Panathinaikos escaped the “teeth” of… History! The “greens” made a bad appearance in Glyfada and came close to defeat by the impressive Panioniobut a three-pointer Juancho Hernangomet 5.9 seconds left gave them the victory with a score of 85-83. At 9-0 the pioneers fell to 4-5 but his team won the applause Ari Lykogiannis.
THE Panionios started the match impressively and managed to take a quick lead with +8 (23-15). His team Ergin Ataman had its only good period of the game early in the second quarter, when the “greens” went +8 (29-37), but the home team fought back and managed to regain the lead, being in front of the score for most of the game .
In the fourth period, the “Historic” continued to make it very difficult for the “seven-star” and escaped with +9 (73-64), but the Panathinaikos came back and regained the lead with two shots of his own Kendrick Nunn (81-82). Omer Yurtseven nearly made it “fatal” when he missed a layup and then fouled Landry Nocco, who made two shots to make it 83-82 with 16 seconds left. Nevertheless, Mr Juancho Hernangomet managed to find a goal in the last attack of the guests with a three-pointer and gave them the victory.
The Spanish forward had 13 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal. At 16 points and 8 rebounds, he stopped Omer Yurtseven. Another 14 points with 4 rebounds and 4 assists had o Kendrick Nunn. 11 points and 5 rebounds were scored by Ioannis Papapetrouwhile o Kostas Sloukas had 7 points and 9 assists. For Panionios, a great match with 18 points was made by Giorgos Tsalbouriswhile the same number was also Rion Brown.
The match
THE Mitoglou scored first in the match with shots for 0-2. Miledijevic and Nan exchanged three-pointers in consecutive attacks (3-5), while the former hit again from a distance to make it 6-5. Woolridge drove to the basket and scored by getting fouled to make it 9-5, with Grant hitting a shot from the line to make it 9-6. Noko continued Panioni’s good run with a reverse layup (11-6), with Woolridge writing from close at 13-6. THE Osman hit two shots (13-8), before Nunn made a steal and layup to make it 13-10. Noko and Lessor they scored from a hook (15-12), with Tsalbouris hitting a shot from the corner for 17-12. Rion Brown and Tsalbouris found the target from long range (23-15), with Sluka making two shots for 23-17 in the first quarter.
In the second period, two quick baskets by Papapetrou and Juancho cut the gap to 23-21. With Sluka creating properly for his teammates, the Papapetrou and Yurtseven equalized for Panathinaikos (25-25), while Turkos scored two shots for the lead of the “greens” with a score of 25-27. Canady responded for the home team with a three-pointer and a foul (29-27), but Papapetrou from a distance and Yurtseven from close range made it 29-32. THE Kalaitzakis took over and scored from the corner (29-35), before Yurtseven nailed it for 29-37. Panionios responded with Tsalbouris making consecutive shots and Woolridge hitting a layup for 36-37. Rion Brown made a 3-pointer (40-37), with Sluka tying the game at 40-40. Yurtseven nailed his basket Panioni (40-42), before scoring again for a 42-44 halftime lead.
In the second part, a shot by him Sluka and a nail by Papapetros made it 44-48. Gikas made a difficult three-pointer (47-48) and Noko two shots (49-48), before Devin Canady attacked the basket for 51-48. Huatso nailed impressively (51-50) and scored with a board (51-52), with Tsalbouri and Nan laying up for 53-54. The Spanish forward found the target from the line twice (53-56), before doing the same Lessor for 53-58. Brown took advantage of Nan’s mistake and scored a foul (56-58), with the American guard getting his blood back with a three-pointer for 56-62. Panionios reacted with Davis and Woolridge (60-62), before o Chalbouris hit a long 3-pointer for 63-62 in the third quarter.
In the fourth period, Milendijevic made another three-pointer (66-62), with Noko scoring from close range for 68-62. Nan hit shots (68-64), before Gikas hit a three-pointer with a board for 71-64. Rion Brown made a surprise layup (73-64), with Mitoglou giving Panathinaikos a breather with a three-pointer from 45 degrees for 73-67. The Panioni players did not lose their cool, with Brown hitting from mid-range (75-67). Grant made a very difficult foul goal (75-70), with Mitoglou nailing it for 75-72. THE Papapetrou he went to the line and hit (75-74), but Brown got a foul shot and scored 77-74, missing the shot. Yurtseven made two shots (77-76), while Tsalbouris hit a three-point shot for 80-76. Yurtseven nailed Panioni’s basket (80-78) and Grand reduced to a point (81-80). Tsalbouris missed a crucial three-pointer and Nan with two shots gave the guests the lead (81-82). THE Yurtseven missed contact and fouled Noko, who went to the line to make it 83-82. In the visitors’ last attack, the ball somehow reached the Juancho after a tapa received by Nan and the Spaniard gave the victory to Panathinaikos (83-85), with Tsalbouris missing in the final.
The quarters: 23-17, 42-44, 63-62, 83-85
Detailed match statistics here
Source: Sport Fm
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