Panathinaikos swept Aris at the OAKA fiesta for the seventh time!

Panathinaikos AKTOR celebrated his seventh “star” in the best possible way!

Ergin Ataman’s team saw the seventh banner rise to the roof of the packed OAKA and then dismantled Aris by a score of 89-71, making it 1-0 in the series for the championship semifinals.

Now, the “clover” will look for another pink card on Sunday (02/05) in “Alexandreio”, in order to finish the series definitively and move to its big finals Stoiximan Basket League.

The “clover” entered strongly and took an early lead of 15 points (28-13), without losing it at any point of the match, despite some honorable attempts by the “yellows” to get closer. The leader of the match with 15 points was Olek Balcherovskywhile 16 had o Kendrick Nunn14 Dinos Mitoglou and 11 Matias Lessor.

From Aris, he stood out with 11 points Roberts Bloombergswhile 10 was achieved by Vasilis Toliopoulos.

The match

Grigonis scored the first points in the match with a long shot (3-0), while Blumbergs did the same for 3-3. THE Balcherovsky nailed emphatically (5-3), while Nunn and Grigonis put up five straight points for a quick 10-3. Gallinat continued the dance of long shots (10-6), before Grant went to the line for 12-6. THE Balcherovsky hung from the basket again after an assist by Nan (14-6), while with two shots he made the difference double-digit (16-6). Mitoglou, in turn, hit two shots (19-8), while o Lessor in another one for 20-8. Bloomergs cut from the top (20-11), but Grant also went to the line and wrote the double score (22-11). Slukas entered the match and immediately scored a three-pointer (25-11), with De Souza closing in close (25-13). The first period ended with a wide 28-13 thanks to his difficult shooting Papapetrou.

At the start of the second quarter, De Souza went from close range (28-15), before Papapetrou scored on a breakaway to make it 30-15. The tall Angolan threw a party on the racket of the greens and nailed it twice in a row (30-19), while Eric Reid reduced the lead to single digits (30-21). Slukas answered with three shots (33-21), before o Persides hit from close range (33-23). Kostas Antetokounmpo ended the game with a dunk and a foul (36-23) and Toliopoulos made a reverse layup for 36-25. Balcherovski made three consecutive points (39-25) and Toliopoulos a long shot for 39-28. THE Nan and the guard of Aris exchanged layups (41-30), while o Grant stole and scored on the rush for a 43-32 halftime lead.

The second part started with his basket Mitoglou from mid-range (45-32), while Blumbergs and Nunn exchanged three-pointers for 48-35. Mitoglou’s two-pointer made it 51-37, with De Souza nailing a rebound in the match phase for 51-39. Balcerovski continued to score with ease (53-39), but so did the Angolan center (53-41). Panathinaikos launched an impressive attack which led to Mitoglou’s three-pointer (56-41), while the tall Pole continued his excellent performance offensively for 58-42. THE Bloombergs Nan also made a mid-range shot (60-46), while Mitoglou reached the basket for 62-46. THE Galinat he scored consecutive points and went down (62-50), but Nan responded with three shots for 65-50. Stark began to take initiatives with him as well Bloomergs they reduced to a single-digit difference (65-56), while Toliopoulos signed the third quarter 67-59.

In the last period, the Lessor restored the double-digit difference (69-59), while Nan took the green lead to +13 with a three-pointer (72-59). Katsivelis reduced in the same way temporarily (72-62), but Grigonis didn’t… he left it like that and hit from a distance for 75-62. Katsivelis with him Lessor they exchanged points (77-64), while the French center impressively nailed two consecutive times for 81-64. Grigonis “jumped” the difference to 20 (84-64) with a three-pointer, before Mitoglou scored in the same way for 87-64. THE Papapetrou wrote from close range 89-65, while from there on Aris had no time to return to the match, with the home team taking the victory.

The quarters: 28-13, 43-32, 67-59, 89-71

Detailed match statistics here.