Motley answered with two free throws to make it 15-23. The young guard hit a very difficult layup for 17-23, while Vildosa made a… dancing basket to make it 19-23. THE Nan with Lessor, they took the baton and brought the match to the basket (23-25), while the combative Juancho hit the target with a follow-up for the draw (25-25). THE Motley got an important offensive rebound and won two shots, hitting for the new Turkish lead (25-27), with Grant to take advantage of the good defense and equalize (27-27). THE Biberovich he made a difficult shot for 27-30, but with Grigonis and Lessor, Panathinaikos AKTOR went ahead 31-30. Grant made a tough field goal foul on a suffocating defense before Nunn hit a layup to make it 36-30. THE Kalaitzakis ended the half with a steal and layup for 38-30.
Nick Calathes made the first basket of the second half with a layup for 38-32, but after consecutive defenses by Huatso and points by Lessor and Nunn, the difference became double digits (42-32). THE You’re in a basket hit an important 3-pointer for 42-35, while Lessor visited the line and made no mistake for 44-35. THE Wilbekin found a target from the corner for 44-38, while the elevated Nan scored two consecutive layups for 48-38 taking advantage of Huacho’s defensive recital. The Spanish forward took the baton and nailed after a clever rebound, for +13 of the hosts, while Grant signed with a board to make it 53-38. Fener tried to show a reaction with a top goal Biberovich who hit consecutive shots from long range for 55-45, before o Nan hit two shots for 57-45. THE Motley nailed it to make it 57-47 in the third period.
At the beginning of the last quarter, o Wilbekin cut it to 57-50 with a foul shot, while Dinos Mitoglou came in after a long time and scored a hook for 59-50. With consecutive points of Motley, the guests got even closer, making it 59-54. THE Nan gave a solution with a crucial basket on defense for 61-54, while the formidable Motley won and made shots for 61-56. Nunn continued to give terrible solutions with individual actions and brought the score to 63-56, while Wilbekin reduced it with shots to 63-58. The “green” guard took it personally and again beat the entire Fener defense twice for 67-60. Kalathis took shots and scored only one, while o Mitoglou he hit two for 69-61 and several minutes later he hit a layup to make it 71-61. THE Lessor made a difficult layup for 74-61, but a basket by Wilbekin deprived the Greens of covering the difference.
The quarters: 13-21, 38-30, 57-47, 74-63
Detailed match statistics here.
Source: Sport Fm
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