He passed through Alexandreio unscathed, “sweeping” Aris and qualifying for the finals of this year’s Stoiximan Basket League where he will face Olympiakos with a home advantage, Panathinaikos AKTOR!
After a tense and hard-fought first half, the Greens found a rhythm and hit the gas in the third period, taking a double-digit lead and never looking back, before eventually cruising to a comfortable win with 85-60.
Thus, Ergin Ataman’s team sealed their ticket to the finals, which will start the coming Wednesday (5/6, 9:15 p.m.) in OAKA. On the other hand, Aris will face Peristeri bwin in the indoor “Andreas Papandreou” in the minor final (6/6, 9:15 p.m.), which from this year is a single game.
Leading for Panathinaikos in today’s match are Lessor (15p, 7rb), Grant (13p), Nan (11pts, 5 rebs, 5 assists) and Grigonis (11p), while for Mars they stood out Galinat and De Souzawho scored 12 points each.
The match
Aris started the game with Toliopoulos, Bohorides, Blombergs, Gallinat and De Souza, not having Harel and Sanogo available, while Nan, Grant, Grigonis, Mitoglou and Balcherovski formed the starting five of Panathinaikos, with Vildosa remaining out of the squad. Both teams missed in the first minutes, with the “greens” leading 5-2 thanks to a floater by Grigonis and with Aris going ahead 6-5, after his steal and coast to coast Galinat, who also scored five straight points for 11-9. In a first quarter that had a lot of tension and many strong duels, while Aris with “weapon” its excellent defense, kept Ataman’s team low and finished the first quarter being ahead with 15-13.
The second period started with Aris completing the five team fouls before the 11th minute of the match was even completed, while at the same time De Souza arrived from too early the personal four. The two teams continued to go hand-in-hand on the scoreboard, with Juancho making Panathinaikos’ first 3-pointer after seven misses, for 22-25, while Galinat answered immediately, tying the game. Lessor and Grant they gave “air” of five points (25-30) to Panathinaikos, while Juancho hit again for three, putting his team at +6 for the first time (27-33). The first half ended with Grigonis hitting shots for the 28-36before receiving a technical penalty after the expiration, for loud protests.
As both teams returned from the locker room, Papapetrou scored his first basket of the match, giving the visitors their first double-digit lead of the game (29-40), Slaftsakis and Toliopoulos cut it to 33-40 for Aris, before Nan answered with a big three-pointer, for 33-43. THE Mitoglou with four consecutive points made it 33-47, before the Grant, to score two consecutive three-pointers and put Panathinaikos ahead 53-36, reaching 13 personal points! Aris responded by making an 8-2 run and “scissoring” the difference (44-55), but Nan he made it 11 with a well-placed three of his own, before Starc set it up 49-60 at the end of the third quarter.
Aris continued to be very inaccurate on three-pointers, entering the fourth period with just 4/22, while Panathinaikos continued to consistently find solutions to their attacks. THE Lessor he nailed impressively and scored after a rebound for 53-66, while the hosts were getting more and more depleted, with many of their players also having trouble with their fouls. The final minutes of the game were of a procedural nature, with the difference in favor of the guests reaching up to +22 (55-77), before the final came 65-80.
The quarters: 15-13, 28-36, 49-60, 65-80
The match statistics
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