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Two days after the accident in Lyon, Panathinaikos showed character in Milan. The Greens defeated Armani (80-77) on Thursday night for match number 12 of the tournament and rose to 4-7, to take a break from the effort they are making this year, in a very difficult season, in a very Euroleague competitive.
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The greens had a good period at the end of the first half and at the beginning of the second, however they did not push the ball, they did not take advantage of the absence of Sergio Rodríguez who was left out of the dozen in the last minute, they had no way to restrict Malcolm Dileni and did not lead them. Ettore Messina’s Italians in Errors. Much improved in the second half, they balanced the game in the fourth half, pressured and stressed the hosts, reduced possession with a triple by Nedovic (75-73) and advanced to the next phase with a shot from Papapetros (75-76 ), to make two defenses in the final and emerge triumphant from the Mediolanum Forum.
At 4-7 now, Giorgos Vovoras’ team, who escaped from the bottom of the standings and has three home games ahead of Zalgiris Kaunas, Real Madrid and Alba Berlin to reverse the climate, showing an impressively better picture in Milan. compared to the one in Lyon.
With 6-4 Armani Milano, a team with great depth, a team that started with Jeff Brooks at four, continued with Jacques Leday and Gigi Datome, had Tarzuski five and Haynes behind, Delaney and Roll on guard The night that Rodríguez was missing, but in the end it looked like the classic Armani Milano we’ve been seeing for the past few years.
The MVP
If he were healthy, Nemanja Nedovic would play in the NBA. However, he has suffered serious injuries and somehow the path led him to our places. On Thursday night (3/12) the Serbian faced his former team and dissolved it, with 16 points from 2/4 two points, 2/6 three points, 6/8 shots, four assists and ENNEA won fouls in 27 minutes of participation. He played with tremendous stubbornness, he was motivated, as Ettore Messina had warned since Wednesday, and he showed again what he can really do.
THE WEAK LINK
Malcolm Delaney. With Sergio Rodríguez out of contention, the American had to lead. He did the same with the above in the first half, when he scored 12 points, but in the second it was negative, he lost, he did not help Armani in the least and he stayed at 14 points from 3/6 two points, 1/3 three points and 5/5 shots. , while he had three assists and an error in 35 minutes of participation.
THE STATISTICS THAT stood out
The hosts made only one mistake in the first twenty minutes, when they scored 12 points from seven of their opponents. At halftime the two teams had 5/19 triples, but in the final of the night Armani stayed at 4/15 with players like Delaney, Panter, Roll, Datome, Mitzov, Shields, Leday, with athletes. which can cause damage from the periphery.
THE RACE
Panathinaikos opened the game with Sand-Ross, Nedovic, Papapetrou, White, Papagianni, who again had a major problem on defense. Armani scored 14 points until the first time-out in the fifth minute, from 5/7 to two points, 1/2 to three points and 1/1 shot, without even being wrong. The greens instead counted three, as a result of which they found themselves in the position of … early hunter, dropping to -9 (20-11), but to make an impressive mini outburst with Mitoglou – Papapetrou who helped them . to close the difference to four (22-18) at the end of the first period.
With Bentil hitting a 3-pointer from Nedovic’s incredible assist and cutting it down to three (23-21), Panathinaikos felt stronger, but not for long. Hines and Roll scored two points on a second down and a triple from the right corner for 29-21 in 13 ‘, before Leday regained his good form and increased the difference to ten (35-25) in the middle of the second period. . With a big problem in attack for several minutes, 42-30 of the half was normal for Panathinaikos who scored 11 points from six rebounds, but could not steal, did not press the ball and saw Armani make only one mistake in twenty minutes.
More stubborn at the start of the third period, Panathinaikos began to score small … victories in the match. Nedovic scored, Mack followed, Papagiannis worked on both sides of the court, but 53-45 was still far from what the greens wanted to turn the tide of the game. Not too far, especially when White hit a triple to 53-48 after Messina’s timeout. There, at a critical moment in the match, Hines showed that he is still leading, loaded Armani on his back and took her back to +10 (60-50), with the greens closing the tenth minute (60-54) and staying on foot having shown a significant improvement over the first part.
Bohoridis, Mitoglou and Papapetrou continued to do a great job, equaling 62-62 in 32 ‘and the match turned into a thriller, but two bad shots and one error, 4/4 shots by Delaney and Panter scored 70-64 and gave and again a good difference for the hosts. Panathinaikos kept close again and this gave them the opportunity to make the surprise, with Nedovic scoring three points for 75-73 and Papapetrou another long shot to advance (75-76). At 13.4 “, after Dilleni lost the triple, Nedovic had 1/2 shots for 77-79 and Papapetrou another for the final 77-80 while Armani only had 3” for the shot-sentence that never threatened the greens.
THE REFEREES: Pereth, Radovic, Nedovic
THE TEN MINUTES: 22-18, 42-30, 60-54, 77-80
ARMANI MILAN (Messina): Panther 16 (4/7 two points, 1/4 three points, 5/7 shots, 3 rebounds), Leday 10 (4/8 two points, 2/2 shots, 5 rebounds), Mitzov 2, Moraschini 2, Roll 5 (1), Tarzuski 4, Delaney 14 (3/6 two points, 1/3 three points, 5/5 shots), Shields 13 (1), Brooks 2, Hines 9 (3/5 two points, 3/5 shots, 4 rebound), Datome
Panathinaikos (Vovoras): Mac 8 (2/6 two points, 1/3 three points, 1/2 shots, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 errors), Papagiannis 8 (4/6 two points, 5 rebounds, 3 blocks), Bohoridis 3 (1 three points, 4 assists), Papapetrou 14 (3/5 two points, 2/4 three points, 2/4 shots, 5 rebounds, 2 assists), Foster, Nedovic 16 (2/4 two points, 2 / 6 three points, 6/8 shots, 4 assists), White 9 (2/4 two points, 1/1 three points, 2/2 shots, 10 rebounds), Mitoglou 14 (7/7 two points, 6 rebounds in 17 minutes), Bentil 3 (1), Arena -Ros 5 (1)
Armani Milano team statistics: 23/46 two points, 4/15 three points, 19/23 shots, 29 rebounds (18 defensive – 11 offensive), 12 assists, 4 steals, 2 blocks, 6 errors
Panathinaikos team stats: 21/36 two points, 9/21 three points, 11/16 shots, 35 rebounds (24 defensive – 11 offensive), 18 assists, 3 steals, 6 blocks, 10 errors
The next matches of the two teams: Armani Milano will face Barcelona at home (11/12 at 22:00), while Panathinaikos will host Zalgiris Kaunas (11/12 at 21:00).
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