Panathinaikos AKTOR is “out” in the final for the first title of the year!

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The match:

With Grant, Nan, Grigonis, Mitoglou and Lessor, he started Panathinaikos AKTORwhile o Mars with Toliopoulos, Bohorides, Bloomberg, Harrell and De Souza. The first points of the match were scored by Harrell (0-2), with Grigonis “answering” with a nail for 2-2. Both teams were quite nervous at the start and made many errors in their attacking efforts. THE Nan put his team ahead for the first time (4-2), while o Toliopoulos with five consecutive points he gave the lead to Thessaloniki (4-7).

The Greek guard kept the guests in front in the typical 5′ (5-9), with the “clover” taking the lead with a 5-0 “run” (10-9). With Harel’s three-pointer, Aris made it 10-12, but at this point the Nan he took it… on himself and with six consecutive personal points he put the “greens” ahead 17-14. The “yellows” reduced to a point with Stark’s two-pointer (17-16) and Sloukas with two accurate shots sent Panathinaikos to +3 at the end of the first period (19-16).

Ergin Ataman’s team entered the second quarter in a very strong way and with one 7-0 that “ran” for the first time the difference went to double digits (26-16). THE Toliopoulos put a stop to the streak with five personal points (26-21), with Lessor making it 28-21, before getting into a skirmish with Sanogo, for which both players were charged with a technical penalty. Grant scored to make it 30-21, while in the 14th minute, Bohorides committed an unsportsmanlike foul on Lessor, with the Frenchman reacting and being charged with a second technical penalty. which also brought his expulsion from the semi-final.

Halfway through the second period, Bankston was down -8 (32-24), but Nan he answered with a 3-pointer for 35-24, and then pushed the difference to +14, which was the biggest up to that point (38-24, at 18′). THE Toliopoulos single-handedly held Aris offensively, scoring 17 points with a nice energy (41-28), with Grant hitting 3/3 shots for 44-28. The Thessalonikians with a 0-5 streak managed to reduce the difference to 11 points before the end of the first half (44-33).

With his two shots Bohorides Aris dropped the difference to single digit levels (44-35), with Mitoglou to give aggressive solutions to the “clover” (46-36). Lesor’s dismissal and Antetokounmpo’s unsportsmanlike conduct brought him into the game Balcherovsky for the first time, with Grigonis hitting a difficult curveball for 51-37.

The “yellows” with a 0-5 dropped the difference to -9 (51-42), however, the Balcherovsky he was accurate in the expiration of the attack in the 27th minute for 53-42. THE Nan reached 16 points (55-42), with Bankston reducing (55-44), while with two accurate shots by Sluka and one by MitoglouPanathinaikos finished the third period at +14 (58-44).