Panathinaikos came back from hell and won the thriller with Maccabi!

Panathinaikos showed character and returned to winning ways! His team Ergin Ataman won with a score of 93-87 Maccabi Tel Aviv in OAKA and rose to 6-3 in her standings Euroleaguedespite the fact that for a long period of the match he was behind in the score.

The “greens” entered the match playing very passively on both sides of the floor, resulting in Israelis to score in every way during the first half and escape with +12 (35-47). In the second part, Panathinaikos showed a reaction and mainly through his offense (56 points in the second half) managed to get back into the game and finally get the pink card after a “thriller”.

Many were the protagonists of the “clover” in this great upheaval. The first of them is Juancho Hernangometwho played defense for… everyone and tallied 12 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals for 22 rating points. 21 points were scored by Kendrick Nunn who “carried” the scoring, while 18 points and 6 rebounds had o Matias Lessor.

Valuable help from Chedi Osmanwho scored 12 points, 10 of which came in the fourth quarter and were pivotal to the final outcome. For Maccabi, he stood out with 21 points Roman Sorkinwhile 14 was counted by Jalen Hord and 13 o Rokas Yokubaitis.

In the 10th matchday of the Euroleague, Panathinaikos will play with her Virtues in Bologna (15/10, 21:30), while Maccabi will welcome him to Belgrade Olympic (14/11, 20:00).

The match

OR Maccabi entered the match strong by pinning Hord for 0-2. Panathinaikos made a mistake in the first attack and the same player scored again for the Israelis (0-4), with Ergin Ataman calling a timeout at 44 seconds. The greens reacted by nailing Yurtseven (2-4), with Kalaitzakis putting in a shot for 3-4. Yokubaitis scored again for Maccabi (3-6), with Jurceven hooking in for 5-6. THE Gabriel answered with a layup (5-8), with Blatt making a very difficult basket for 5-10. Nan and Gabriel exchanged baskets (7-12), with Lessor and Huacho scoring for 11-12. Randolph and Nunn took over (13-14), with Sorkin to write from mid-range 13-16 and Hord to put two shots for 15-20. Nan with a three-pointer and Mitoglou with a long shot they reduced it to 20-22. Sorkin with a follow wrote 20-24, while Shaben Lee wrote with one shot 21-25 of the first quarter.

In the second period, Osman and Hord exchanged baskets (23-27), while Lessor scored 25-27 with shots. Nan and Yurtseven reduced (29-31), with Blatt responding with a three-pointer (29-34). THE Mitoglou scored a long shot (31-34) and immediately after a layup, bringing the match to a point (33-34). Maccabi responded, with Lee making a layup and Sorkin scoring five consecutive points for the Israelis’ +8 (33-41). THE Rayman he took advantage of the always passive defense of the “greens” and reached the basket undisturbed for the first double-digit difference of the match (33-43). Panathinaikos’ problems on both sides of the floor continued (35-47), with Grant to give a solution for the 37-47 of the half.

In the second part, Lessor narrowed it down from close range (39-47), with Grant shooting from mid-range for 41-47. Maccabi collected the offensive rebounds and brought back +10 (41-51), with Panathinaikos starting to rise from this point. Good defense led to Brown’s free dunk, a second steal led to a layup by Nunn, and Huacho scored four straight points to make it 49-51. THE Yokohamaites made an important three-pointer from the corner (49-54), with Gabriel answering Lesor for 51-56. Lessor and Brown brought Panathinaikos to the basket (55-57) after a defensive over-effort, with Hord giving Maccabi a solution with a layup (55-59). Hernangometh brought the match to a point (58-59), with Lee making a basket from close range and shots for 58-63. THE Lessor reduced with a hook (60-63), shaping the score of the third quarter.

At the beginning of the fourth period, Maccabi she came in more serious and ran an 8-0 split to find herself at 60-71. Nan made an incredible foul goal (63-71) in acrobatic fashion, with Osman pulling off a defense and scoring on the other end for 66-71. Lessor nailed and cut it (68-72), with Nunn making a reverse layup to tie the game with a 3-pointer at 73-73. Yokubaitis responded in kind by giving Maccabi a breather (73-76), with Osman equalizing again with his own long shot (76-76). Grant managed to score with an improbable foul shot (79-76), with Sorkin making a layup for 79-78. Lessor made a shot and Sorkin equalized for the visitors (80-80), with Osman to make two shots for 82-80. Randolph tied the game under the basket (82-82). Osman took advantage of Grant’s steal and scored in transition (84-82), with Lessor making two shots to make it 86-82. THE Juancho he scored the three-pointer that ended the match (89-82), as from then on he could not change anything.

The quarters: 21-25, 37-47, 60-63, 93-87

Detailed match statistics here