Emphatic passage for Panathinaikos AKTOR from Thessaloniki and now… playoffs!
The “greens” without much difficulty prevailed with a score of 80-68 Mars in “Alexandreio” and closed the Top-6 without defeat, now waiting for the first encounter with PAOK for the first round, on Thursday at OAKA (16/05, 20:15).
Ergin Ataman found the opportunity to give several of his main players a break. Beyond them Costa Sluka and Juancho Hernangomet who did not compete due to contusion, the Panagiotis Kalaitzakis who did not play due to infection, and him Costa Antetokounmpo who stayed in Athens for a personal matter, o Dino Mitoglou played 8 minutes, o Matias Lessor 5 and o Kendrick Nunn 13.
This treaty favored the Olek Balcherovsky, who stayed on the floor for a full 27 minutes and played his best game this year, tallying 17 points, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks. He had 10 points Marius Grigonis and 9 o Dimitris Moraitiswhile 6 points, 7 rebounds and 1 block were scored by Alexander Samonturovwho stayed on the floor for 33 minutes!
From his side Marswho finished fifth and will play at home against the Procurement in the playoffs (17/05 the first match), 14 points and 12 rebounds were scored by Silvio De Souza and 12 points o Roberto Gallinat.
The match
THE Panathinaikos AKTOR opened the score of the match with a shot by Samoturov (0-2), while Balcherovski scored 0-4 from close range. Blumbergs reduced for Aris with a three-pointer (3-4), but the Nan he immediately answered him for 3-7. The home forward was on target again from long range (6-7), while Nunn scored in the surprise for 6-9. Samoturov also ran in transition and went 6-11, while Galinat hit shots for 8-11. Moraitis took a foul on a three-pointer and did not make a mistake (8-14), with Galinat responding with a goal foul for 12-14. THE Balcherovsky sent the ball into the basket from close range (12-16), while a shot by Bohorides made it 13-16 in the first quarter.
In the second period, Bohorides brought the match to a point with a layup (15-16), while Moraitis found the target with a three-pointer and Papapetrou with a shot from close range for 15-21. THE Balcherovsky found the target in one shot (15-22), while Galinat made an impressive nail for 17-22. THE Papapetrou scored from mid-range (17-24), while De Souza hit back-to-back spikes for 21-24. Lesor with shots and Sanogo with a follow made it 23-26, while Papapetrou got an offensive rebound and made a basket for 23-28. Grant stepped on the gas and made a layup sending the greens to +7 (23-30), while Mandzoukas from close range made it 23-32. THE Sanogo from close cut it to 25-32, first half score.
In the second part, Grigonis hit a three-point shot bringing the match to +8 for Panathinaikos AKTOR for the first time (27-35), while in the next attack he hit from the same point for 27-38. THE Moraitis he also found a goal from a distance for 29-41, while De Souza from close range gave Aris a solution for 31-41. Toliopoulos with his own three-pointer brought the hosts closer (34-41), with Grigonis continuing his good period for 34-43. De Souza found the target again with a hook, but Grant responded with a goal foul and rounded the difference to 10 (36-46). Aris responded with five straight points by Harel (41-46), while o Nan hit two shots for 41-48. THE Balcherovsky nailed it at 43-50, while Nan with one shot brought the “green” to 43-51. The Pole made shots for 43-53 in the third quarter.
Aris entered the fourth period strong, with Slaftsaki from close range and Gallinat from long range to reduce to 48-53. THE Balcherovsky with two shots and Vildosa with a three-pointer made it 50-58, while the Pole scored four straight points for 50-62. Mitoglou scored four straight points for 54-66, while De Souza nailed impressively for 56-66. Mitoglou with a shot and Grigonis with shots brought the visitors to a high difference, while Samonturov nailed it for 56-72. Reed gave Aris a solution with a foul goal (59-72), while Grant responded with a three-pointer for 59-75. Reed also made a three-pointer (62-75), while Gallinat reduced it to 63-75 with a shot. Mantzoukas hit a three-pointer from the corner (63-78), while o Balcherovsky ended the match with a shot from the height of the shot for 63-80.
The quarters: 13-16, 25-32, 43-53, 68-80
Detailed match statistics here.
Source: Sport Fm
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