Panathinaikos: Grigonis in the footsteps of Albertis and Fotsis

The difficult one victory of Panathinaikos AKTOR over Kolossos in Rhodes (84-89) bore his signature Marius Grigonis.

The Lithuanian, who revealed shortly after the game that he had renewed his contract with the “greens”, had 6/6 three-pointers and tied the all-time record of the “greens” in Stoiximan Basket Leaguewhich was scored three more times by two legendary players of Panathinaikos AKTOR, the Francis Alberti and the Antonis Fotsis.

Even Grigonis with his performance of 6.75…

*Marked the 29th performance of 6+ three-pointers in the history of Panathinaikos AKTOR and the 1st after a year. The latest to enter this list was Dwayne Bacon who had 6/12 3-pointers on March 25, 2023 in the away game against AEK Betsson.

*He recorded the top accuracy performance of this year’s Stoiximan Basket League with these 6/6 three-pointers, since the previous one was 5/5 by Ben McLemore with AEK Betsson (3rd game), Dimitris Moraitis of Panathinaikos AKTOR (5th game ) and yesterday (7/4) Nikos Hougaz with Peristeri bwin at SEF.

*However, the performance of the Lithuanian goes beyond the limits of the season and overall for the Championship since the 6/6 three-pointers are the top performance of the last three years. The previous best was the 7/7 that Nikos Hougaz had in the home game of Ionikos against Larissa for the 18th matchday of the 2020-21 season.

In addition to the six three-pointers and 100% of course from the perimeter, Marius Grigonis reached two more career records in the Stoiximan Basket League, making his best appearance in it, based on the ranking…

*The Lithuanian had 28 in the rating system surpassing the performance of 24 he had twice last season, in the 2nd quarter-final of the play offs with Kolossos H Hotels Collection and again in Rhodes and in the 3rd semi-final with Peristeri bwin.

*Along with his 23 points, he equaled his career record in the Greek Championship after achieving the same performance on the same field against the Rhodes team, in the 2nd quarter-final of the play offs.

In general, however, Grigonis seems to feel good at the indoor gym of Kallithea in Rhodes. In his three visits to it for the Stoiximan Basket League the Lithuanian scored 57 points on 14/20 3-pointers!

But there is also continuity with the achievements of Marius Grigonis who “climbed” three lists of the Panathinaikos AKTOR while also reaching a milestone…

*With his six accurate three-pointers, he entered the top 30 of the relevant, “green” list in the Stoiximan Basket League. He reached 84 and surpassed James Gist by three.

*With his 23 points, he also entered the top 30 of Panathinaikos AKTOR’s list of foreigners. He hit 463 and surpassed Mike James who had 451 in the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons.

*The Lithuanian, with the five rebounds he had in the Rhodes match, reached and exceeded 100. He thus became the 50th foreigner of Panathinaikos AKTOR in the Stoiximan Basket League to complete three-digit numbers.

*With Marius Grigonis’ second “20-pointer”, Panathinaikos AKTOR reached seven performances of 20+ points but remains in 10th place among the 12 teams in the division, above only Peristeri bwin and Karditsa Japan who have six each.