Panathinaikos AKTOR “cleaned” PAOK with an outburst in the last quarter

He played as long as needed and passed by “Palataki” o Panathinaikos AKTOR.

His team Ergin Ataman won with a score of 89-73 PAOK in Pylaia and rose to 20-1 at Stoiximan Basket League, mathematically securing the lead before the third round of the championship. Thessalonians, for their part, fell to 8-13 and permanently lost the six.

The “greens” found it in a “dark” part of the match against the well-read team of Stathis Nerantzakis, who were constantly in the game in the first three quarters. In the fourth, however, Panathinaikos AKTOR pressed the “gas” and increased the difference, reaching another pink sheet before the “devil’s week” with Red Star in Belgrade (20/03) and Barcelona at OAKA (22/03).

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The match

Jerian Grant was the one who opened the scoring of the match, with a three-pointer for 0-3, while Schizas with his own long shot tied the game at 3-3. PAOK continued with their shot Town and a 3-pointer by Fredrickson for 8-5, with Juancho earlier making an impressive dunk. Kalaitzakis cut it short with a reverse layup, but Towns hit a three-pointer with a terrific assist from Fredrickson to make it 11-7. Grigonis won three shots and put them all down to 11-10, while o Sloukas put an impressive follow and foul for 11-13. THE Mitoglou entered the match and immediately hit for three, writing the first +5 of the match (11-16), while Grigonis also fouled out for 13-19. PAOK responded with back-to-back points from Fredriksson (17-19), while Lessor also scored twice for 19-24. THE Michalak hit a 3-pointer and the first period ended 22-24.

At the beginning of the second quarter, o Michalak scored three shots for PAOK’s lead 25-24. Two consecutive layups by Nunn and Grigonis put the visitors ahead again, but Gilmore made a three-pointer to make it 28-28. Williams gave a new lead to the Thessalonians with a long shot (31-28), while Grant made three shots for the new tie (31-31). Papapetrou with a layup and Margaritis with two shots made it 35-33. Margaritis and Juancho exchanged 3-pointers for 38-37, while McNish nailed it for 40-37. THE Lessor with shots and Grant with a shot from 6.75m. they gave the guests the lead again (40-42), while o Tsairelis tied it at 42-42 with two shots. Grant with a layup and Nunn with shots signed the halftime score 42-46.

Tsairelis with a hook cut it to 44-46 at the start of the second half, while Grant hit two shots for 44-48. Michalak and Kalaitzakis they exchanged three points, while o McNish nailed it for 49-51. Grigonis, after a nice release, hit a long shot for 49-54, while he added another one to make it 51-57. PAOK responded with a layup by Gilmore and Towns (55-57), while Sloukas with consecutive shots he wrote 56-61. THE Juancho made an important three-pointer for 58-64, which was also the final score of the third quarter.

At the start of the final period, Slukas hit a 3-pointer to make it 58-67, the biggest margin of the match so far, while Balcerovski answered Michalak for 60-69. THE PAOK slowed down temporarily, but Mitoglou hit a long shot and Grant fired in for the first double-digit lead of the game (62-73). Nan with a floater and a three-pointer brought the difference to an even higher level (63-78), essentially ending the hopes of the home team. THE Tsairelis temporarily reduced to 66-78 with a basket and a foul, but o Nan scored in PAOK’s basket and Moraitis put an end to the match with a three-pointer for 66-84. From then on, time was not enough for the hosts and the “greens” took the victory.

The quarters: 22-24, 42-46, 58-64, 73-89

Detailed match statistics here.