After a tragic first ten minutes, Panathinaikos stepped on the gas and was imposed 85-68 by Prometheus in the semifinal of the Final 4 of the Cup!
The “greens” were back with 27-13 in the first periodhowever, completely dominated the second half (47-29 the individual score) and got the ticket to the final.
Evans leading the “clover” (15 points, 11 rebounds) and White (12 points, 8 rebounds), decisive Nedovic, who woke up his team in the second half. Ray (19 points, 5 rebounds) and Agravanis (14 points, 9 rebounds) fought for the losers.
The match
Both teams kept pace in the score in the first minutes, with Panathinaikos looking for a score through the racket and take a small lead (4-5). Somewhere there, Prometheus found solutions in Agravani and Simpson, ran a series of 7-0 and escaped (11-5 in 3 ‘). The “clover” responded (11-11 in 5 ‘), but somewhere there it short-circuited aggressively and broke the… baskets.
With an individual score of 16-2 (!), Achaeans closed the first ten minutes with +14 (27-13)in which there was a huge difference in accuracy rates between the two opponents (9/16 Prometheus, 4/17 Panathinaikos).
Zouros’s team continued to find comfortably the way to the basket of the “greens” and maintained a double-digit difference (33-22 in 14 ‘). Somewhere there Nedovic took action, who scored 8 consecutive points and led the “clover” to a series of 10-0 overturning the situation (35-36 in 18 ‘). Nevertheless, Prometheus closed the first half with a short header (39-38).
The players of Priftis started better in the 3rd period and with 5 consecutive points of Saint-Ross, they escaped with +4 (39-43). Ray and Agravanis kept the team of Achaia upright (46-50), but Panathinaikos had more solutions and with Evans, White giving solutions, they closed the quarter with +8 (50-58).
The “greens” gained a double-digit difference at the start of the 4th quarter (53-63 in 32 ‘), but Hunt and Simpson reduced (57-63). At that point, Meikon and Papagiannis entered the equation, clearing for the “clover” (59-73 in 36 ‘).
Nothing dramatic has changed in the last minutes, with the coaches of both teams throwing the “reserves” on the floor and Panathinaikos to comfortably reach the pink card and qualify for the final (68-85).
The quarters: 27-13, 39-38, 50-58, 68-85.
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