With show-turning, the Panathinaikos met her 87-78 defeat by Alba in Berlin in a postponed match for the 19th game of the Euroleague. As if that were not enough, the only survivor (aggressively) Nemanja Nedovic (27p.), Landed on an opponent’s foot three minutes before the end and left limping on the bench, causing a headache in view of Olympiakos on Monday for the championship.
The “greens” are heartbreaking in defense, offered 16 offensive rebounds and 26 assists to Alba. In addition to the Serbian guard, Ioannis Papapetrou also fought with 15 points and 5 rebounds.
With this defeat Dimitris Priftis’ team fell to 8-19 and is 13th completing its obligations on Friday against Fenerbahce in Istanbul (20:00).
The match :
Both teams started with offensive crescendo and defensive problems on both sides. However, after 11-11, Panathinaikos could not follow in the scoring and, remaining bad in the back, saw Alba, sometimes with long shots and sometimes with the huge Koumanze up close, escape, 28-13. The “greens” completed the first period with only four defensive rebounds, with the hosts, who shared 10 assists, also having five forwards.
Panathinaikos continued to concede extra possession with errors and missed rebounds to Alba (37-23), but the zone defense and Nedovic with two three-pointers and two incredible goal-fouls helped to close the gap to the three with a 0-11 (37 -34). The hosts, who were absent for four minutes, found unexpected solutions from Delou (42-34), but Meikon and Kaselakis answered for the 44-40 of the half.
Nedovic’s poor start in the third quarter, with two missed shots and an equal number of errors, gave Alba the opportunity to break away again, 52-42. The lost rebounds and easy mistakes remained an open wound for Panathinaikos, which was again far behind, 64-50 and closed at -14 in the season (69-55).
Panathinaikos did not see a breakthrough even in the fourth quarter. Alba, renewing its few misplaced attacks, consistently had a good difference (79-66), since despite the efforts of Nedovic and White in the attack, the defense continued to break down. And because what goes wrong can get worse, three minutes before the end Nedovic left limping after landing on an opponent’s foot.
MVP: Christ Koumanze managed what the whole of Tavares did not do against Papagiannis. Alba’s brutal center was a huge nuisance with 12 points, 8 rebounds (4 offensive) and his presence as a scarecrow under the baskets.
The number that made the difference: Alba had 16 offensive rebounds and Panathinaikos 15 errors. So the scales of the possessions tilted significantly on the side of the hosts, who, having much higher percentages in the three-pointers, could not lose.
Ten minutes: 28-13, 44-40, 69-55, 87-78
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Referees: Latisevs (Latvia), Racis (Lithuania), Perugia (Spain).
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