It was slow to find a rhythm and Panionios was defeated by Burg

He suffered his second defeat in this year’s EuroCup o Panionios.

The “blue and red” hosted the French Burg in Glyfada for the 3rd matchday of the tournament and even though they found themselves up to -21 and entered the fourth period losing by 16 points, they looked for a counterattack, reduced it to 54-59, but finally ran out of time and were defeated by 66-56.

Thus, Panionios fell to 1-2 and next week he will travel to Montenegro to face her Buduchnost (22/10, 20:00), while it will be preceded by its confrontation with Olympiakos at SEF (19/10, 13:00) for the championship. Burgh improved their record to 3-0, remaining top of the group.

He was a leader for the Nea Smyrni team Watsonwho finished the game with a double-double (10 points and 11 rebounds), while double figures were also Chalbouris (11p, 5 rib). On the other hand, for the guests, McGee was the leader, with 17 points.

The match:

The two teams started the match “cold” and misguided, with Panionios scoring his first basket 3.5 minutes after the jam, with Cruiser to cut it to 3-4 with a three-pointer, while Burg in turn went without a point for almost 4 minutes, with the home team leading 7-4. Mokoka and Mitchell put the guests in front with 10-7, while o Watson reduced for the 15-16 of the first period.

An assist from Starks, a finish from Watson?

This duo had the final say in the first quarter??#RoadToGreatness pic.twitter.com/dwAzEeOT4i

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The failure continued at the beginning of the second quarter, with the first basket coming after almost 3 minutes of the game, when the Wall tied with one shot, while McGee and Gach put Burgh at +5 for the first time (16-21). Panionios continued to face great difficulties in their attacks, unable to find a rhythm, with Luntzis making his first basket for 18-21, before Gach and McGee put the visitors at +6 (20-26). THE Luntzis his 3-pointer cut it to 25-28, but the first half ended with McGee hitting two straight 3-pointers of his own to put his team at +9 for the first time (25-34).

Lindo blocks it, McGhee sends the 3;

What a sequence @JLBourgBasket ?? pic.twitter.com/V7p0N0tOPR

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Panioni’s offensive image did not improve in the third quarter either, with Pavicevic’s team scoring their first basket with shots from Wall4 minutes into the period, allowing the visitors to go on an 8-0 run to take a 42-25 lead. O Starks with his crazy layup reduced it to 29-44, but McGee and Lambanka with consecutive three-pointers pushed the difference to 21 (21-50), while the third period ended with Panionios making an 8-0 run to reduce it to 37-53.

The home team improved in the fourth quarter, getting closer to 46-57 with two pointers by the Popes, Watson and a three-pointer by Starkswhile o Watson nailed after an offensive rebound, making the difference a single digit after one hour (48-57). Having re-entered the match and having the momentum, Panionios came close to 5 (54-59), before McGee answered with a foul basket, while entering the “final stretch” of the match the Starks he did 56-62. However, somewhere there the time was suffocating, with Burg taking the victory with the final 66-56.

The quarters: 15-16, 25-34, 37-53, 56-66

The match statistics