Fortsatos Panathinaikos, crushed Prometheus with… an appetizing second unit!

Double success for Panathinaikos AKTOR!

The “greens” defeated him with a score of 93-62 Prometheus in OAKA and they ideally closed its second round Stoiximan Basket League with a record of 21-1, while at the same time they managed to give breaths to their key players ahead of the crucial match with Virtues (29/03).

Indeed, Mr Jerian Grant was left out of the 12th, o Kostas Sloukas played 10 minutes, o Matias Lessor 6 minutes and o Marius Grigonis only 7. Of the main ones, only o Kendrick Nunn exceeded 20 minutes of participation.

Nevertheless, the classic “six” was not needed Panathinaikos AKTORwho had a great day with his entire second unit, which showed itself ready to offer more in its matches Euroleague.

THE Ioannis Papapetrou he scored 14 points, the outstanding one Juancho Hernangomet 13 with 4 rebounds and 4 assists, o Dimitris Moraitis 12 points with 4 three-pointers, o Luka Vildosa 10 points along with 6 assists and o Costas Antetokounmpo in his return he cut the… everything with 4 points, 3 rebounds and 3 blocks.

Of the guests, who they fell to 13-9 having finished fourth after the second round, he tried with 16 points o Hunter Halewhile 13 points had o George Pope.

The match

THE Prometheus took the lead with a mid-range shot by Koniaris, while Nan answered with a three-pointer and a layup in consecutive phases for 5-2. Reynolds equalized with a long shot of his own, while Mitoglou scored on a breakaway to make it 7-5. THE Reynolds tied again (7-7), while Stephens and Lessor they traded spikes for 9-9. Hale hit his first three-pointer (9-12), before Papapetrou took the baton and found a target from the corner for 12-12. Nan went to the basket very easily (14-12), while then after a spectacular phase, o Antetokounmpo nailed emphatically for 16-12. The hungry Papapetrou and the young Bazinas hit back-to-back 3-pointers, signing the first quarter 19-15.

In the second period, Mitoglou scored in the post (21-15), while Grigonis made it 24-17 with a three-pointer. Vildosa continued the … dance from 6.75 with a well-placed shot of his own, before finding Kalaitzakis for 29-17 with a layup. THE Antetokounmpo he cut “everything” in defense, with Grigonis scoring 5 consecutive points on the other side for 34-22, responding to the Pope’s short run. Nan also found the target from the corner with his assist Balcherovsky (37-23), while Grigonis gave an assist to Juancho and then executed for 42-26. The Spanish forward emphatically nailed the Patrina basket (44-26), while Balcherovski hit a hook for 46-27. THE Moraitis he also entered the scoring list with a three-pointer for 49-27, which was also the halftime score.

In the second part, Vildosa started with 4 straight points to make it 53-30. Reynolds closed with a long shot (53-33), while Papapetrou made two shots for 55-33. Huacho and Hale traded three-pointers (58-36), while the latter scored consecutive points to cut the deficit to 62-43. THE Panathinaikos AKTOR started again to… charge with their protagonists Balcherovsky and Juancho, bringing the margin to +26 (69-43)., before the Spaniard hit another three for 72-46. Kalaitzakis scored a foul goal to make it 75-46 in the third quarter.

In the last period, the Reynolds hit from long range and reduced it to 77-49, while o Moraitis and Vildosa responded by writing 82-49. Coffey and Hale cut it to 82-53, with the most positive Moraitis to hit from afar by signing the 86-53. THE Papapetrou made a layup, while o Moraitis hit again from long range, with Kalaitzakis making it 93-56 for Panathinaikos AKTOR.

The quarters: 19-15, 49-27, 75-46, 93-62

Detailed match statistics here