THE Panathinaikos won with 80-68 the Olympic In the first match for the Basketball League finals, to make it 1-0 in a row and take a title lead at the OAKA.
Having the advantage of the Basketball League finals, Panathinaikos needs to protect the OAKA to reach the title and the first game with Olympiacos has done it with ease. The “Greens” kept the Piraeus low in the scoring and won without… loading in the match.
Nan and Yurtseven were the top Panathinaikos, but found solutions from many of his players to make the 1-0 win over Olympiacos and go for a double … title in the SEF, in the second Basket League final.
The game
Panathinaikos and Olympiacos started strong in the match with Grand and Fal scoring the two teams to have a big derby in the first minutes, with constant alternations in the lead. Ataman and Barzokas made many changes to the start of the match, with Samondurov and Dorsey finding time in the parquet, without making the difference anyway. The season ended with the score at 20-19 in favor of the “greens”.
In the second quarter, Olympiacos found a score of several players, with Peters and Vezenkov “threatening” both from afar and close, but Panathinaikos was the one who managed to take the lead in the match. With Nan “warming up” by the three-pointer and Yurtseven giving points to the “painter”, the “Greens” managed to close the first half with their 42-34 in favor.
After the respite, the two teams appeared … worse, with many wrong choices in attack and inappropriate shots, which had won Panathinaikos. Ataman’s team even found themselves with double-digit score, but Olympiacos quickly “picked up” it after the third 16-16 in the third quarter, which brought the score to 58-50 at 30 ′.
In the fourth period, however, Olympiacos was unable to get into the match again, with Panathinaikos finding more solutions to “clear” the match. Sloukas came forward with points, assists and … defenses, while Kalaitzakis came off the bench to put two series of baskets that sent the difference to a double -digit number. Ataman’s team did not find it difficult to “close” the first final, with the final 80-68 showing the image of the match in the final.
The quarters: 20-19, 42-34, 58-50, 80-68
Players’ statistics
Panathinaikos (Ataman): Oman 11 (4/6 two -pointers, 1/4 three -pointers, 3 rebounds), Grand 17 (2/2 two -pointers, 4/5 three -pointers, 1/1 shot, 2 rebounds, 2 assists), Nan 14 (1/4 two -pointers, 4/9 three -pointers, 6 assists, 2 assists) two -pointers, 0/3 three -pointers, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals), Kalaitzakis 4, Sloukas 7 (1/4 two -pointers, 1/6 three -pointers, 2/2 shots, 5 rebounds, 5 assists), Samondourov 2, Papapetrou 3, Mitoglou 6 (3/4) (6/8 two -pointers, 7 rebounds, 2 blocks)
Olympic (Barzokas): Wokap (0/3 two -pointers, 0/2 three -pointers, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 errors), Fal 15 (7/8 two -pointers, 1/2 shots, 7 rebounds), Vezenkov 20 (6/9 two -pointers, 2/4 three -pointers, 2/3 shots, 2/3, 2/3) Peters 11 (2/3 two -pointers, 2/5 three -pointers, 5 rebounds, 2 assists), Fournier 12 (2/6 two -pointers, 2/6 three -pointers, 2/2 shots, 4 rebounds, 5 assists), Vildosa 2 (1/7 shoots), Dorsey (0/5 shoots), Milutinov (4 rebounds, 2 assists)