His fourth victory – and first after three consecutive defeats – in the seven friendly games he has played this year, was taken on Tuesday night (24/09) by Panathinaikos AKTOR!
His team Ergin Ataman he only struggled for one half from the Galatasaray at “Sinan Erdem” in Istanbul, with the “greens” then raising their performance sharply in the second half, celebrating the friendly victory with an impressive 85-56.
Indicative of the image of the match is that in the first half the two teams went to the locker room tied with a score of 34-34with Panathinaikos having issues in attack, in creation, but also in his concentration.
In the replay, however, the Greek team showed a completely different face, bringing out tension and passion in their game, and with a “weapon” in their defense, they managed to find easy baskets in the open field, with many protagonists, leaving very positive impressions in view of the Rhodes Super Cup. It is characteristic that in the 3rd and 4th periods there are individual scores it was 51-22 in favor of the “greens”!
The first scorer for the European champions was Omer Yurtseven with 15 points and 12 rebounds (the 12 points came in the 4th quarter), with Osman to follow with 12 points as well Papapetrou and Grant with 10. The expedition also found o Matias Lessor who however did not fight to protect himself.
The next and last friendly for Panathinaikos in this year’s preparation, tomorrow (25/9, 20:00) against Anatolou Efesa match that will also be the big dress rehearsal due to the start of the official competitive duties.
The match:
THE Panathinaikos started the game with Grant, Nan, Papapetrou, Mitoglou and Jurceven in his starting five in a beautiful and basketball atmosphere at “Sinan Erdem”. The game had a low tempo in its beginning, with the “greens” dominating the area of ​​rebounds and leading 12-6 at five minutes, thanks to the baskets of Nan, Papapetrou and Mitoglou. Somewhere there, the guests’ mistakes started, with Galatasaray finding the way to the opponent’s basket in the 8th minute and after 5 whole minutes (8-12). Osman’s two-pointer and Grigonis’ goal-foul sent Panathinaikos to +6 (11-17), before Cummings set up the 12-17 of the first period.
It started with a “clover” mistake second quarterwith Izudu nailing for 14-17. His goal-foul Juancho raised the difference again to +6 (14-20), with Grant shortly after hitting two straight 3-pointers, doing so 17-26 at 13′. In fact, with Samoturov’s shots, the European champions broke the barrier of ten points difference half a minute later (17-28), with Efinagi and Osman exchanging baskets for at 19-30 at 15′. At that point, Ergin Ataman’s team relaxed quite a bit, both defensively and offensively, making a bunch of mistakes and missing a lot of defensive rebounds. All this, allowed the “chim bom” to run a sub 13-2 in the next four minutes, with Panathinaikos scoring in this period only with Osman’s shots for 32-32. In the final minute, a basket by Grant and one by Cummings at the end, sent the two teams to the locker room with the absolute balance in score (34-34).
The picture was quite different in third quarterwhere the “clover” entered powerfully at both ends of the floor, willing to run and move the ball quickly. The Turks scored the first basket of the period (36-34) to follow one impressive 12-0 streak of Panathinaikos with Nan, Grigonis and Grant as main exponents, thus raising the difference at +10 and 36-46 at 25′. Palmer and Efinagi temporarily reduced the lead for Galata (41-46), with Yurtseven and Kalaitzakis answering for 44-51 in the 28th minute, to come to the last part of the period Moraitis with two shots, Osman with a three-pointer and Kalaitzakis with a two-point buzzer beater, and if they close the excellent season for Panathinaikos at +13 and 45-58!
With acquired speed he entered the fourth and final period Panathinaikos, having fully imposed its rhythm. With her defense to be the driving force in this period as well, the “greens” found many and easy baskets in the open field. Yurtseven and Juancho Hernangomet they starred in the last part of the match, doing whatever they wanted to the opposing defense on the racket, with Panathinaikos moving the ball around quickly and having a clear aim on their tall two. The former scored 12 points and the latter six in the quarter, with the “clover” constantly increasing the difference, taking the friendly victory with an impressive +29 and the 85-56.
The quarters: 12-17, 34-34, 45-58, 56-85.
Source: Sport Fm
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