THE Panathinaikos It took them against Alba Berlin at OAKA for its 30th race Euroleague. He found his back on the wall five minutes before the final, but made a terrible last five minutes and reached a 91-81 victory. Osman and Papapetrou left with an injury problem.
Panathinaikos’ game with Alba Berlin was one of the most bizarre of the season. Everyone believed that the Greens would have an easy task at the OAKA against EuroLeague’s weakest team, but the injuries of Osman and Papapetrou were completely out of the rhythm of the Greens, who found themselves lost with seven points (69-77) six minutes before the final.
However, the quality of the Greek and Europe champions appeared at critical, with the OAKA and the green defense swallowing the Germans in the last five minutes.
With a full defensive five (Lorenzo Brown, Kalaitzakis, Grand, Huanzo and Gabriel), Panathinaikos leveled Alba, leaving it without a score for almost 6 minutes! 69-77 became 90-77 with a terrible 21-0 and the Greens came to victory.
The clover climbed to 19-11 and was maintained third in the standings, being the ultimate favorite to win the playoffs in the playoffs.
The top player of the match was Jerian Grand, who scored 19 points, being the most stable clover player throughout the game.
The players, of course, who returned the game to the finale, were Wainen Gabriel and Panagiotis Kalaitzakis. The two players played tremendous defenses, hiding the basket from the Germans.
Especially the African tall was extremely impressive, finishing the game with 13 points, 8 rebounds and 4 plugs!
Lorenzo Brown, who continued his upward trend, scoring 13 points with a decisive three -pointer in the final minutes.
The ten minutes: 23-19, 46-35, 66-64, 91-81.
Panathinaikos (Ataman): Kalaitzakis 3 (2 rebounds, 2 steals), Brown 13 (1/4 three -pointers, 3 rebounds), Sloukas 4 (2 rebounds, 2 errors), Oman 2, Papapetrou 5, Grand 19 (3/5 two -pointers) (7/9 two -pointers, 1/5 three -pointers, 1/2 shots, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 2 errors), Gabriel 13 (6/6 two -pointers, 1/4 shots, 8 rebounds, 4 blocks), ERNANGO three -point, 2 steals).
Alba (Kayyas): Protesida 13 (1/2 three-pointers, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 errors), Spaniolo 8 (0/3 three-pointers, 3 errors), Wetzel 11, Dilou 2, McDowell-Watt 5 (1/1 three-point, 2 rebounds, 2 rebounds three -pointers), Thomas 14 (3/4 three -pointers, 4 rebounds, 3 assists), Hermanson 3 (1/1 three -pointers, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 errors), Oldi 9 (1/2 three -pointers, 6 rebounds), Baker 5 (1), Rapis 3 (1).
Panathinaikos group statistics: 27/45 two -pointers, 4/19 three -pointers, 24/31 shots, 33 rebounds (23 defenses – 10 offensive), 8 assists, 10 steals, 7 errors, 6 blocks.
Alba’s group statistics: 17/32 two -pointers, 11/28 three -pointers, 12/18 shots, 36 rebounds (25 defenses – 11 offensive), 19 assists, 4 steals, 19 errors, 1 block.