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THE RACE
Giorgos Vovoras preferred this time (as opposed to the friendly against Zalgiris) Ben Bentil at “4” for the starting five, with Pierre Jackson, Marcus Foster, Ioannis Papapetrou and Giorgos Papagiannis at his side.
The match began with five consecutive triples from both teams, with Panathinaikos OPAP having several defensive problems in the first ten minutes. However, Marcus Foster’s precision from the periphery, Nemanja Nedovic’s talent and rebounding control from the heights helped the club take the lead (23-26) in the end of the first period. Exceptional accuracy percentages (11/18 shots) and creation (9 assists) were the two biggest gains early in the match, with Lefteris Bohoridis being another over the course of the match.
In the absence of Howard Sand Ross, the 27-year-old point guard was called in to help with the organization while Pierre Jackson was on the bench to catch his breath. In practice, of course, his offer was much more important than that of the playmaker. The reason; In addition to the mood that seemed to pass the ball after the pick and roll, he stopped his opponents twice by surprise after a Greek error.
Somehow, Panathinaikos OPAP held a small lead (36-41 in 16 ‘), with Nemanja Nedovic gradually taking over from Marcus Foster. The pressure from the German defense, however, brought many errors from the clover (8 in the second ten minutes), and as a result, easy points for Aito Reneses’ team. Alba managed to draw the match (43-43) in the minute and a half, before six consecutive points followed by Panathinaikos OPAP, who went to the dressing room with +6 (43-49) in deposit.
In the third ten minutes, the pace of the game was slow for quite some time. Panathinaikos OPAP knew how to control the rhythm, improved their behavior in the back of the court. The greens kept control of the situation, stayed in the lead (52-56 in the 25th minute) and saw Nemanja Nedovic … go ahead from there.
The 29-year-old scored consecutive points and ensured the shamrock will remain in the driver’s seat for the next few minutes of the third period. At the same time, Giorgos Vovoras opened up the rotation, gave Giorgos Kalaitzakis time to play at “1” and saw the 21-year-old respond quite well to his role.
The Greens stayed at +6 (69-75) with about eight minutes to go, before the timeout of Aito Reneses and the creation of Luke Sikma to bring the ups and downs. Alba stepped on the accelerator, turned around and found herself leading (82-79) with 4’32 ” to go. A fact that provoked the reaction of Giorgos Vovoras, who in turn requested a time-out to give instructions to his players.
From there, the leader changed hands several times with baskets on either side. The two defenses were anemic, with the peripherals taking advantage of it and acting correctly or easily hitting highs. Peyton Siva was the one who took Alba to +1 (92-91) with 45.3 ” to go, after poor defense by Pierre Jackson, who missed the next possession of the club.
However, Panathinaikos OPAP had a chance to take the lead again. After a time-out by Giorgos Vovoras (at 9.2 ”), Ioannis Papapetrou won the free-kick and went to the line for two shots. But he put only the first, with the game leading, therefore, to extra time.
In the extra five minutes, Peyton Siva gave the German team the lead for the moment (97-94 in 42 ‘), but the … storm continued. Three direct triples from green hands (two from Marcus Foster and one from Pierre Jackson) and one indirect from Ioannis Papapetrou, took the club to +9 (99-108) with 1’19 ” to complete the overtime. Point at which the epilogue was essentially written.
Referees: Zamoyski – Vilius – Sukis.
The ten minutes: 23-26, 43-49, 65-68, 92-92 etc., 102-110α ‘par ..
BERLIN ALPHA (Reneses): Lo 17 (3/6 two points, 3/7 three points, 2/2 shots, 6 assists), Siva 13 (3/10 shots, 4/4 shots, 5 assists), Gifai 14 (3) , Matisek 2, Snyder, Nikic 1, Olinde 7 (1), Team 21 (7/10 two points, 1/4 three points, 4/5 shots, 8 rebounds, 2 assists), Granger 13 (1), Shikma 14 (6 rebounds, 4 assists).
PANATHINAIKOS OPAP (Vovoras): Papagiannis 6 (4 rebounds), Bohoridis 1, August 12 (6/7 two points, 7 rebounds), Papapetrou 19 (4/6 two points, 3/5 three points, 2/3 shots, 3 assists ), Kaselakis 3 (1), Kalaitzakis 4, Foster 29 (4/5 two points, 7/9 three points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists), Nedovic 19 (4/6 two points, 3/7 three points, 2 / 2 shots, 3 assists, 4 errors), White 2, Mitoglou 2 (1/7 shots, 4 rebounds), Bentil 4, Jackson 9 (1 three points, 8 assists, 3 errors).
Team Statistics – Panathinaikos OPAP: 22/41 two points, 14/34 three points, 16/21 shots, 34 rebounds (22 + 12), 22 assists, 9 steals, 18 errors, 1 block.
Group Stats – Alba Berlin: 26/39 two points, 15/33 three points, 13/15 shots, 37 rebounds (29 + 8), 24 assists, 4 steals, 21 errors, 4 blocks.
Photo credits: Eurokinissi
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