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The second, and last as everything shows, the eternal derby of the 2020/21 season, was painted green on Friday night (5/2) and in fact in an impressive way against all odds.
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Odette Katas’ Panathinaikos made a great appearance at the Peace and Friendship Stadium, with Nemanja Nedovic out of her squad, climbing to 9-14 and knocking down Olympiakos at 11-13, which in turn lost even more ground in your hunt. playoffs.
Great Lefteris Bohoridis (15 points from 4/4 two points, 1/2 three points, 4/4 shots) and Howard Sand-Ross (20 points from 2/5 two points, 4/6 three points and 4/4 shots) , followed by Aaron White, George Papagiannis and Dinos Mitoglou on the night Panathinaikos, the worst team in the Euroleague in percentage from the shooting line, had 25/25.
Sakil McKissick (20 points from 2/5 two points, 4/8 three points and 4/6 shots, 5 rebounds, 2 assists) was the only one who stood out from Olympiakos, who in the most crucial game of the year appeared below The circumstances and they lost even more ground in the eighth chase and the playoffs as he has four consecutive losses.
Read what George Bartzokas and Odette Katas had to say at the press conference.
The MVP
Lefteris Bohoridis and Howard Sand-Ross must share the MVP award. The Greek base had 15 points from 4/4 two points, 1/2 three points and 4/4 shots, 4 rebounds, an assist, a steal and four fouls won in 19:03, the Cuban regional finished the game with 20 points of 2/5 two points, 4/6 three points, 4/4 shots, two rebounds, two steals and five assists in 25 minutes. Great game of the two greens, they judged the forty minutes.
THE WEAK LINK
Sloukas coasts. The Greek guard, leader of Olympiacos, did not do well. He had 9 points from 3/8 two points, 1/3 three points and 0/1 shooting, one rebound, 6 assists and three errors in 24:42, he scored in the final when the difference was too great to come back and he certainly knows that his team underperformed in the most crucial game of the year.
THE STATISTICS THAT stood out
With four assists and four errors, Panathinaikos closed the first ten minutes, while Olympiakos had 4/10 two points against the tall team of the Greens. At halftime the hosts had 17 points from eight errors on the greens, which in turn counted 13/13 shots and 3/9 three points. At the end of the night, the rebounds were 26-39, with Panathinaikos with 16 forwards (scored 17 points), but also a glamorous number: shots 25/25! And yet they didn’t throw any, while before the match they were the worst of a total of 18 teams in the tournament in terms of accuracy.
THE RACE
Olympiacos started the match with Sloukas, Jenkins, Harrison, Printezis, Ellis, Katas chose Sant-Ross, Papapetrou, White, Bentil, Papagiannis for the Panathinaikos team and it was justified. The greens executed on the defenders, White scored a goal foul 7-14 in the sixth minute, Sant-Ross scored a triple for 7-17 in the 7 ‘, but the reaction of the hosts did not wait. With Spanoulis entering the game, Piraeus ran an 8-0 to reduce the basket (15-17) with a shot from Jenkins and McKissick, they had the opportunity to pass and forward but the 18-21 of the season seemed and was the most fair result.
With Papagiannis covering everyone and everything and especially Spanoulis, Panathinaikos held the lead early in the second period and went to +5 (24-29) with Bohoridis scoring, but making McKissick unsportsmanlike who gave the hosts four points for 28- 29. Referee with triple in the next phase, against Papapetrou – Papagiannis cooperates 30-38 and Olympiacos attack hits. Completely. McKissick was looking for the steal, found it and scored 33-38 with a goal-foul in the surprise and finally the rojiblancos closed the first half at -3 (35-38) from the two timeouts by Katas Papathinaikos. a Foster erbol and a bad shot from Saint-Ross.
The image of the game did not change much at the beginning of the second half. Olympiakos did not have speed in attack and expected everything from Harrison, Panathinaikos instead played with patience and with a shot from Papapetros from mid-range he built his biggest advantage (41-52 in 25 ‘). Kaselakis ‘triple (44-57 in 27’) was answered by a mini outburst from the hosts that reduced to five (54-59), shortly before the end of the third period that kept Kata’s team ahead with a balanced game and tough racket defense.
Bad attacks early in the fourth period put Olympiakos in an even more difficult situation, with White scoring 61-70 in the 33rd minute and Bentil 67-75 in the 36th minute. As much as the hosts wanted, as much as they pressed with Sloukas to find a score in the final minutes, they were unable to return to the match, with the greens taking victory through thick and thin, through thick and thin, easily and with impressive form. .
THE REFEREES: Radovic, Cortes, Vilius
THE TEN MINUTES: 18-21, 35-38, 54-61, 77-88
OLYMPIC (Bartzokas): Harrison 6 (3/9 shots), Larentzakis 2, Spanoulis 4 (1/6 shots, 6 assists, 4 errors), Sloukas 9 (3/6 two points, 1/3 three points, 0/1 shooting, 6 assists, 3 errors), Martin 11 (5/6 two points, 1/3 shots), Printezis 8 (0/3 three points), Jean Charles 5 (1), Jenkins 5 (1), Ellis 7 (3/3 two points ), 1/1 shot)), McKissick 20 (2/5 two points, 4/7 three points, 4/6 shots, 5 rebounds)
Panathinaikos (Katas): Mac, Papagiannis 8 (4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks), Bohoridis 15 (4/4 two points, 1/2 three points, 4/4 shots, 4 rebounds), Papapetrou 5 (1/7 two points, 1 / 6 three points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 errors), Kaselakis 3 (1), Foster (0/3 shots), White 12 (1 three points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals), Mitoglou 15 (1 three points, 6 rebounds), Bentley 10 (5 rebounds), Sand Ross 20 (2/5 two points, 4/6 three points, 2/2 shots)
Olympiacos team stats: 21/37 two points, 8/24 three points, 11/19 shooting, 26 rebounds (17 defensive, 9 offensive), 16 assists, 4 steals, 15 errors, 3 blocks
Panathinaikos team stats: 18/37 two points, 9/24 three points, 25/25 shots, 39 rebounds (23 defensive, 16 offensive), 17 assists, 9 steals, 15 errors, 2 blocks
The next matches of the two teams: In match number 25, Olympiacos will play in Istanbul with Anantolou Efes (2/18 at 7:30 p.m.), while Panathinaikos will travel to Moscow to face CSKA (2/19 at 7:00 p.m.).
Photo credits: Eurokinissi
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