Panathinaikos took the rebounds and tied the finals!

THE Panathinaikos came back from -10 in the fourth period and thanks to her offensive rebounds Alain in the last minutes of overtime he won 68-65 him Olympic and equalized at 1-1 the A1 Women’s finals.

Missed chances by both teams in the final seconds of regulation time, with the 60-60 to stay until expiration.

Leading for the “greens”, who played without the patient Stamolambrau, h Jones with 25 points (with 8/20 shots and 8/12b.), while h Alain finished the match with 12p. and 15 rebounds, of which 8 were offensive.

Among the “red and white”, she stood out Nikolopoulou with 17 points and 8 assists.

The match

The two teams were together from the start of the derby, which did not have a good rhythm, with the lead constantly changing hands (12-11), until the 6th minute. Olympiacos then took advantage of the offensive rebounds, building momentum and with a 7-0 run went to +6 (12-18), closing the first period with Christinaki at +5 (15-20).

With a three-pointer by Nikolopoulos, the “red and white” went to +8 (15-23) at the beginning of the second period, while Tobin sent them to +10 (19-29), in the 14th minute. Then, Panathinaikos tightened up defensively and found me with a 6-0 run (25-29), until 16′. Tobin and Vitola gave Olympiacos a breather, for the new +9 (26-33), in the 18th minute. However, the last two minutes belonged to the “greens”, who through their defense ran a 4-0 run until the end of the first half (30-33).

A better start from Olympiakos in the second half, where, having control on both sides of the floor, they escaped to +11 (34-45), in the 25th minute. The reaction of Panathinaikos came from Jones and Sotiriou, cutting the difference in half (40-45), but in the last three minutes Spyridopoulou and Nikolopoulou took the “red and white” hand, closing the third period at +8 (44-52) .

With Williams’ basket, Olympiacos went to +10 (44-54) at the beginning of the fourth period, with Panathinaikos responding with Jones and an 8-0 run, getting closer to the basket (52-54), in the 35th minute. Christinaki unblocked the “red and white” (52-56), who maintained +4 (54-58), until the 36th minute. Then, Sotiriou and Jones made the counterattack for the “greens” and with a 6-0 run put them ahead (60-58), in the 39th minute. Spyridopoulou with 2/2 shots equalized (60-60), at 42.8” before the end and since neither of them scored, the derby went to overtime.

At the beginning of the extra five minutes, with Sotiriou, Panathinaikos went to +3 (64-61), with Nikolopoulou answering for Olympiakos’ lead (64-65), in the 43rd minute. With Alain’s offensive rebounds, the “greens” made a 4-0 run for +3 (68-65), at 16.1” before the end. Williams made 0/2 from the line at 8”, with the “red and whites” getting the offensive rebound, but the three-pointers of Christinakis and Nikolopoulou missed the mark and thus the final score was 68-65.

The quarters: 15-20, 30-33, 44-52, 60-60, etc., 68-65

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