Panathinaikos “resurrected” Zalgiris!

Gave joy to Zalgiris The Panathinaikos!

The “greens” were also bad in Kaunas, knowing the defeat 76-69 by the Lithuanian champions, who celebrated their first pink card in this year’s Euroleague!

Fourth consecutive defeat for the “clover”, which fell to 2-8 and will continue the “devil week” in Munich against Bayern (18/11).

Desperately alone o Fig, who had 21 points, with Papapetrou having 10 points, but making another very misplaced game, counting 2/13 shots.

Of all Zdovch, the leader was Milaknis with 13 points, with Caravan to have 12p. and 9 rebounds.

The match

Panathinaikos started with Papagiannis, White, Papapetrou, Meikon and Perry. The “greens” took out the first two defenses of the match and with Meikon went to 0-4. However, then they made easy mistakes, with Zalgiris responding with baskets in the open field and a series of 9-0 (9-4), until 4 ‘. With good defenses and Papapetrou-White, the “clover” equalized (9-9), however in the last four minutes, the bad choices in the attack and Milaknis-Ulanovas who came from the bench, gave the Lithuanians the opportunity to close the first period with individual score 11-3, for +8 (20-12).

Panathinaikos had easy mistakes and defensive problems at the beginning of the second season, with Zalgiris initially escaping at +11 (28-17), with Blazevic sending it even to +14 (34-20), at 16 ‘ . Then, the “greens” reacted and with Sant-Ross and Makon made a series of 8-0 (34-28), with Blazevic answering for +11 (39-28), in 18 ‘. In the last minutes, the players of Prifti improved their percentages outside the 6.75m, as a result of which they reduced the difference to -6 (43-37), at the end of the first half.

Panathinaikos was more active offensively at the beginning of the second half, but at the same time it was very vulnerable defensively, with Zalgiris having consolidated the difference to +8 (53-45). Then, the pace of the match dropped, but the “greens” were unlucky even in the shots, with the Lithuanians escaping to +11 (60-49) and Perry’s three-pointer to form the 60-52 of the third period.

With multiple defenses and Meikon and Papagiannis, Panathinaikos approached -3 (60-57), at the beginning of the fourth period. Zalgiris responded in the same way and running to the surprise, made a series of 7-0 for +10 (67-57), in 33 ‘. There, the “greens” reacted with tough defense, control of rebounds and with Makon in the lead in the attack, as a result of which they reduced to the basket (67-65), in 36 ‘. However, a mini offensive “blackout” returned to Priftis’ team, with Cavanaugh and Ulanovas sending the Lithuanians to +7 (74-67), at 1:40 ” before the end. In the remaining time, Priftis’ players made one mistake after another, knowing the defeat with the final 76-69.

MVP: The leader of the match was… Zdovτς, who found various protagonists for Zalgiris throughout the match. If, however, we had to choose a player, then that would be Cavanaugh. The American forward approached the double-double with 12 points and 9 rebounds, while with his own three-pointer he made it 70-65, cutting the… legs of the “greens”, who had approached the basket.

The number that made the difference: Undoubtedly, the elements that made the difference were the ratio of 19 assists and 9 errors of Zalgiris, with Panathinaikos on the other hand having 13as. and an equal number of errors. From there on, the “greens” were quite hurt by their attack, where 19/28 shots and 13/32 two points and 8/24 three points are not statistics of victory, especially in an away game.

The ten minutes: 20-12, 43-37, 60-52, 76-69

See here the film of the match

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