“Green” advantage by the hand of Sluka!

He kept OAKA and “locked” home advantage o Panathinaikos AKTOR!

After a derby for strong … nerves that were on the “razor’s edge” until the last seconds, a very decisive three-pointer by Kostas Sloukas pushed the “greens” to victory (77-71) on it Olympiakou.

The “clover” entered the derby much better, even reaching +17 (34-17), with the “red and white” coming back and the match going point-to-point, almost until the end.

Leading for Panathinaikos was Kendrick Nunn with 17 points, while o Dino Mitoglou add 15p and Matias Lessor 13p. THE Kostas Sloukas had 10p. and 7 assists.

From Olympiakos, he stood out Nigel Williams-Goss with 18 points, with Azaia Kanan to add 15p. and the Mustafa Fal to approach the double-double with 10p. and 9 rebounds.

In the 23-1 now his team Ergin Atamanwhile on the other hand her Giorgos Bartzokas yielded to 22-3.

The match

Panathinaikos AKTOR started with Mitoglou, Hernangometh, Papapetrou, Nan and Slouka, while Olympiakos started with Fal, Peters, Papanikolaou, Kanan and Walkap. The derby had a good pace early on, with both teams keeping pace (9-11), in the first five minutes. Then, Mitoglou and Hernangometh took the “greens” to +4 (15-11), with Kanan responding for the “red and white” lead (15-16), in the 8th minute. However, the last minutes belonged to the “clover”, as he took advantage of Piraeus’ mistakes and with Slukas and Grigonis closed with an 8-0 run in the first period and at +7 (23-16).

The great laziness with the many “cheap” mistakes was continued by Olympiakos in the second quarter as well, with Nan on the other hand getting “fire” and pushing Panathinaikos to individual scores 11-1, for +17 (34-17) , at 14′. Then, the “red and whites” tightened defensively, forcing the “greens” to make bad and misguided choices, while with the entry of Williams-Goss, they became more rational in the attack, initially dropping the difference (36-26), at 18′. The home team broke away with a Lesor basket, but in the last minute the Piraeus responded with Kanan and Fal and a 7-0 run, making it 38-33 in the first half.

Panathinaikos was in control at the beginning of the second half, with Mitoglou and Hernangometh keeping it firmly at a distance (47-39), in the first three minutes. There, Olympiacos raised its… speeds considerably thanks to its offensive rebounds and with the very “hot” Kanan together with Peters, found a 9-0 run, for the lead (47-48), which it maintained with Papanikolaou ( 49-50), up to 27′. With two good defenses, the hosts found a 4-0 run, with Williams-Goss’ three-pointer tying the game (53-53), at 28′. There, the “greens” responded with Lessor and Papapetrou, escaping to +6 (59-53), with Williams-Goss’ shots making it 59-55 in the third period.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Williams-Goss brought the derby to a tie (59-59). With Nan’s return to the court, Panathinaikos escaped to +4 (65-61) and with Mitoglou went to +5 (68-63), in the 34th minute. Then, Olympiacos made repeated defenses and running in the open field made a 5-0 run, for the new tie (68-68), in the 36th minute. The “clover” reacted with defense and Grigonis and Nan, for +4 (72-68), with the “red and white” reducing to a point (72-71), in the 38th minute. Misguided attacks followed from both, with Sluka scoring a decisive three-pointer (75-71), 37 minutes before the end. In the next attack, Olympiacos missed and Slukas made the final 77-71 with 2/2 shots.

The quarters: 23-16, 38-33, 59-55, 77-71

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