Blocked in the fourth period and defeated by Trento in Zouro’s debut, Panionios

He came close to winning, but he… broke down in the finale Panionios!

In his debut Ilias Zouro on his bench, the Historian had the lead and control for most of his home clash with Trento of Chancellori, but blocked aggressively in the fourth period and was eventually defeated by 91-87for the 5th matchday of the EuroCup.

So Panionios, who lined up without Hunts, Luntzis and Wall, fell to 1-4 and in the last place of his group, knowing at the same time his 8th consecutive defeat in Greece and Europe.

The first scorer for the Zouro team was Watson with 20 points, while they had 18 Chalbouris and Lewiswhile o Priest he finished the game with 12. On the other hand, Jones (20p), Steward (18p) and Yogela (16p) stood out for the Italians.

Now, Panionios turns his attention to his away match with Colossus of Rhodes (1/11, 16:00) for matchday 5 of the Stoiximan GBL, while next week they will travel to Turkey to face the Turk Telecom (4/11, 18:00).

The match:



The match started with Panionios entering the floor focused, with Starks hitting a series of baskets and with Lewis to hit the first three-pointer of the match for 9-5, while Watson and Priest they put the Historian at +8 (13-5). The visitors countered and cut it to 13-11 with back-to-back 3-pointers by Niang and Hassan, with Panionios maintaining its small lead until the end of the first period (19-17).

ON FLIGHT MODE ??

Nate Watson throws down a powerful jam ??#RoadToGreatness pic.twitter.com/NRmsit7VJT

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Both teams missed at the start of the second period, remaining without a basket for 2.5 minutes, before Chalbouris hit for 22-18. THE Lewis with consecutive baskets he reached double digits and brought Panionios back to +6 (26-20), Papas “wrote” his three-pointer to 29-23, while then Trento got closer to the point (31-30). However, the hosts continued to find solutions offensively, with Kreuzer and Tsalbouris making it 39-33 and with Papas hitting a three-pointer with the end, for 42-35 of the first half.

SKY HIGH SLAM ??

Cheickh Niang leaves his defender behind and takes flight ??@AquilaBasketTN | #RoadToGreatness pic.twitter.com/M6cM0Gl6oS

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The Italians got closer to 44-40 in the first minutes of the third period, but Panionios again found a rhythm on both sides of the floor and with his star Watsonled for the first time in the match with a double-digit difference (50-40), while Lewis made it 53-42 with a three-pointer. Steward with a basket-foul and Yogela with a three-pointer reduced it to 55-48, but the home team did not lose their composure and closed the quarter with a lead of 72-63.

Missed shot? ??

Just an assist for Nate Watson ???>?#RoadToGreatness pic.twitter.com/qotsempAbH

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The fourth period started with Panionios leading 76-68, but Trento came close again, 76-73, before Kreuzer and Yogela hit back-to-back 3-pointers to make it 79-78. Watson reached 20 personal points for 81-78, while Jones reduced to a point (84-83), before Magwebe put Trento ahead 87-84. With 4 minutes left to go, the referee of the match, Hussain Celik, was injured by Cruiser and the game continued with two referees, after a short stoppage! Gikas’ big three-pointer tied the game at 87-87, but Jones made it 87-89 with 29 minutes to go, and in the next phase, Watson drew an offensive foul and Jones made the shots for the final. 87-91.

Clutch monster ?? @AquilaBasketTN

Selom Mawugbe files high ?? pic.twitter.com/RowkfQ3vO0

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The quarters: 19-17, 42-35, 72-63, 87-91

The match statistics