Will the… good? THE received Panathinaikos welcomes Zalgiris Kaunas indoors of OAKA in a postponed match of the 18th game (21:00, bwinSPORT FM, sport-fm.gr, Novasports Prime), having in front of him a big challenge: to make the absolute overrun and get 3rd series victory in the tournament. Besides, the greens reaped – for the first time in this year’s Euroleague – two consecutive pink cards and went up to 7-17.
The first with Villeurbanne in France (63-76 on 11/2) and the second last Friday against the Red Star (79-73 in OAKA). Especially the victory over the Serbs boosted the morale inside the clover, as it came in a game that was played with … half a team due to the absences that existed.
Something similar is happening today. Injury problems deprive Prifti of the opportunity to calculate to Papapetrou, Jovic and Whitewhile it will be very difficult for Bohoridis to be present, who suffers from spasms in the middle.
Beyond that, Hugaz has no right to participate, as he was not declared on the team’s roster when the match was originally scheduled, while the people of the greens will be waiting. until the last moment Papagianniswho played with Ethniki on Monday in Turkey and was expected in Athens on Tuesday morning.
“We have said that regardless of our ranking position we will not give up. Both for their personal goals, each one individually, but especially for the team, we want to be competitive. Obviously as much as the conditions allow, as we will go to this game with many problems, maybe even more than the previous one. It’s an adventurous game that has already been postponed twice, let’s see how it develops “said the coach of Panathinaikos for today’s match (21:00).
On the opposite side, Zalgiris has raised morale as in the immediately preceding game it crushed Real 68-47 in Kaunas for its 2nd consecutive victory, which brought it to 5-19. “I think we are in good shape and we are playing well. “The victory over Real boosted our self-confidence even more.”admits Yuri Zdovch and continues:
«Panathinaikos is not in a good position either, but they won the match with the Red Star. He has players who can lead, like Nedovic. We know that the Panathinaikos audience creates a warm atmosphere, but I will not say that it is the best audience, because this is ours. But they understand basketball, they put pressure on the referees and it is not easy to play there. I like this climate, I hope we are focused and do not allow the opponent to get a boost“, concluded.
The Lithuanian champions do not count on Tai Webster. The guard from New Zealand is suffering from a virus and thus is not able to help Zdovch’s team.
Dominant, but with a negative streak
Both teams already have 26 years of duels and Panathinaikos is dominant with 22 wins in 31 games, however it counts three consecutive defeats by Zalgiris.
Delivery in detail:
28/09/95: Zalgiris-Panathinaikos 56-59 (Phase of 16)
05/10/95: Panathinaikos-Zalgiris 86-66 (Phase of 16)
13/09/99: Zalgiris-Panathinaikos 66-82 (First Phase)
04/11/99: Panathinaikos-Zalgiris 86-82 (First Phase)
17/10/02: Zalgiris-Panathinaikos 79-94 (Regular Period)
12/18/02: Panathinaikos-Zalgiris 98-84 (Regular Period)
06/11/03: Zalgiris-Panathinaikos 80-74 (Regular Period)
08/01/04: Panathinaikos-Zalgiris 91-80 (Regular Period)
24/02/05: Zalgiris-Panathinaikos 73-84 (Top 16)
17/03/05: Panathinaikos-Zalgiris 83-78 (Top 16)
22/10/08: Panathinaikos-Zalgiris 78-51 (Regular Period)
04/12/08: Zalgiris-Panathinaikos 69-80 (Regular Period)
04/11/11: Panathinaikos-Zalgiris 92-75 (Regular Period)
07/12/11: Zalgiris-Panathinaikos 59-94 (Regular Period)
12/28/12: Panathinaikos-Zalgiris 67-66 (Top 16)
21/02/13: Zalgiris-Panathinaikos 73-78 (Top 16)
16/01/15: Panathinaikos-Zalgiris 77-58 (Top 16)
13/03/2015: Zalgiris-Panathinaikos 76-70 (Top 16)
13/11/2015: Panathinaikos-Zalgiris 91-56 (Regular Period)
12/17/2015: Zalgiris-Panathinaikos 72-75 (Regular Period)
14/10/2016: Panathinaikos-Zalgiris 84-76 (Regular Period)
09/03/2017: Zalgiris-Panathinaikos 64-58 (Regular Period)
07/12/2017: Zalgiris-Panathinaikos 80-74 (Regular Period)
25/01/2018: Panathinaikos-Zalgiris 94-93 (Regular Period)
26/10/2018: Panathinaikos-Zalgiris 83-87 (Regular Period)
18/01/2019: Zalgiris-Panathinaikos 82-69 (Regular Period)
19/11/2019: Zalgiris-Panathinaikos 85-86 (Regular Period)
17/01/2020: Panathinaikos-Zalgiris 96-94 (Regular Period)
11/12/2020: Panathinaikos-Zalgiris 69-81 (Regular Period)
08/04/2021: Zalgiris-Panathinaikos 93-78 (Regular Period)
16/11/2021: Zalgiris-Panathinaikos 76-69 (Regular Period)
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