Another pair of the first round of the playoffs starts in OAKA, where o Panathinaikos will welcome him PAOK (20:15, ERT3, sport-fm.gr, News Bulletin 247).
The “greens”, for their part, want to start the knockouts in an ideal way and “clean up” the series as painlessly as possible, as they already have in the back of their minds the Berlin Final Four (May 24-26). The main thing for the “clover” is to be able to ensure that his players will be healthy and in full form for the Euroleague, but at the same time he wants to make good appearances so that he does not have to… stress. Of course, his team Ergin Ataman is the overwhelming favorite, having finished the regular season (including the third round) in first place, with a record of 26-1.
On the other hand, Mr PAOK he saw his season not develop ideally. Thessalonians did not do well in the BCL, they were knocked out of the Cup early, and in the league they did not even manage to enter the top six, thus securing the playoffs through the process of playouts, taking 8th place with an 11-16 record. Nevertheless, the “two-headed man of the north” got a… breath of excitement in the final stretch of the championship, when he got the Kevin Porter Jr, who is putting up incredible performances with 20.8 points, 8.3 rebounds and 6.5 assists so far. The latter will need data to make “orgies”, so that PAOK can be competitive in the series.
The duel between the two former NBAers, and specifically him, is of great interest Kendrick Nunn and Porter Jr, who have a history of the world’s top league, having met there five times. Four of these games took place in the 2019–20 season and one more match took place the following season (2020–21). But all the games were between them Cleveland Cavaliers in which the “rookie” in the NBA Porter Jr. was competing at the time and of Miami Heat, in which Nan was playing at the time. His guard Panathinaikos AKTOR won four of those games, with PAOK’s NBAer winning one game, in which he even scored his first 30 so in the NBA!
As far as the competitions are concerned, for the “clover” they will be left out Juancho Hernangometh and Kostas Slukas, who are undergoing treatment to be ready for the Final Four. It is also doubtful Panagiotis Kalaitzakis, who missed the recent match with Aris due to infection. On the other hand, PAOK will line up with ten, since they will not follow the mission Marquis Towns and Stavros Schizas.
Detailed playoff series between the two teams:
1994 – Semi-Finals: PAOK mateco-Panathinaikos AKTOR 3-2
1995 – Semi-Finals: Panathinaikos AKTOR-PAOK mateco 2-0
1997 – Quarter Finals: Panathinaikos AKTOR-PAOK mateco 1-2
1998 – Finals: Panathinaikos AKTOR-PAOK mateco 3-2
1999 – Semi-Finals: Panathinaikos AKTOR-PAOK mateco 2-0
2000 – Finals: Panathinaikos AKTOR-PAOK mateco 3-0
2009 – Quarter Finals: Panathinaikos AKTOR-PAOK mateco 2-0
2011 – Semi-Finals: Panathinaikos AKTOR-PAOK mateco 3-0
2014 – Semi-Finals: Panathinaikos AKTOR-PAOK mateco 3-0
2015 – Semi-Finals: Panathinaikos AKTOR-PAOK mateco 3-0
2018- Semifinals: Panathinaikos AKTOR-PAOK mateco 3-0
Source: Sport Fm
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