Half but… enough Panathinaikos broke out in Prometheus before the “devil’s week”

Healthy walk for Panathinaikos AKTOR. His team Ergin Ataman he didn’t struggle at all and defeated him 91-70 Prometheus at “Telekom Center Athens” despite the many absences, rising to 3-1 after 4 matches Stoiximan GBL and dropping Patrinos to 1-3.

Even though they fought without them Kendrick Nunn, Juancho Hernangomet, Rhyshon Holmes, Niko Rogavopoulos, Alexandros Samonturov and of course him Matias Lessorthe “greens” found resistance only for a quarter of an hour (20-21). From the second period onwards, the Panathinaikos he gave… a performance for a role and absolutely dominated, building his psyche ahead of “devil’s week” with Maccabi and Monaco.

Leader of the winners with 19 points and 11 rebounds was Omer Yurtsevenwhile 14 points and 7 rebounds were scored by Dino Mitoglou. 13 points were contributed by What J Shorts11 o Jerian Grant and 10 o Marius Grigonis. From Patrinos, 20 points were scored by Rob Gray and 17 by JP Macura.

The match

THE Prometheus scored the first basket of the match with scorer Coleman (0-2), before Hammonds answered a goal-foul by Mitoglou for 3-5. Grant tied it with a shot from close range (5-5), with Osman hitting two shots to make it 7-5. Yurtseven and McCallum traded baskets from close range (9-7), before Shorts hit a classic mid-range shot to make it 11-7. McCallum cut it with a layup on the spur of the moment (11-9), with Gray tying it at 11-11 on another transition attack. THE Mitoglou won shots and put them (13-11), with Gray giving Prometheus the lead with back-to-back points (16-17). Mitoglou put the “greens” in front again with a difficult basket (18-17), while Makoura responded from the line for 18-19. After a foul on the home team’s rebound, Rob Gray made a layup (18-21), with Kouseloglou to reduce to 20-21 with follow.

Panathinaikos temporarily went ahead with a basket Yurtseven at the beginning of the second quarter (22-21), but Macura and Gray answered with three pointers for 22-27. Yurtseven gave a solution to the “greens” from close range (24-27), but Makura had time and managed to score for 24-29. THE Osman scored a foul goal in transition (27-29), before doing exactly the same in the next period for 29-29. Macura continued his excellent play (29-31), with Shorts hitting two shots for 31-31. Osman made a third basket and a foul in a few minutes (33-31), before o Kalaitzakis scores from close range for 35-31. Slukas made a steal and won unsportsmanlike (37-31), with Yurtseven making a layup created by the Greek guard for 39-31. Gray reduced it with a three-pointer from the corner (39-34), but o Grant answered him immediately for 42-34. Yurtseven with two shots formed the first double-digit difference of the match (44-34), scoring consecutive baskets afterwards for 49-34. The half ended 52-39 in favor of the home team.

The second part started with a layup by Grant (54-39), before o Grigonis makes a nice individual effort for 56-39. Bazinas made a mistake, giving Grant the right to score a layup undisturbed and increase the difference to +19 in favor of the home team (58-39). Toliopoulos executed for three (61-39), with Bazina… rounding the difference to 20 points (61-41). Gray reduced the surprise with a basket (61-43), before Hammonds made it 61-46 with a long shot. Grant responded with a classic mid-range shot (63-46), with Mitoglou making it 65-46 with a follow-up. THE Basin put in a … juggling basket (65-48), with Hammonds and Mitoglou scoring from close range for 67-50. Grigonis took three shots and put them in (70-50), with Gray, Mitoglou and Makoura hitting consecutive three-pointers for 73-56. THE Grigonis made two more shots from the line (75-56), shaping the final score of the third quarter.

The fourth period started with the difference jumping to +27 thanks to his shots Yurtseven and consecutive 3-pointers by Shorts (83-56). THE Basin gave an offensive solution after time to Prometheus (83-58), before Hammonds reduced it to 87-63 with another three-pointer of his own. Macura also made a long shot (87-66), before scoring a layup on the spur of the moment for 87-68. Kalaitzakis, with a well-aimed shot, brought the difference back to exactly 20 points (88-68), while Grigonis made the final 91-70 with a three-pointer.

The quarters: 20-21, 52-39, 75-56, 91-70.

Detailed match statistics here.