Three 24 hours after the triumph over Maccabi Tel Aviv at the packed OAKA and his return to the Euroleague Final 4 after twelve years, the Panathinaikos AKTOR returns to the… scene of the crime, this time for the Greek championship.
Specifically, the “greens” welcome tonight (20:15, News Bulletin 247, sport-fm.gr, ERT3) Prometheus of Patras in the Indoors of the Olympic facilities, in the postponed game for the 1st matchday of its Top-6 Stoiximan Basket League.
Having made “3 out of 3” in the first games it played in the third round of the championship – including the victory over Olympiakos – Ergin Ataman’s team has secure first place in the regular season and the absolute home advantage ahead of the playoffs. Given that there is no score motivation and interest, the Turkish coach he is expected to give “breathers” to his players after the tough and demanding series with Maccabi, while preparing his team for the Final 4 in Berlin and the semi-final with Fenerbahçe (24/05, 19:00).
On the other hand, Elias Papatheodorou’s team comes from 22 days of inactivity, as her last game was on April 18 against Olympiakos. The Patrinos have “locked” their position in the 4th place and home advantage in the first round. To finish in 3rd place and overtake the Pigeon bwin he should do a double tonight and win the last match in Peristeri (12/05). Which seems difficult, with the logic of wanting Prometheus to be an opponent in the playoffs with him Mars.
In the competition now, Panathinaikos will compete without them Costa Sluka and Juancho Hernangomet, who picked up injury problems in the recent Euroleague game. Given that he will be in an extended rotation, it is possible that tonight we will see Balcerovski and Vildosa actively return to the rotation.
Source: Sport Fm
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