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Panathinaikos OPAP failed to do what Giorgos Vovoras had emphasized from the beginning, protect the ball and not give Baskonia an open field, Luca Vildosa enjoyed from the periphery (5/7 three points) and thus came the fourth consecutive defeat by the clover in the Euroleague (93-72). The greens started the game well, the defense zone (3-2) worked, but little by little the numerous errors tipped the balance in favor of the Spanish team, which was better and got the victory fairly.
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The MVP
Luca Vildosa has been the “boss” of Basconia since the summer, when Tornike Sengelia left. And as such he played against Panathinaikos OPAP, given that he had 19 points with 1/3 two points, 5/7 three points and 2/2 shots in 22’22 ”. However, the one who deserves the title of the most valuable in this game is Pieria Henry with 14 points (with 2/2 two points, 2/4 three points and 4/6 shots), 3 rebounds, 12 assists and 2 errors at 22’03 ”. participation.
THE WEAK LINK
After a very good game in Valencia, where he made his presence felt, Dinos Mitoglou stayed away from what he can do on the field. He put a shot (1/4 two points, 0/1 three points) and collected only 2 rebounds in 16’40 ” participation, so he could not give extra solutions on and off the racket. In a team that since the beginning of the season sees two tall people (Jacques August, Ben Bentil) who do not seem capable of helping, his own … the absence of the facts of a match inevitably hurts the clover.
THE STATISTICS THAT stood out
Luca Vildosa with Alec Peters did the most damage from the periphery for the clover, as they finished with 9/12 3-pointers, when the rest of Dusko Ivanovic’s players shot 4/17 from 6m75.
THE RACE
Panathinaikos OPAP started with a zone defense (3-2), which quickly paid off. Basconia was slow to … understand how to break it, with the result that the club quickly went ahead (2-10 in 3 ‘), showing that tonight would be different from the night against Valencia. In practice, of course, it quickly became apparent that this was not the case. The hosts pressed hard on the ball, converted clover errors into points in transition and managed to change the data, balancing the game (16-16 in 6 ‘).
Giorgos Vovoras opened the rotation gradually, but this had consequences on the performance of his team. The hosts managed in a minute and a half, at the beginning of the second period, to add seven unanswered points and from -3 (20-23) to be +4 (27-23). The squad low with Leonidas Kaselakis at “4” and three shorts brought results for three or four possessions for Panathinaikos OPAP, who again took the lead with three points from the international striker (31-32) at 6’11 ” by the break . Until the players from both teams go to the locker room, however, we only saw one accurate shot from the Greek team, at the end of the year in ten minutes. Ioannis Papapetrou scored three, ended the drought, but the damage had already been done as Baskonia were now at +7 (46-39).
The start of the third period was somewhat better for Panathinaikos, who relied on the offensive rebound and George Papagiannis’ ability in the air to improve their image. The 23-year-old center reached the double in the middle of the quarter and was the main reason for the -1 (50-49) in the 25th minute, before Basconia began to move away again. The reason; Luca Vildosa’s executive ability (he made 4/5 triples in the 30th minute) and the baskets he scored in the open field, to reach +10 (66-56) shortly before the end of the third quarter, which found Panathinaikos OPAP returns to be bad in the assist / loss ratio, with 12 final passes for 11 errors.
The -8 of minute 30 allowed the club to push and claim the victory in the last half. But this never happened, as the Giorgos Vovoras players quickly collapsed. Pieria Henry shared one assist after another, the hosts began scoring (and) three points and the gap grew dramatically. Without trying too hard, Baskonia reached +20 and finally closed the game with +21 (93-72), at a time when Panathinaikos OPAP already had four consecutive defeats in the Euroleague.
Referees: Latisevs – Pastusiak – Hordov.
The ten minutes: 20-23, 46-39, 66-58, 93-72.
BASCONIA (Ivanovic): Raieste, Vildosa 19 (1/3 two points, 5/7 three points, 2/2 shots, 4 rebounds), Jekiri 10 (5/6 two points, 10 rebounds), Henry 14 (2 three points, 12 assists), Sentekerskis 2, Diop 5 (3 rebounds), Fal, Peters 19 (4/5 three points), Dragic 6, Gendraitis 12 (2/7 three points), Polonara 6 (0/3 three points), Kuruks.
PANATHINAIKOS OPAP (Vovoras): Mac 2 (1/4 two points), Papagiannis 11 (4/7 two points, 0/1 three points, 3/3 shots, 10 rebounds), Bohoridis (0/5 shots, 0/2 shots), August 2 , Papapetrou 16 (3/7 two points, 3/6 three points, 2/3 shots), Kaselakis 4 (1), Foster 2, Nedovic 15 (1/3 two points, 3/6 three points, 4/5 shots , 5 assists, 6 errors), White 8 (3 rebounds), Mitoglou 2 (1/5 shots, 2 rebounds), Sand Ross 9 (1/4 three points, 6 assists, 3 steals).
Group Stats – Basconia: 20/28 two points, 13/29 three points, 14/18 shots, 36 rebounds (28 + 8), 24 assists, 5 steals, 13 errors, 4 blocks.
Team Statistics – Panathinaikos OPAP: 16/37 two points, 8/23 three points, 16/22 shots, 27 rebounds (17 + 10), 16 assists, 6 steals, 14 errors, 1 block.
The next obligations of the two teams: After their presence on Spanish soil in Valencia and Vitoria, Panathinaikos OPAP returns to OAKA next week to host Bayern (11/27, 9:00 PM). For their part, Basconia has a second week in a row after playing with Zenit (inside) and Olympiakos (outside). Why two games in a week again? Because the match with the Russian team is postponed for the 3rd game of the Euroleague.
Photo credits: Eurokinissi
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