Panathinaikos was “burned” by Zalgiris

Tuesday and… pharmacist for him Panathinaikos!

After the two consecutive victories, the “greens” landed… abruptly in OAKA, knowing the defeat 96-83 from the Zalgirisin a postponed match of the 18th Euroleague match.

Thus, the “clover” fell into 7-18while on the other hand the Lithuanians remained tails, with a record 6-19.

From the again incomplete Panathinaikos, he stood out Nedovic with 23 points and was followed by Sant-Ross with 16 points.

For the team of Kaunas, the first scorer was Ulanovas with 22 points, with Lovern to make a double-double with 17p. and 12 rebounds.

The match

Panathinaikos started with Kavvadas, Evans, Mandzuka, Nedovic and Sant-Ross. Nervous start from the “greens”, with Lukosiounas and Cavanaugh doing great “damage” in defense and so Zalgiris escapes at +10 (5-15), in the first six minutes. The “clover” showed a temporary reaction with a 4-0 (9-15), but in the last four minutes of the period, the players of Prifti gave… rights to the guests. Thus, with the many and cheap mistakes, in combination with the “hot” Ulanos, Lekavitsios and Milaknis, the team of Zdovc made a partial score 1-14 and closed the first ten minutes at +19 (10-29).

The lost defensive rebounds, but also Lovern through the racket, sent Zalgiris to +23 (14-37), in 12 ‘. Panathinaikos stopped the rhythm of the Lithuanians with the “zone defense” and with Nedovic and Makon gnawed the difference (24-39), in 15 ‘. However, the continuation was not proportional, as the guests “read” this condition and with Lekavitsios and Lovern in the lead they escaped again at +20 (28-48), with Macon holding the “clover” aggressively, but the score at end of the first half was 34-52.

Defensive problems, but also the difficulty of dealing with Lovern in the “painted” was a big issue for Panathinaikos at the beginning of the second half, with Zalgiris going to +22 (36-58), in 23 ‘. From that point on, the pace of the match went up sharply with three-pointers from both, but the Lithuanians kept their big difference (51-71), until 28 ‘. In the remaining time, the guests lost their offensive rhythm, but not Nedovic, who continued the same “hot” and so the team of Prifti “cut” the difference to -15 (61-76), at the end of the third period. .

With the three-pointers of Milaknis, Zalgiris went back to +20 (64-84), at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Then, the guests threw… turns, with Papagiannis reducing to -14 (72-86), in 35 ‘. This was the last reaction of the “greens”, with the match becoming free until the end and the final score being 83-96.

MVP: Ulanovas and Lovern were the ones who… signed the pink card of the Lithuanians. The international forward was “100 pounds” for the team of Kaunas in the attack, having 22 points with exceptional percentages. On the other hand, the Frenchman did a tremendous job in the “racket” with 17 points. and 12 rebounds.

The number that made the difference: Panathinaikos’ lack of concentration allowed Zalgiris to dominate the rebounds, having a total of 32 with 11 being offensive, while shooting with the very good -especially for away- 11/26 three-pointers.

The ten minutes: 10-29, 34-52, 61-76, 83-96

See here the film of the match

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