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At the Menora Mivtachim Arena, Nemanja Nedovic made one of the most important appearances of her career. Given the best in the Euroleague, he scored 39 points and gave 6 assists, but at the end of the night, Maccabi Tel Aviv beat Panathinaikos OPAP (89-81) for match 16 of the Euroleague.
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The hosts had more options in attack, found solutions from Scotty Wilbekin in the final stretch of the game and from Dragan Bender at key points and reached the final dominance.
The MVP
Scotty Wilbekin was the one who stood tall in front of Nemanja Nedovic when the regional player for Panathinaikos OPAP caught fire. He put in consecutive personal baskets, to be the counterweight to the action of the leading club. It is characteristic that until 35 ‘he had 10 points with 4/9 shots, but a three-minute shot followed in which he scored 12 points with 4/4 shots. He had a total of 22 points with 4/5 two points, 4/8 three points, 2/2 shots, 1 rebound, 4 assists, 1 steal and 3 errors in 24’45 ” participation.
THE WEAK LINK
Ioannis Papapetrou was decisive five nights ago, in the match with Alba at OAKA. This time, however, he was unable to help his team, which for a long time was searching for another attacking post on the court. He finished the game with 4 points (with 0/6 two points, 1/2 three points, 1/2 shots), 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 error in 28’54 ” of participation, having a negative sign in its Euroleague rating system (-4).
THE STATISTICS THAT stood out
Panathinaikos OPAP got almost half of their points from a player (39/81). Or, if you prefer, Nemanja Nedovic was 14/22 inside the kid, when everyone else in the clover counted 15/48 shots. And this turned out to be a catalyst, especially in the final two minutes, when the clover was looking for a great shot from someone else in the top five.
THE RACE
The start of the game was disappointing for both teams, with very bad attacks and worse execution decisions (3/10 within a child in 4 ‘). Little by little, however, it was Maccabi who found the rhythm, taking advantage of the mistakes of the Panathinaikos OPAP players.
The hosts invested in the action of Dragan Bender and Ande Zizic, to reach +12 (21-9) in the 9th minute of the game. At the same time, George Vovoras was constantly making changes, searching for the five ideals. The one that will perform equally in defense and attack. For a moment, it seemed like he found her, with the clover coming back quickly and reaching -6 (21-15) in the 12th minute.
However, from the looks of it, it was a mere outburst, not a substantial improvement. The hosts began to renew attacks, the greens did not have good distances and gave themselves up to hasty choices in the shot, and without Nemanja Nedovic it seems clear that the difference in favor of Maccabi would be much greater than the +11 (41-30) with which Giannis Sfeiropoulos’s players went to the locker room.
In the second half, the decisions of Giorgos Vovoras’ players in attack were much better. Nemanja Nedovic remained extremely essential as a creator and as a performer, but Panathinaikos OPAP was unable to bridge the gap between the two occupations. The greens dropped to -5 (57-52 in 28 ‘), but couldn’t get even closer until the end of the third period.
As time passed, the clover’s reliance on Nemanja Nedovic’s aggressive consistency grew. He scored over and over again, while his teammates missed. At one point or another, the game turned into Scotty Wilbekin’s personal duel with Nemanja Nedovic. One put, the other answered. Due to the 7/11 triples from the Panathinaikos point guard, the difference had been reduced to two (75-73) in the 36th minute of the game, heralding a tough duel down the stretch.
Maccabi managed to stay ahead, with Scotty Wilbekin taking center stage and Dragan Bender with Othello Hunter doing much of the work on the racket. The hosts took the difference in the two possessions in the last minute, made the shots they should have and, in the end, they beat Panathinaikos OPAP (89-81) for the 16th game of the Euroleague.
Referees: Lamonika – Pereth – Ratis.
The ten minutes: 21-12, 41-30, 59-52, 89-81.
MACABI TEL AVIV (Sfeiropoulos): Bryant 13 (1/4 two points, 1/3 three points, 8/9 shots, 4 rebounds), Wilbekin 22 (4/5 two points, 4/8 three points, 2/2 shots, 4 assists), Jones 9 (1), Kaloiaro 5 (3 rebounds), Hunter 13 (3/6 two points, 7/7 shots, 7 rebounds), Caspi 4, Dorsey 5 (1), Blazer 2, Bender 9 (1/4 three points, 6 rebounds), Zizic 4, Zusman 3 (1).
PANATHINAIKOS OPAP (Vovoras): Mac 5 (1), Papagiannis 6 (3/4 two points, 11 rebounds, 4 blocks), Papapetrou 4 (0/6 two points, 1/2 three points, 1/2 shots), Kaselakis, Vougioukas 2, Foster 7 (1), Nedovic 39 (7/9 two points, 7/13 three points, 4/5 shots, 6 assists), Blanco 3 (1), Mitoglou 6, Bentil 9 (2 three points), Sand Ross (0 / 4 shot, 5 assists).
Group Stats – Maccabi Tel Aviv: 21/39 two points, 9/21 three points, 20/23 shots, 36 rebounds (27 + 9), 14 assists, 8 steals, 11 errors, 3 blocks.
Team Statistics – Panathinaikos OPAP: 16/30 two points, 13/30 three points, 10/14 shots, 27 rebounds (24 + 3), 17 assists, 7 steals, 10 errors, 6 blocks.
The next obligations of the two teams: The first day of the regular season closes for Panathinaikos OPAP with the away game against Red Star (12/30, 20:00), while for Maccabi Tel Aviv the home match with Zenit continues (12/29 , 21:05).
Photo credits: Eurokinissi
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