AKTOR of Panathinaikos was “numb” with Kolossos

With… out of the big “double” in Madrid and with pluralism in the attack, o Panathinaikos AKTOR won comfortably 96-73 him Colossus of Rhodesgoing up to 18-1 in the Stoiximan Basket League.

All twelve players who competed scored, while five of them had double-digit points.

The leader was Mitoglou with 13p., with them Slouka and Papapetrou to add from 11 p. and the Nan and Grigonis from 10p.

On the other hand, the Rhodians retreated to 7-12while they stood out Poley and Situ with 21 p. and 19p. respectively.

The match

Panathinaikos AKTOR started with Balcherovski, Hernangometh, Kalaitzakis, Nan and Grant. The match had a good pace early on, with Kolossos putting up strong resistance thanks to Sitou (8-9), in the first four minutes. Then, the “greens” took control with forwards Balcherovski and Nan escaping to +5 (19-14), in the 6th minute. However, in the following minutes the game had a frantic tempo, with the “clover” finding points in the open field, but the Rhodians had caught fire from outside the 6.75m. and with back-to-back three-pointers, they closed the first period in a 26-26 tie.

With a basket and a foul by Koloveros, Kolossos went ahead (28-29) at the beginning of the second period. Panathinaikos AKTOR answered with Sluka and Lesor and with an 8-0 run for +7 (36-29), with the Rhodesians reacting with the entry of Sitos on the floor and reducing (39-33), at 15′. Then, the French center and Papapetrou sent the “clover” to +11 (45-34), with Polley returning “hot” to the court and pushing the visitors to an 8-0 run (45-42), in 18′. However, in the remaining time, Ataman’s players tightened up defensively and with Papapetrou and Mitoglou they closed the first half at +9 (51-42).

With more concentration in defense at the beginning of the second half and with forwards Mitoglou and Kalaitzakis, Panathinaikos AKTOR took control of the match and sent the difference to +17 (62-45), at 23′. Perantes tried to keep the visitors aggressive, but Mitoglou took the “greens” to +18 (68-50), in the 26th minute. From that point on, the game continued at the same fast pace, with Sluka returning exhausted from the bench and … signing the “clover” +21 (79-58), at the end of the third period.

The picture of the match was the same in the fourth quarter, with the “greens” having the reins and escaping to +22 (87-65), at 34′. Naturally, the next few minutes were of a procedural nature, with Ataman’s team taking the final victory 96-73.

The quarters: 26-26, 51-42, 79-58, 96-73

See the match statistics here

Watch the film of the match here