Dissolve Baskonia, Panathinaikos freezes with Lesor!

Huge victory that might happen… Pyrreos for Panathinaikos! The “greens” broke it up Baskonia with a score of 104-69 for the 17th game of the Euroleague and they closed with a 10-7 record in the first round, but they lost Matias Lessor with a fibula fracture, for whom the first medical diagnosis indicates an absence of at least 4 months.

As against Armani, so with the Basques, his team Ergin Ataman put his foot on the “gas” and escaped early with very large differences, having as their protagonists Panagiotis Kalaitzakis in defense and Kendrick Nunn in the attack. Baskonia had absolutely no reaction and it would have been a perfect night at OAKA, if the injury to the French center had not occurred, which overshadowed everything.

Leader of the match again Kendrick Nunnwho scored… a career-high 26 points and 9 assists. 18 points for him Lorenzo Brown who took the lead in the final, while 11 had o Juancho Hernangomet10 while Lessor played and from 8 Kalaitzakis, Tsedi Osman. He played and scored Alexander Samoturov. For Baskonia, which fell to 7-10, the first scorer was Chima Moneke with 16 points.

In the 18th matchday, o Panathinaikos will play in Munich with Bayern (27/12, 21:30), while Baskonia will host it Paris (27/12, 21:30).

The match

Panathinaikos scored first with a nice assist by Lessor and a basket by Huacho, while after a steal by Nan, Grant made it 4-0 from mid-range. THE Sedekerskis made Baskonia’s first basket and Hall also scored to make it 6-4. Lessor grabbed an offensive rebound and nailed it (8-4), before Nunn scored on a floater to make it 10-5. Kalaitzakis stole and dished to Nan (12-5), before Moneke made it 12-8 with a triple. Huacho responded with a long shot of his own (15-8), before Lessor and Nunn made layups for the home team’s +11 lead (19-8). THE Nan stole and lobbed Kalaitzakis (21-8), before Lessor nailed impressively for 23-8. Moneke reduced for her Baskonia (23-10), but Nan answered with a three-pointer on defense for 26-10. The American guard continued to be unstoppable with another long shot (29-10), with Kalaitzakis making a tap to Howard and a layup on the surprise for 31-10. THE Monk continued to play… alone for the guests (31-12), while two shots by Grant made it 33-12 in the first quarter.

In the second period, Raieste and Monk made consecutive shots for 33-16. After consecutive mistakes by the “greens”, Rogavopoulos also went to the line and scored 33-18. Mitoglou unstuck Panathinaikos with a three-pointer (36-18), but the Rogavopoulos he also scored from long range to cut it to 36-21. Osman answered immediately (39-21), before Baldwin went to the shots for 39-23. Nunn returned to the court and immediately hit a three-pointer (42-23), with Baldwin and Sedekerskis cutting it to 42-27. Lessor scored by taking the foul but missed the shot (44-27), before Kalaitzakis made a terrific reverse layup for 46-27. THE Lessor got an offensive rebound and scored (48-27), with Hall getting a foul shot for 48-30. Rogavopoulos scored a basket in transition (48-32) and Howard 3-pointer for 48-35. Panathinaikos answered and closed the first half with a layup by Sluka and a three-pointer by Nan for 53-35.

In the second part, Juancho made two consecutive 3-pointers to make it 59-35. After the “ice storm” with the injury of Matias Lessor, Omer Yurtseven scored twice in a row to make it 63-37. The Turkish center blocked and on the other side Kalaitzakis made a layup (65-37), before Nan scored from 8 meters for 68-37. Baskonia tried to get closer, but Slukas with three shots made it 71-41. Sedekerskis and Baldwin narrowed the gap (73-45), before the latter made two shots for 73-47. The Basques, with a basket by Diop and a three-pointer by Raieste, narrowed the gap even further (73-52), before Brown makes a lucky 3-pointer for 76-52. The third period ended 76-55 with Raieste’s 3-pointer.

In the fourth quarter, another 3-pointer by Nan made it 79-57. THE Mitoglou made two shots, while Antetokounmpo made a tap on one side and a dunk on the other for 83-59. Baldwin and Moneke scored for Baskonia (83-64), but Brown answered with a three-pointer and Osman scored in transition for 88-64. THE Brown gave a personal recital with back-to-back points for 92-64, with Nan to create every Panathinaikos basket during this period. A three-pointer by Osman made it 99-64, while from then on he could obviously not change anything and the match ended 104-69.

The quarters: 33-12, 53-35, 76-55, 104-69

Detailed match statistics here.