Panathinaikos paid for its defensive weaknesses and lost at home to Nyon

He met his second defeat this year Women’s EuroCup Panathinaikos.

The “greens” did not have a good night defensively and despite the good performance they made offensively, they were finally defeated by 113-100 from Swiss Neon in the closed of Holargos, falling to 1-2 after three matches.

Thus, Panathinaikos lost significant ground in the qualification battle, after seeing Nyon catch him in 3rd place 7th group after its first victory, while now turning its attention to its away clash with the Spanish Avenida (29/10, 21:30), for the next matchday.

Leading for the Erdem team was the impressive Fitzgeraldwho finished the game with 44 points, 6 assists and 3 rebounds, while also scoring in double figures Chatzileontis (double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds),Brown (13pts, 7 rebs), Crimea (13π) and Galanopoulos (10p). On the other hand, Forman (30 points) and Robinson (25 points, 16 rebounds) stood out for Nyon.

The visitors came into the match stronger, being very effective offensively and building their first double-digit difference for 25-15, while leading by as much as +16 (21-37), before the “greens” reduced for 26-37 of the first period.

Improved defensively in the second quarter, Panathinaikos reduced the lead to 34-40, while after a long time it came close to -5 (51-56) at the end of the first half.

However, in the third period the Swiss found a rhythm again, escaping with 70-55while they built the biggest difference in their favor (68-86) at the beginning of the fourth quarter, before taking the victory with the final 100-113since Panathinaikos could not find the big upset.

The quarters: 26-37, 51-56, 67-80, 100-113

The match statistics.