Panathinaikos finished first in the Rhodes marathon with a win over Grigonis and Shorts

Return to victories and the championship for Panathinaikos AKTOR. His team Ergin Ataman prevailed with a score of 90-67 over him Colossus at the indoor Kallithea in Rhodes for its 3rd matchday Stoiximan GBLmoving to 2-1 in the league and dropping the losers to 1-2.

It was a marathon match, lasting approx 135 minuteswith the first half especially having a very slow pace and 43 shots total for the two teams, which infuriated Ataman himself. Nevertheless, the “greens” were in a “driving” position for 40 minutes, taking a comfortable victory.

The leader of the match was What J Shortswho had 18 points on 6/7 shooting from the field and 5 assists. Big profit o Marius Grigoniswho scored 9 points on 3/6 3-pointers, in his best game since his return. Good performance with 13 points and 9 rebounds for him Omer Yurtsevenwhile 12 points were scored by Nikos Rogavopoulosthose and o Dino Mitoglou (9 rebounds). Gabriel Galvanini is the home team’s top scorer with 13 points.

For the “greens”, he took a breather Kostas Sloukaswho did not compete at all, while out of the 12 team for reasons of rest were Juancho Hernangomet and Jedi Osman. Rhyshon Holmes left the match early with hamstring problems.

In the 4th matchday, o Colossus will play away from home with Carditsa (25/10, 18:15), while o Panathinaikos will welcome him Prometheus (26/10, 16:00)

The match

The score of the match opened with his three-pointer Grigoniswhile Ryan tied the score at 3-3. The Rhodesians got in front of the score with shots from Barbic, while Panathinaikos responded in the same way thanks to Mitoglou for 5-5. Nunn hit a difficult 3-pointer (5-8), with Shorts scoring on a breakaway to make it 5-10. Barbic gave the home side a solution with a long shot of his own, before Nunn hit two shots to make it 8-12. THE Colossus continued to… bombard from a distance with a three-pointer by Petropoulos (11-12), with Grigonis doing the same and Mitoglou writing from close at 12-17. Yurtseven with his first points increased the difference even more (13-20), before hitting two shots for 13-22. THE Coloveros with 2/4 shots reduced for the hosts (15-22), while Rogavopoulos scored six straight points with a goal foul and a three-pointer, writing 15-28 of the first quarter.

In the second period, Grant hit a difficult shot (15-30), with Rogavopoulos making two shots for 17-32. Petropoulos and Kalaitzakis exchanged layups (20-34), while Galvanini and Kouroupakis reduced it to 24-34. The pace of the match dropped noticeably with continuous visits of both teams to the line of shots. From there, Shorts and Rogavopoulos made it 26-38. Shorts scored an impressive floater foul goal (27-40), before o Galvanini reduce with two well-placed attempts from the line to 29-40. Kouzeloglou scored his first basket against Panathinaikos (39-42), with the Rhodesians reducing to 33-42 thanks to layups and shots by Galvanini. THE Yurtseven answered with a difficult hook (33-44), before Nan with the Shorts hit three shots for 35-47. The former Paris player hit a buzzer beater layup for a 36-49 halftime lead.

The second part started with his nailing Mitoglouwhich formed 36-51. Galvanini got a steal from Nunn, with Taylor making an impressive finish on the layup to make it 38-51. Yurtseven gave Panathinaikos a solution with a three-pointer (40-54), before Akin reduced it again from close range to 42-54. Mitoglou answered with a long shot from the top (42-56), with Kolossos making the difference in single digits thanks to Galvanini and Taylor (47-56). Grant scored from mid-range, but Karabelas answered with a three-pointer to make it 50-58. Nan won two shots, missed the second, but o Yurtseven was there and wrote 50-61 with follow. Karabelas and Grigonis they exchanged three-pointers (53-64), with Kouroupakis bringing the hosts even closer with 1/2 shots (55-64). Grant’s three-pointer made it 55-67 in the third period.

At the beginning of the fourth period, Alexandros Kalaitzakis steal and score on a layup for 57-67. Mitoglou after an offensive rebound found the target from close range, while Yurtseven did the same for 57-71. Kouseloglou and Mitoglou increased the difference even more in favor of Panathinaikos (57-75), with Shorts to keep it there with a nice close shot for 59-77. The difference exceeded 20 thanks to Shorts and Kalaitzakis (61-82), with the American guard continuing his good game, scoring 61-84 with a layup. THE Rogavopoulos nailed the surprise (63-86), but of course Kolossos did not have time to return to the match and Panathinaikos took the comfortable victory.

The quarters: 15-28, 36-49, 55-67, 67-90.

Colossus of Rhodes (Carrasco): Petropoulos 6 (1), Barbits 5 (1), Ryan 12 (1), Galvanini 13 (1), Akin 6, Karabelas 6 (2), Koloveros 6, Chrysikopoulos, Kalaitzakis 2, Kouroupakis 11

Panathinaikos (Ataman): Shorts 18 (1), Holmes, Nunn 7 (1), Grigonis 9 (3), Mitoglou 12, Kalaitzakis 4, Rogavopoulos 12 (1), Grant 7 (1), Kouseloglou 4 (3 rebounds), Toliopoulos 4 (1), Yurtseven 12 (1)