Undefeated in Greece, Panathinaikos is preparing to return to factory settings through… Euroleague. Without reaching the peak of their performance, the “greens” prevailed in Lavrio 85-68 for matchday 10 of the Stoiximan GBL, narrowly overcoming the heavy defeat in Istanbul from Ephesus.
Lessor with 13 points and Juancho-Grand with 12 top players for the “clover”. Waiting for Kendrick Nunn, who turned his right ankle in an unsuspected phase in the second half, but his condition does not inspire concern.
THE Griffin first scorer for Lavrio with 17 pointsMuratos with 12 and Wahab with eight are the other two distinguished.
The match:
With a group consisting of Muratos, Griffin, Forrest, Slater, Gondikas entered the floor Laurelwhile Ataman chose them Grant, Nunn, Osman, Mitoglou, Lessor. The scoring was opened by a 3-pointer by Jerian Grant, but Griffin came on strong for Laurel, pulling his team’s scoring to stay close. Panathinaikos found solutions to the surprise with Nan, Mitoglou and Lessor bringing to +4 to Ataman’s team. The home team tightened their defense enough and o Muratos with two shots reduced to 13-14. Forrest put his team in front again with a three-pointer Costa Mexa at the moment when Panathinaikos was going to bad attacks without them having any effect. The aggressive defense of Lavrio made it particularly difficult for Panathinaikos, who found a “net” only with shots, tying the score at 18-18, while Osman’s basket and Tsami’s follow formed the 20-20 in the first period.
The failure of the two teams dominated the beginning of the second period, but his entrance Juancho Hernangomet it was enough to tip the scales in favor of Panathinaikos who left at +7 (21-30) with all the points coming from the Spaniard.
The answer came through the hand of the evergreen, Zara, who reduced the score to 27-30 for Lavrio with two three-pointers. The “greens” may have seen the home team come back, but with a small burst they managed to escape to +10 with Osman and Lessor as protagonists (35-45), with Murato reaching 10 points in the match and reducing to 37 -45 in the first half.
The start of the second half found Panathinaikos quickly escaping with +15 (39-53) thanks to Mitoglou’s excellent baskets. The individual 6-3 of Lavrio reduced the difference to 9 points, but Panathinaikos with starring Lessor left at +16 (45-61) with the home side’s Godika leaving with a knee problem. Lessor continued to lead Panathinaikos, but Lavrio with Wahab and Forrest reduced it to 11 (52-63) which was also the score of the third quarter.
Lavrio attempted to surprise Panathinaikos, but the difference did not go below 10 points, since the team of Kostas Mexa was particularly misguided. Wahab’s efforts to put Lavrio in the match were not enough with Panathinaikos playing more aggressive defense winning easy possessions that brought them through the upsets to +15 (56-71) with 4:45 before the final. Until the end, nothing changed and Panathinaikos came away victorious 85-68 from Lavrio.
The quarters: 20-20, 37-45, 52-63, 68-85
The match statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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