He found them… dark, but Panathinaikos AKTOR did the job!
The “greens” faced many problems against the stalwart Pigeon bwinhowever they finally prevailed 93-88 in OAKA and they mathematically secured absolute home advantage in the Stoiximan Basket League playoffs, with their last two matches with Mars and Prometheus to be procedural.
Now, his team Ergin Atamanwhich was guided by Christos Serelis due to the fact that the Turkish coach was in his homeland to attend his father’s funeral, he turns to the first match of the playoffs with Maccabi at OAKA (23/04, 20:30).
The bwin Pigeon was an excellent read and held the lead for much of the race. In the final minute, the score was 86-86, with Ioannis Papapetrou to put a big three-pointer and him Costa Antetokounmpo to stop Nemanja Dangubic on a shot to equalize, ending the match.
Leader of the winners with 25 points (3/5 three-pointers) was the terrible Dino Mitoglouwhile 20 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists were scored by Kendrick Nunn. Lots of assists with 14 points and 6 rebounds from Ioannis Papapetrougood after a while o Luka Vildosa with 11 points and 5 assists. He did not compete due to illness Matias Lessor.
On the losers’ side, they now turn to the BCL Final Four and the semi-final with Tenerife (26/04), he had a great game with 16 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists Nate Renfrowhile 13 points and 9 assists were scored by Joe Ragland.
The match
The Pigeon bwin was the one that preceded with his basket Renfro (0-2), while the “greens” responded with Nan and Papapetrou for 4-2. Balcerowski nailed emphatically for 6-2, while Renfroe stole Sluka’s poor pass and cut back with a pin, before again scoring two back-to-back tough finishes for 6-8. Kaselakis hit a three-pointer for 6-11, while Nan cut off Peristeri’s bwin lead with five straight points for 11-11. The guests continued strongly with a basket by Hugaz and his three-pointer Mitrou-Long in the surprise for 11-16, while Love wrote 11-20. The home team couldn’t even hit a shot, before he scored two goals Juancho for 13-20. THE Hoogaz closed the first quarter with an improbable shot from the center, through which he made it 13-25.
At the beginning of the second quarter, o Vildosa cut to 16-25 with a 3-pointer, while Grigonis from the line made it 18-25. Juancho made a layup to make it 21-25, while Vildosa scored again from long range to cut it to 24-27. The Argentinian guard impressively found Mitoglou, who made shots for 26-27, while Kaselakis responded from mid-range for 26-29. Mitrou-Long drove to the basket, then assisted Renfro to make it 26-33. THE Mitoglou answered with three shots for 29-33, while Nunn cut it to 31-35 with his second attempt from close range. Papapetrou continued the three-pointer for Panathinaikos AKTOR, but Mitrou-Long answered him, while Sloukas found a target, before Kaselakis also scored for 39-43 with a “storm” of long shots. The half ended with his goal foul Papapetrouwhich formed 41-45.
In the second part, Papapetrou cut it with a 3-pointer from the corner, while Antetokounmpo nailed it for 46-48. Slukas scored for three and put the “greens” in front, while o Antetokounmpo and Renfroe traded spikes to make it 51-50. Mitoglou hit from the top to make it 54-52, while Renfro nailed one more for 54-54. THE Dangubic hit two consecutive three-pointers, while o Mitoglou tied it with two baskets from close at 60-60. Love took the baton from long shots and wrote 60-65 with personal points, while Hoogaz signed 61-67 of the third period.
At the beginning of the last quarter, o Poulianite made a layup, while Nunn scored for three to make it 64-69. Mitoglou reduced the score further with a goal-foul for 67-69, while Vildosa tied from mid-range at 69-69. Ragland hit a layup, while Mitoglou scored for a three to put the hosts ahead (72-71), before Vildosa also found the target from long range for 75-72. THE Grigonis with a difficult basket he scored 79-74, while Nan and Mitoglou made three-pointers for 85-76. Ragland brought the guests closer again (85-81), while a little later he equalized with a big three-pointer for 86-86. THE Papapetrou made a great shot for 89-86, while o Nan cleaned up the match with two shots for 91-86, without changing anything until the final.
The quarters: 13-25, 41-45, 61-67, 93-88
Detailed match statistics here.
Source: Sport Fm
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