Nan knew Virtus in dead time and Panathinaikos embraced the advantage!

Panathinaikos AKTOR knew (also) Bologna!

With him Kendrick Nunn to score a big floater at the end of the match, o Panathinaikos AKTOR prevailed with a score of 81-79 Virtues at the Segafredo Arena, improved to 21-11 in the EuroLeague and remained in the second placenow being even closer to home advantage!

His team Ergin Ataman had a great first half and took the lead twice with +17, going into the break with a 39-51 lead. The home team counter-attacked and took a 79-76 lead shortly before the finalebut a big goal-foul by him Grigonis leveled things up (79-79), before o Nan put the basket that decided the match.

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Leader of the match with 20 points and another magnificent performance was Kostas Sloukaswhile the focal point had 16 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists Nan, who spoke up when needed. Good first half for him Jerian Grantwho had 13 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals, while 12 points were scored in just 16 minutes by Marius Grigoniswho was charged early with three fouls but was pivotal in the final stretch.

From Virtus, which fell to 17-15 and remains in 8th place, definitively losing the top six that leads directly to the playoffs, stood out with 19 points Tornik Sengeliawhile 17 was achieved by Marco Belinelli and 11 o Ognien Dobrich.

The match

Virtus came in strong with his triple Sengelia, while Grant scored the first points of Panathinaikos AKTOR with shots for 3-2. Grigonis hit a beautiful backhand layup, before Dobrich responded with impressive nails to make it 7-4. Grant scored for three from the top and equalized, while Grigonis gave the visitors a lead (7-9). Slukas came on strong and scored for three before setting up Grant’s long shot to make it 9-15. The appetite Dobrich reduced with floaters (11-15), but the even “hotter” Grant made it 11-18 with his third 3-pointer. The…bombardment of the “clover” from afar continued with the Mitoglou, who for the first time brought the match to a double-digit difference (11-21), while Slukas made the 6/6 of Panathinaikos AKTOR from a distance for 13-24. The leader of the greens scored a basket of great difficulty (14-26), while Zizic responded from close range for 16-26. THE Grant hit two shots and made 16-28 in the first quarter.

At the beginning of the second period, Hackett temporarily cut it with a three-pointer to 19-30. Lessor scored his first points on a layup, while Slukas made a steal and scored in transition to make it 19-34. Lessor continued strongly with an offensive rebound and a layup (19-36), while Polonara reduced it to 22-36 with a difficult three-pointer. THE Juancho he didn’t… he left it like that and hit it from the corner for 22-39, but Abbas also put it in from about the same spot reducing it to 25-39. Zizic made the difference even further, with Lundberg taking advantage of the offensive rebound by hitting a three-pointer (30-41). THE Lessor with a dose of luck he wrote 30-43 from close range, while o Nan he returned +15 from mid-range (30-45), before hitting a 3-pointer for 32-48. Virtus responded with Lundberg and Sengelia going on a short run to make it 37-48, but Mitoglou steal and score to make it 37-51. Belinelli made two shots and the half ended 39-51.

In the second part, Lessor brought back +14 (39-53), before Benelli put in one of his classic shots for 42-53. Mitoglou scored from mid-range, while Dunston nailed emphatically for 44-55. Virtus reduced the score to single digits after one hour with Belinelli (46-55), who also scored a three-pointer to make it 49-55. Slukas cut Virtus’ lead with a three-pointer to make it 49-58, but Sengelia hook cut it back to 51-58. THE Dobrich in transition brought Virtus even closer, but Grigonis answered quickly with a three-pointer from the corner for 53-61. THE Dunston scored from close range, but Slukas made a basket at the end of the attack for 55-63. Nan made a mistake and gave an unmarked nail to Sengelia (57-63), but Mitoglou stole and Lessor hung from the Italian basket for 57-65. Sengelia made a difficult basket and the third period ended 59-65.

At the beginning of the last quarter, o Sengelia Mickey Hook also scored a three-pointer, with the match coming to a point (64-65). Slukas made a huge basket on defense, earned an offensive foul, and then Grigonis made it 64-69. Lundberg responded with a tough foul shot to make it 66-69 by missing the shot, but then hit a 3-pointer to tie the game at 69-69. Sengelia gave Virtus its first lead after the first quarter with shots (71-69), but Nan in cold blood made a very difficult shot at the end of the attack and then a layup for 71-74. O Mpelinelli answered with an acrobatic 3-pointer for 74-74 and then found himself under the basket for 76-74. THE Sloukas with two shots he tied (76-76), but Dobrich made a big shot from the corner for 79-76. THE Grigonis, who had earlier missed a key shot, got his… blood back with a great foul field goal, tying the game at 79-79. After a missed attack by Virtus, o Nan he got the last try on him and scored with a floater in dead time, sealing the final 79-81.

The quarters: 16-28, 39-51, 59-65, 79-81

Detailed match statistics here.