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Ten days before the start of the Basketball Champions League Final Eight, AEK showed a very good degree of preparation in the friendly with Panathinaikos OPAP. The yellows and blacks beat the greens (87-77) in a friendly that was played at OAKA, dominating most of the match.
On the other hand, the clover had problems both in its peripheral defense (Tyrese Rice and Keith Langford did a lot of damage in the personal phases and together the difference for the winners) and in creation, with Pierre Jackson being bad and unable to be a factor in fighting for your team. In any case, the important thing is that for the Super Cup (September 23 and 24), AEK seemed to be much more prepared than Panathinaikos OPAP.
Excellent on the executive and rebounding side, Janik Moreira for the winners, while the losers saw most of the players score below average points, with the exception of Ioannis Papapetrou and Nemanja Nedovic.
Additionally, Howard Sand-Ross (ankle), Lefteris Bohoridis (ankle) and Ian Vougioukas (unprepared) did not play at Panathinaikos OPAP, while Marcus Slaughter (knee), Vlado Giandroj and Vlada Jasnrock were absent from AEK. Atkins (unprepared).
THE RACE
Linos Chrysikopoulos was the one who manifested (in fact successfully) the first possessions of AEK, which reached +8 (10-2) in the 4th minute. Little by little, however, Panathinaikos OPAP improved its image in the back of the court, but much more in attack. Nemanja Nedovic and Ioannis Papapetrou were the ones who gave the necessary boost, with the clover finding points collected from them and putting the game in balance (24-24) with the end of the first half.
Elias Papatheodorou and George Vovoras took the opportunity to test pairs on a perimeter and a racket, and the club failed to get anything substantial from the “4”; both Ben Bentil and Aaron White were far enough away. that the 43-year-old wants in terms of effectiveness. The Union kept a small lead, saw Keith Langford take the isolation attacks, which are familiar to him, and reached +6 in the end of the first half (45-39).
The beginning of the third season found Tyrese Rice pressing the accelerator hard enough. The yellows and blacks gave him much more the ball in the attack and they justified themselves. With back-to-back baskets of his own, AEK was at +10 (56-46) in the middle of the third period, at a time when George Vovoras was constantly making changes on the periphery to find the most functional team. The presence of Nemanja Nedovic initially gave the necessary boost to the club, the gap was halved in a minute, but until then. Typical hosts remained in control and closed the third period at +8 (68-60).
The Greens tried to change the pace of the game, but while Pierre Jackson was bad and did not provide executive or creative solutions, this was impossible. Unión was never threatened in substance, held the lead on the scoreboard with relative ease (helped by the fact that it renewed several possessions thanks to Yannick Moreira) and came to +9 (82-73) with a minute and a half to play.
Nothing changed from then on, with the yellows and blacks reaching the friendly victory (87-77) and looking more prepared than the greens a few days before the Super Cup.
The ten minutes: 24-24, 45-39, 68-60, 87-77
AEK (Papatheodorou): Moreira 18, Rice 13 (3), Langford 19 (2), Matsioulis 5, Chrysikopoulos 13 (1), Zisis 3, Katsivelis, Gondikas 2, Gikas 2, Mavroidis 2, Lodzeski 8 (2), Rogavopoulos
Panathinaikos (Vovoras): Papagiannis 9, August 2, Papapetrou 17 (2), Diplaros, Kaselakis 2, Kalaitzakis 3 (1), Foster 8 (1), Persidis, Nedovic 19 (2), Blanco 3, Mitoglou 7, Bentil 3 , Jackson 4
Photo credits: Eurokinissi
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