Panathinaikos leaders: The terrible statistics of Slouka and Nan when the ball… burns!

Panathinaikos AKTOR is having an excellent season in Euroleaguebeing a tailspin Alba Berlin in OAKA far from securing second place in the ranking.

As usual with his teams Ergin Atamanthe “greens” owe most to their constituencies, and especially to Kostas Sluka and Kendrick Nunn. The leader of the “clover”, for his part, seems to have found him lately leading role for which it was acquired, while the American took off the team from the moment he set foot in OAKA.

The central presence of the two guards is also reflected by their ability to “judge” borderline matches. Slukas with his ability to almost always get the right decision either scoring or creating, and o Nan with his unparalleled scorer’s instinct.

All this is also expressed through the statistics of the so-called crunch time, which are really impressive. Before we refer to numbersit is worth noting that the sample in question concerns last 5 minutes of matcheswhen the difference is less than or equal to 5 pointsincluding extensions.

Starting from him Kostas Sloukasthe experienced guard is fourth in the entire league in points he has contributed through scoring and creating in the ‘marginal spaces’ of matches, as explained above. All in all, to him 73 points are due of Panathinaikos AKTOR, by themselves Shane Larkin, Mike James and Facundo Campacho to have more.

On the other hand, it is also impressive 67% on two-pointers with which the leader of the “clover” shoots in the clutch intervals, but also the fact that creates 41% of the team’s points through assists his when the ball… burns, which shows his ability to read the game and make decisions.

Followed closely by Kendrick Nunn. The American has of course scored many big baskets, most recently the game winner against the Virtus Bolognaand in general it is 12th in the entire league in points he has achieved in the so-called “special situations”, with 36.

What steals the show, however, is not his total points, but the his accuracy at critical points. Although the Nan he is not a player who shoots with high percentages, when he has to he gets… on fire, since in the last minutes of borderline games he shoots with 58% on two-pointers, 44% on three-pointers and, of course, 100% on shots!

Obviously, the specific numbers don’t… play ball, as the well-known “cliché” says, but with the season heading into its final stretch and the most pivotal games of playoffs to approach, o Panathinaikos AKTOR he can feel a security, with his two leaders in region to make the decisions!