He fought it to the end, but he did not succeed Panathinaikos! His team Dimitris Priftis was defeated 76-75 from Armani Milano to OAKA, returning from -12 in 34 ‘of the match and -10 in 36’ and fell to 7-19, while the Italians went up 18-8 consolidating their presence in third place. The point that judged the match from Hines’s shot, who earlier won the offensive rebound and foul in 2 ” before the end.
Nevertheless, Panathinaikos has every right to shout for her arbitrationas especially in the fourth period no obvious violations were given, with the elbow of the elite leading Ritchie in Kavvadas out of phase and the last phase, which the same Armani player pushes to claim the rebound and could be given fouls and shots at Panathinaikos in dead time.
First scorer for Panathinaikos, who remains with the consolation of the game self-denial he showed, the Nedovic he was the top scorer with 19 and was followed by 11 White and Papagiannis, with the Greek center having 7 rebounds. THE Fig stopped at 9 points, 8 assists and had 4 steals.
For Armani, the leader and the one who meant her return to the first half was Dilleni with 15 points, with them Hines (13p.) And Ritchie (10p.) to be the other two digits. Serhi had nine points and an equal number of assists.
The match
The match started with tremendous energy and mood Panathinaikos and hitting the Italian racket with Papagiannis took a 7-0 lead forcing Messina to a quick time-out. Through this there was a reaction from Armani who easily took the fouls and the shots staying in the match and reducing to 12-9. However, the momentum was… green and with a three-pointer by Kaselakis the difference returned to 8 points (17-9), but the guests find rhythm in the last minutes of the first period thanks to Grant and Serhi, shaping the 17-14.
The start of the second period was the start of Armani’s counterattack and the awakening of Dilleniwho took his team by the hand (22-21), while the Italians found unexpected points from his three-pointers Ritchie (33-31) and finally the draw from Hines’s basket (33-33). An important role in this period was played by the easy points of the Italians in the surprise, ending the half with a three-pointer by Sergi and the +4 (36-40).
The third period proved to be the best for Armani and the worst for Panathinaikos, as the difference gradually increased with Daniels shooting from 6.75 (40-47, 45-52) while the difference also reached double digits (49-60) with a three-pointer by Serhi. Finally, the third period ended with Armani scoring 23 points and leading by 12 points (51-63).
The pattern at the beginning of the last season did not change, as Panathinaikos may have reduced to 55-63, but Armani responded with concise procedures in the same way, restoring the difference to 12 (57-69). In general, the form of the match was “one of you and one of me” with Ritchie at 3’30 ” leaving the difference to 10 (61-71), with Prifti calling a time-out. From this the players came out stubborn and with Nedovic giving the signal with a three-pointer (64-71), Macon continued with four personal points (68-73) and Nedovic responded again with a three-pointer (71-75) to all the obstacles that Armani put in the overthrow. With the Italians drinking the sea and finding no net, Macon reduced to 73-75 at 30 ” before the end and Nedovic stole Serhi…’s wallet equalizing in 75-75 at 25 ”. Serhi took the last attack, missed, but Hines got the striker and the foul from Sant-Ross. The American scored in the first, he deliberately missed in the second and the Armani left with the double from OAKA.
The ten minutes: 19-14, 36-40, 51-63, 75-76.
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