With his mind elsewhere and certainly not in defense, the Panathinaikos fatal lost 87-78 to Alba in Berlin in his penultimate obligation for this year’s Euroleague. Let’s see what went wrong:
-Concentration, energy and defense… zero: Panathinaikos seemed to be doing chores and taking out the obligation. Without passion and vigilance in defense, he watched his opponents perform their fast plays and in the rare times they missed, he usually lost rebounds (16 home offensive). Except for the second period, when the belt confused Alba and kept it at 16 points, it had a minimum passive 23 points every ten minutes.
-Many mistakes, one… Nedovic: Alba did not play any tough defense, but nevertheless the “greens” made 15 mistakes (for only 16 assists). Were it not for the personal baskets of Nedovic, who got help in the score only from Papapetrou, the game would have been lost earlier and even easier.
-Koumanze defeated Papagiannis: We did not expect that. After his great performance against Tavares, the Big Papa found them dark against Christ Koumanze. The height of 2.23m. center won the most battles from the Greek center, had 12 points, 8 rebounds and spread fear in every attempt of Panathinaikos to attack near the basket.
-The mind in … OAKA: Apart from the lack of motivation, Panathinaikos certainly seemed to have its mind early on in the derby with Olympiakos next Monday, which will also judge the home advantage in the playoffs of the championship. But this is not in line with the size of the club, which has to fight every match, even in a long lost season in the Euroleague.
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