Hard exit for him Panathinaikos in the City. Ergin Ataman’s team is hosted tonight by Anatolou Efes at the “Basketball Development Center” as part of its 5th game Euroleague (20:30, sport-fm.gr, News Bulletin 247 Novasports Prime).
Two 24 hours ago, the “greens” celebrated their second consecutive and third overall victory in the top European competition, prevailing with relative ease 91-85 of the militant Villerban at “Telekom Center Athens”. A victory that brings his signature far and wide Rhyshon Holmeswith the former NBAer finishing the game with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 33 rating points, in his first full appearance with the “clover” on his chest. Excellent in another match was also the MVP of the tournament, Kendrick Nunnwho after his absence in the “eternal” derby, returned to action with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists!
Despite the victory, Panathinaikos showed that it is still not at the desired level of readiness, with the Ergin Ataman to refer with his statements to the defensive function of the team. But the important thing is that the “Eptasteros” takes the goal which is the victory, building psychology and gaining calm time to work hard for the sequel. After all, in the event of a victory tonight, he will remain in the Top-3 of the standings.
On the other hand, the Turks come from the great double on it Olympiakos in SEF with a score of 82-78. Igor Kokoskov’s team managed to win the marginal derby with the “red and whites” thanks to his excellent defense in the second half with only 27 passive points, but also in the good night that saw Swinder (20 points), Cordinier (10 points, 7 points) and Larkin (18 points). A victory that fixed the psychology of Efes after the two consecutive defeats and raised it to 2-2, opening the appetite of the team for even more things.
As far as the competition is concerned, Panathinaikos is in the happy position of not facing any injury problem, except of course that of Matias Lessor who has been out of action for some time. The hosts will only be deprived of the services of Vincent Poirier.
Finally, regarding the tradition of the two teams, Panathinaikos is not doing well at the home of Efes, since in in his last eight visits to Istanbul he has been defeated in seven.
Source: Sport Fm
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