“Green magic” in Belgrade from the inexhaustible Panathinaikos ACTOR!
His team Ergin Ataman prevailed upon her Maccabi Tel Aviv with a score of 95-88 in a match-thriller, tied the series at 2-2 and sent it to fifth match at OAKA next week so that he can qualify to Berlin Final Four!
The “greens” played their game again Maccabi with a lot of possession and a high tempo, however they had a very good day offensively and were able to stay in the match despite their difficulties defensively. In the final stretch of the match, the “clover” increased its performance at the back and managed to find important solutions, securing the great victory.
For the winners, the two main guards had a great day. THE Kendrick Nunn scored 27 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, while the captain Kostas Sloukas had 20 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists. He fought Matias Lessor with 17 points and 7 rebounds, while 13 points were scored by Dino Mitoglou and 8 points the nodal Ioannis Papapetrou.
From Maccabi, which saw Baldwin return to the dressing room, which means he is also doubtful for the fifth match, the Lorenzo Brown counted 17 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, while the Bonzie Coulson and Tamir Blatt they had 14 points each.
The match
Panathinaikos AKTOR started strongly with his basket Sluka, while Nimbo answered with his own layup for 2-2. The Greens captain scored again with three shots to make it 2-5, while Papapetrou hooked in from close range to make it 4-7. Cohen and Baldwin put Maccabi ahead (8-7), but the Nan answered with a three-pointer for 8-10. The American guard found the target again, while Mitoglou made a layup and with two shots from Nan, it was 10-16. Lessor and Nimbo exchanged baskets from close range (12-18), while o Mitoglou nailed after an impressive assist from Nan to make it 12-20. Blatt with a mid-range shot reduced it to 15-20 for the home team, but Mitoglou again hung from the Maccabi basket for 15-22. THE Blatt and Rivero responded with consecutive three-pointers (21-24), while o DiBartolomeo hit two straight 3-pointers to make it 29-26 in the first quarter.
In the second period, Cleveland scored for three from the corner, while Grigonis from mid-range for 32-29. Niebo and Grigonis exchanged quick points, while Lessor nailed to make it 34-31. Nunn drove to the basket (35-33), before Slukas scored a goal-foul for 35-36. THE Coulson after a mistake by Nan he wrote 38-36, while Lessor with a terrible goal foul reduced it to 40-39. Sorkin made two shots to make it 44-41, but Grigonis quickly tied it at 44-44. THE Sloukas and Brown found the target in difficult layups, while o DiBartolomeo with two shots he made it 50-46. Nan responded with a difficult three-pointer (50-49) before the break.
In the second part, Papapetrou he made a big shot from the corner (50-52), while Slukas followed from the top (50-55). Maccabi quickly responded with a 5-0 run of their own by Colson and Brown to tie the game at 55-55. Nan made two shots and Kalaitzakis after a steal scored on a layup for 55-59. THE Blatt cut from the top, but Lessor answered from close, while Brown took a mid-range shot to make it 60-61. Colson responded with a three-pointer on Mitoglou’s dunk (63-63), while Nan hit two shots for 63-65. THE Blatt with Grigonis they exchanged three points (66-68), while o Mitoglou he did the same and wrote 68-71. Slukas with a goal-foul brought the guests to +6 (68-74), while the third period ended 69-74.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Rivero reduced with a layup (71-74), while the Maccabi ran into the fumble and Brown wrote 73-74. The latter scored by taking the foul from Nan (76-74), while Nimbo made a difficult layup for 78-74 and nailed a follow-up for 80-75. Rivero with a layup in transition made it 82-75 for Maccabi. Papapetrou and Nan reduced it to 84-81 with three pointers, while o Blatt with the American guard they scored from mid-range and brought the score to 86-83. THE Lessor with nailing it decreased even more (86-85), while o Nan answered Brown for 88-87. Slukas took shots and parried them for 88-89, while Lessor did the same, before the green captain made it 88-93 with a mid-range shot. Maccabi lost its attack, and Lessor nailed it emphatically for 88-95, ending the match!
The quarters: 29-26, 50-49, 69-74, 88-95
Detailed match statistics here.
Source: Sport Fm
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