Panathinaikos left the turnaround in the middle and found itself with its back against the wall!

Lost opportunity for Panathinaikos AKTOR in Belgrade!

The “greens” came close to an epic upset, but were defeated by a score 85-83 from the Maccabi Tel Avivwhich made it 2-1 in the series and is one win away from Final Four. Now, the “greens” will look for a “double” on Maundy Thursday (02/05, 21:45) to send the series back to OAKA for a fifth match.

His team Ergin Ataman he entered the match very badly and was out of place and time for about 28 minutes, as a result of which he found himself at -18 (57-39). From that point on, Mr Panathinaikos AKTOR launched a sustained counter-attack with formidable defenses and an aggressive leader Kendrick Nunneven reaching the tie (83-83).

Nevertheless, in the end the greens… put up their hands and put out their eyes, since o Matias Lessor missed a shot that would have given his team the lead, while o Jerian Grant committed a needless foul with 1.8” left, sending him off Lorenzo Brown in the shots. The American with a Spanish passport made both for 85-83, Nan missed a winning three-pointer and the match ended with the “clover” missing an important opportunity.

Of the winners, he tied the career record of o Josh Nimbo, who had 22 points and 9 rebounds partying on the racket. Kombikos o Lorenzo Brown with 16 points, 8 assists and the game-winning shots, while Bonzie Colson had 13 points.

Of the guests, 25 points were scored by Kendrick Nunn, who was relatively spotty with 9/21 shooting, but his performance skyrocketed over the course of the match. The emotional player had 17 points Ioannis Papapetrou and 14 o Matias Lessor, who however lost the most battles to Nimbo. Apontos stayed in 21′ o Kostas Sloukas.

The match

THE Maccabi started with a basket in the first attack by Colson, while he also scored a goal-foul for 5-0. Nimbo scored, while Grant opened the scoring for Panathinaikos with shots, reducing the score to 7-2. THE Brown made a difficult basket on defense and made it 9-2, while DiBartolomeo answered Lessor for 11-4. Papapetrou took an offensive rebound and reduced (11-6), while Mitoglou made shots for 11-8. Rivero and Mitoglou exchanged baskets from close range (13-9), with Brown to answer with a layup for 15-11. THE Sorkin and Cleveland they gave more solutions to the home team (19-11), while the first made a double-digit difference with shots (21-11). The first period ended 23-11 with two shots by him and a recital of misses by the visitors.

In the second quarter, Papapetrou and Rivero traded mid-range shots for a 25-13 lead. Vildosa and Papapetrou found the target from long range and dropped the difference to 28-19, while after a steal by the Argentine Grigonis scored on the spur of the moment for 28-21. Webb with a personal streak made it 32-21, but Nan responded with a difficult shot for 32-23. Nan with three points cut to 34-26, with the Vildosa to make a second three-pointer for 36-29, but Cleveland to answer (39-29). Nimbo nailed unmarked (41-29), while with a second nail he increased the difference to +15 (44-29). THE Panathinaikos tried to react with Grant and Mitoglou cutting it to 46-34, while Nan made an important three-pointer making the difference (46-37) before the break.

In the second part, Nan scored on a layup to cut it to 46-39, before Niebo made a long jumper to make it 48-39. Colson hit for three and took the foul for 52-39, while Nimbo from close range restored +15 for his team (54-39). Cohen hit a three from long range (57-39), while Nan responded with a layup for 57-41. THE Mitoglou made an important shot from the corner (57-44), but the unstoppable Nimbo responded with another nail for 59-44. Rivero defeated Mitoglou again, while Blatt from the top he wrote 64-47. With his shots Lessor and Papapetrou’s basket, the difference fell to 13 (64-51), before Lesor made it 64-53 from close range. The terrible one Papapetrou managed to bring Panathinaikos to single digits (64-56) with a three-pointer, but Brown responded at the end of the quarter (67-56).

In the final quarter, Nan with a three-pointer from the top cut it to 69-59, while Vildosa did the same for 69-62. THE Brown responded by making it 73-63 with two consecutive layups, while Nimbo and Papapetrou made it 75-65. Brown and Nunn traded three pointers to make it 78-68, with the Lessor to cut it to 78-70, before Nimbo nailed it again for 81-70. The tall Frenchman scored one shot, while the formidable Papapetrou cut it to 81-74 with a 3-pointer in the upset. Nan and Lessor reduced the score even more to 81-79 after great defenses, while the first with a three-pointer brought the match to a point (83-82). Lessor made 1/2 shots for 83-83, while after a difficult decision by the referees for a basket by Brown that ultimately did not count, there was a jumble and the last possession went to Maccabi, with Brown to write with shots at 85-83 and Nan to miss a winning three-pointer.

The quarters: 23-11, 46-37, 67-56, 85-83

Detailed match statistics here.