Paris punished Panathinaikos!

Problematic appearance and defeat for Panathinaikos! The “greens” did not manage to show their usual competitive face in “Bercy” and were defeated with a score of 84-80 by the superior Parisknowing their first negative result this year Euroleague and falling to 2-1!

From the first minute, his team Ergin Ataman he fell into the Parisians’… trap, made one mistake after another (15 assists for 15 mistakes in total), missed rebounds (Paris 17 offensively) and allowed the hosts to run. The result was 42-27 halfway through the second quarter, with the “clover” still gathering the difference until halftime (45-39).

In the second part, everyone was waiting for o Panathinaikos to raise “speeds” after the good closing in the first, however the “greens” again presented the “pathogens” of the first 20 minutes and allowed the “protara” Paris to comfortably maintain the lead.

Nevertheless, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the “seven-star” approached 5 (73-68) and had plenty of opportunities to cut it further, but poor offensive choices held him back without a point for more than 5 minutes and they brought defeat, but one final counterattackwhich came late.

THE Nadir Ifi he was the big star for Paris, which he did first win in history in the Euroleague! The 22-year-old French international scored 20 points and was unstoppable for most of the match. The young guard was followed by What J Shorts (16 points, 7 assists), Colin Malcolm (14 points) and Tyson Ward (9 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists).

For Panathinaikos, which now turns to the match in Madrid with Real the day after tomorrow (17/10), the top was the “exciting” Matias Lessorwho posted a double-double with 19 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks and 3 turnovers. Kendrick Nunn and Lorenzo Brown they followed with 16 and 14 points respectively, but the former was off target with 6/16 shots.

The match

THE Panathinaikos opened the scoring of the game with a three-pointer by Grigonis (0-3). Hayes reduced from close range, however Lessor replied for 2-5. Ward leveled at 5-5 with a long shot of his own, while Lessor worked well with Grigonis to score again on the racket (5-7). Sarvin equalized with a nice creation of Shorts (7-7), with Mitoglou running to surprise and writing 7-9. THE Malcolm hit a three-point shot from 45 degrees (10-9) for the home team’s first lead, while Ifi took over with back-to-back points to make it 14-9. THE Osman ended his streak with a three-pointer (14-12), but Ifi answered in the same way (17-12). THE Brown he also made a long shot (17-15) but the French guard continued his crazy performance with a layup (19-15). The first quarter ended 21-19 with baskets by Shorts and the outstanding Brown.

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In the second period, Ward and Ouattara brought Paris to +6 for the first time (25-19). Shorts and Jatunen increased the difference to +8 (31-23) for the home team, while his bad period Panathinaikou continued, with Malcolm making a three-pointer and Shorts layup for the double digit difference (36-25). The first hit again from a distance for +14 (39-25) of the terrible Paris. Lessor gave a solution with a nail (39-27), but the “hot” Ifi made a very difficult three-pointer and wrote 42-27. Grant gave the visitors a breather with a three-point shot (42-30). Two good defenses led to Lesor’s shots (42-33), but Ward cut the Greens’ lead with a nail in transition (44-33). THE Sloukas and the French center of the greens went to the line (44-37), with Nan writing the final 45-39 of the half.

In the second half, Nunn was down in transition (45-41), but Shorts responded to end the French attack for 47-41. THE Brown he took three shots and made two (47-43), while in the next phase he secured an offensive rebound and hit another one (47-44). Hayes with a follow-up nail gave the hosts a solution (49-44), with Shorts scoring a foul goal (52-44) and Lessor nailing impressively for 52-46. THE Brown cut it with a layup to 56-48 after a mini-run by the French, but the formidable Shorts scored from mid-range (58-48). Lessor made a nice layup, but Ifi responded in kind (62-50). Nan hit a tough 3-pointer from the corner (62-53), with Ifi hitting from the line for 64-53. Iffey and Grant traded 3-pointers for a 69-59 third quarter lead.

At the beginning of the fourth period, Juancho and Nan with a layup reduced the score to 69-63 for Panathinaikos. Hayes gave Paris a solution, while Ouattara scored 73-64. Hernangomet scored again from close range (73-66), before Lessor reduced it further with a follow-up (73-68). Back-to-back errors on the greens kept them from getting any closer, with Shorts missing four times from the line. Si had a goal foul but missed the shot, while poor choices followed in the Panathinaikos attack. Ifi with one shot after a technical penalty wrote 76-68, while in the same phase o Nan was fouled and Yantunen’s shots sent Paris up 78-68. Nan reduced and o Grigonis with a foul goal he wrote 80-73. The American guard also made a three-pointer for 81-76, but Malcolm was cool on the shots and wrote 83-76. Grigonis was fouled before the ball entered the floor (technical penalty), made the shot and Juancho made it 83-80 with a 3-pointer. Herrera went to the line and scored 84-80, which was the final score.

The quarters: 21-19, 45-39, 69-59, 84-80

Detailed match statistics here.