Panathinaikos paid for defense and mistakes and Spanoulis made a winning debut in OAKA

Second consecutive defeat in the Euroleague for Panathinaikos! The team of Ergin Ataman was defeated with a score of 91-88 by the Monaco in the packed OAKA and fell to 7-5 after 12 matches in the top European competition, seeing Vasilis Spanoulis to make a winning debut for his new team, which improved to 8-4.

The match was a… rodeo throughout, with the Panathinaikos to fall victim to his poor returns (22 points in surprise for Monaco) and his many mistakes (14 that led to 25 points for the French). In the end, with them Kendrick Nunn and Juancho Hernangometh going forward, the shamrocks seemed to take the winning lead, but eventually Monaco found big shots and the greens had some poor choices in attack, which led to the final result.

Terrible things about Monaco from Alpha Dialowho scored 24 points, while 15 points had o Jordan Lloydwho hit a 3-pointer to make it 86-88 with 32 seconds left. 14 points for Eli Okombos and 13 for the very positive Giorgos Papagiannis. He didn’t score much (6 points) but Mike James was useful with 10 assists.

On the part of Panathinaikos, 23 points were scored by Kendrick Nunnwho ended up going to a… hero ball that didn’t benefit his team. 22 points were scored by Matias Lessorwho faced problems defensively, Kostas Slukas had 11 and the promoted in the second half had 10 Juancho Hernangomet.

The match

Monaco took the lead with a mid-range shot by Lloyd (0-2), while Mitoglou scored a boyish foul goal to make it 3-2. Vito Braun hit again with a mid range (3-4), but Grant ran in surprise after Lesor’s tap and wrote 5-4. Vito Brown benefited from his effort Mitoglou for a steal and went free, running for three (5-7) and Nunn tied it at 7-7 from the line. Grant gave the Greens the lead with a mid-range shot, but Lloyd responded with a 3-pointer (9-10) and Diallo hit shots for 9-12. Vito Brown took three shots and made two (11-14), with Osman tying it with a three-point shot at 14-14. THE James he also made a three-pointer, while Diallo nailed a transition shot for Monaco’s 14-19 lead. Slukas reduced by two shots (16-19), before creating for the goal foul of Juancho (18-19) who airballed the shot. Brown once again gave Panathinaikos a “head” with a nice move and execution from close range (20-19), while Papagiannis nailed for 20-21. Blossomgame and Lessor they traded pins (24-23), with Nan scoring a floater for 26-23. Okobo and Diallo hit five straight shots to make it 26-28 in the first quarter.

In the second period, after a small tension with the protagonists Nan and Diallo, Blossomgame and Papagiannis scored consecutive points for 31-35. THE Lessor gave a solution with a thunderous nail (33-35), but Papagiannis with a three-pointer and Diallo with a nail brought Monaco to +7 for the first time (33-40). THE Sloukas raised to Lesor who hung from the hoop (35-40), with Nan scoring a basket at the end of the attack and Grant to equalize from medium distance (40-40). Lessor made an improbable dunk and Slukas went to the line, with the score tied at 45-45. The leader of the home team also made a three-pointer (48-45), with Okobo immediately reducing the score to 48-47. Diallo picked up his third foul Nan and at the same time he scored, making it 48-50 at halftime.

In the second part, Lessor made a mistake and Dialo scored in transition to make it 48-52. Papagiannis continued his good performance and scored with a layup (48-54), while Slukas went to the line for shots and reduced it to 50-54. Lessor with a pin and Slukas with shots scored 54-56, while Papagiannis made an impressive hustle play and scored (54-58). Lessor responded immediately with a foul goal (57-58), with Okobo taking three shots and making two for 57-60. Okobo played Mitoglou at the feet and scored, before the Blossomgame hits for three and brings Monaco to +8 (57-65). The unstoppable Lessor gave a solution (59-65), while the Nan he in turn reduced to 61-65. Juancho brought Panathinaikos to the basket (63-65), before scoring a three-pointer for the lead (66-65). The third quarter ended with a score of 67-65 after a shot by Nan.

In the fourth period, the promoted Huatso scored for three and wrote 70-65. Lloyd gave Monaco a breather (70-68) but Slukas answered him for 73-68. James hit one of his classic 3-pointers (73-71), with Grant doing the same on defense for 76-71. THE Dialo joined the dance of long shots (76-74) and Nan scored from mid-range (78-74), with the Monaco player again finding the target from close range for 78-76. Okobo hit a long shot (78-79), but Nan took shots and put them in for 80-79. Diallo with another basket made it 80-81, but Nunn took it…personally and made it 82-81. The American guard made two more shots (84-81), but two poor attacks by the home team gave Monaco the right to run and take the lead with Brown and Diallo (84-85). Lessor got an offensive rebound and an unsportsmanlike foul (86-85), but the attack was lost and on the other side the Lloyd he made a big three-pointer for 86-88. Nunn missed an attempt to answer and Slukas made a mistake, with Lloyd putting in the two shots that “sealed” the victory of the French (86-90).

The quarters: 26-28, 48-50, 67-65, 88-91.

Detailed match statistics here.