Panathinaikos AKTOR for big things in Madrid!
The “greens” came back with a bang after the break, produced their best performance of the season and forced the Real in her first loss at the ‘WiZink Center’ by a score 97-86going up 17-10 and making it a huge win in the battle for the home advantage!
After a sluggish start in the first 8 minutes, when Madrid also escaped with +9 (22-13), his team Ergin Ataman produced a great reaction and went ahead in the second quarter. Although the home team responded at the beginning of the third quarter and regained control of the match, the “greens” did not worry, they went ahead again and in the end Realwithout particular stress in the finale!
THE Panathinaikos AKTOR he had plenty of protagonists in his first victory at this stadium after 3990 days (21/03/2013). Chief among them was Matias Lessor, who had a career-high 26 points (12/18 2-pointers), 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, for 33 points in the rating system. The leader followed close behind Kostas Sloukaswho had his best game in a while with 16 points, 6 assists and 2 steals, hitting some big shots in the fourth quarter.
Of the rest, the financial one had 17 points and 7 assists Kendrick Nunnwhile 11 points with 3/5 three-pointers, two of which “treasured” the hosts in the last period, had Marius Grigonis. He also fought Dino Mitoglou with 8 points and 9 rebounds. From Real, which fell to 22-5, 18 points were scored by Gerson Giabuseliwhile 16 was counted by Janan Musa and 13 o Fabien Coser.
The match
THE Panathinaikos ACTOR came into the match strongly and took a 0-4 lead with Balcerovski leading the way, before Jabuselli hit two shots to make it 2-4. THE Real went ahead for the first time with a three-pointer by Ambalde (5-4), while it was 8-4 with a goal foul by Giabuseli. Grigonis scored the visitors’ first three-pointer, but Kozer responded for 11-7. Ambalde hit another long shot, while Yabuselli hit in transition to make it 16-9 for the home team. Lessor dropped a rare shot for 16-11, but the star in the first minutes Giabucelli made it 18-11 with a nail in transition. Slukas with his first points made the difference, but the Kosher he was alone again and hit from the corner for 21-13. Sloukas and Papapetrou they put shots and reduced, while o Lessor with a hook he signed 22-18. The first period ended with a basket by Hezonia for 24-18.
At the beginning of the second quarter, o Sloukas closed the gap with a three-pointer, while Huacho scored 4 consecutive points for the “green” overtaking (24-25). Lessor impressively nailed the Spanish basket and scored 26-29, while Moussa responded with a difficult layup for 28-29. THE Lessor with a terrible assist from Sluka in the surprise, he scored for 28-32, taking the foul, while a little later he “knocked down” the basket again twice for 28-36 in transition. Real made one mistake after another, but Panathinaikos’ AKTOR did not take advantage and Muse cut to 30-36 with shots. THE Nan he made a very difficult three-pointer and made it 30-39, while Slukas got an offensive rebound and made a floater for 32-41. Juancho in another transition increased the difference to double digits (32-43), but the Campacho with shots immediately cut it to 34-43. Nunn with a buzzer beater on defense made it 36-45 in the first half.
With the “good evening” of the second part, Hezonia reduced with a three-pointer, but the Papapetrou answered him for 39-48. The Croatian with a layup in transition cut the difference to 43-48, while Kozer with another long shot made it 46-50 for the reacting Real. The Frenchman was the key player and reduced even more, while the Yabuselli made consecutive personal actions and brought the Spanish team ahead for 52-50. Nan stopped the visitors’ downward slide with a difficult three-pointer for 52-53, while Lessor with a nice move from close range made it 54-55 after an improbable basket by Juancho. The French center took Tavares’ third foul and scored already, while he received Nan’s assist and jumped into the “ethers” for 56-62. THE Yabuselli cut off the lead of the “greens” and reduced it with a three-pointer, while o Grant took shots and wrote 59-64. Nan with a three-pointer again at the end of time, signed the 61-67 of the third period.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, o Mitoglou made it 63-69 with a long shot. Moussa with consecutive points with a layup and a three-pointer brought Real Madrid within striking distance (68-69), but Mitoglou responded with a shot for 68-71 and a little later he made a difficult basket for 70-73. Moussa had taken Real back to within a point, but Lessor answered with a dunk in front of Poirier for 72-75. THE Rodriguez scored his first points with a layup (74-75), while o Sloukas hit a big 3-pointer and made shots for 74-80. Panathinaikos captain AKTOR continued his great performance and made another terrific shot after a screen for 74-83. THE Nan was thrown out and Tavares nailed it to 80-85, but Moussa missed a free and Grigonis punished him for 80-88 with a three-pointer. The Lithuanian stole and passed the ball to Lessor, who nailed the surprise for 80-90. From there, there was no time for Real and Panathinaikos AKTOR took the big win.
The quarters: 24-18, 36-45, 61-67, 86-97
Detailed match statistics here.
Source: Sport Fm
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