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THE Nemanja Nedovic will remember his game for many years The end Aviv.
Not because of the final result, but because of his personal appearance that was going to be the best of his career, setting a career record with 39 points with 7/9 two points, 7/12 three points, 4/5 shots and 6 assists. Even so, he tried to become the … “green” Christmas wizard, however, he failed to bring the great gift of victory like the Maccabi resisted the pressure of the Serb and found the answers with the excellent Wilbekin for the final 89-81.
The American with 12 consecutive points while the Nedovic saw it … barrel, I won’t let it Panathinaikos overtake on the scoreboard but only close to two points (75-73). Somehow a great opportunity was lost for the “greens” that were behind the scoreboard and with a difference of 15 points (33-28) having “thrown” away in the first half where nothing worked in their attack.
The match
Maybe the start in five minutes (6-4) was good in terms of his defensive behavior Panathinaikos, but in the attack there was a great failure. THE Papapetrou He started the game with 0/4 two points and the “greens” to have 2/8 inside a child. The failure continued and then with Maccabi to get to +9 (16-7) and the Greek team to have 2/11 inside a child. In that moment it changed Βόβορας 4/5 of the five, the Mac scored a triple, but again some hasty decisions brought him a lot of errors and baskets Maccabi in open field.
Outcome; To send the difference to +11 (21-9) before closing the room at 21-12 with his triple Nedovic. In the first period or Panathinaikos He only had 4/15 shots, with attack being his big problem. THE Sfeiropoulos he had closed his defense well and did not leave even … an easy half basket in the “clover”. In the second ten minutes, the “greens” were reduced to 21-15 with a triple Bentley but since then the … descent to the “Menora Mivtachim Arena” began after the Maccabi with a sub 12-3 he went ahead for the first time with a difference of 15 points (33-18).
Even with the momentum from the local side, the Nemanja Nedovic took action and with consecutive points did not let her Maccabi To further open the gap of difference. The break ended at 41-30 with the Serbian on 14 points in that period with 3/4 two points, 2/5 three points, 2/2 shots, 2 assists, 1 rebound, 1 steal and 1 error. THE Saint-Ross it was good creatively but very inaccurate (0/4 shot) as it was Papapetrou, that was absent in the first half with 0/5 two points.
In the first half of the match the Maccabi had dominated the rebounds (16-5 against 11-2 Panathinaikos) while they had 64% in two points with 14/22 (and 27% in triples with 3/11) in contrast to the “greens” who measured 6/16 of two points (37.5%) and 38.5% in triples (5/13). At the same time, both teams made seven mistakes in the match.
THE Panathinaikos he was better in 3rd period defense as he conceded less than 20 points while finding his way to his basket more easily Maccabi. In fact, he managed to reduce to 4 (50-46) in 25 ‘but could not get close. Playing patiently, he managed to reduce again to four points (65-61 and 67-63) in the 33rd minute and this thanks to his good defense and his imposing presence. George Papagiannis on both sides of the parquet. In fact, a … four points of the impressive Nedovic took it Panathinaikos for the first time at -3 (73-70) as he continued to “shoot” for 75-73 four minutes before the end of the match, having also set a career record in Euroleague.
But Maccabi He got… Wilbekin, who in turn “responded” to his aggressive crescendo Nedovic and with 12 consecutive points he returned his team to +6 (82-76) while o Hunter with 2/2 shots (and after his air ball Bentile) He returned the difference to 8 points (84-76) at 1:20 before the end. Basically, this was the key point of the match as since then, as much as Panathinaikos wanted it, they could not claim victory again.
WON WHY: Maccabi, on the one hand, made sure to become the boss of the match in the first half and to gain a psychological advantage, having advanced by 15 points, and on the other hand, they had the “answers” to Nemanja Nedovic’s attack, both (and mainly) with Wilbekin as well as with Bryant.
THEY MADE A DIFFERENCE: The imposing and formidable Nemanja Nedovic with 39 points and 6 assists, as of course the also amazing Scotty Wilbekin, who showed leadership and took the ball when it “burned” scoring 12 consecutive points and 22 in total with 4/5 two points, 4 / 8 triples, 2/2 shots and 4 assists.
INVISIBLE HEROES: Eliza Bryant (13 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists) and Othello Hunter (13 points, 7 rebounds) were the worthy supporters of Wilbekin.
HAPPENED AND DID NOT TOUCH: Respecting the proportions, Papapetrou made a bad offensive game with 1/8 shots, while the presence of Kaselakis went unnoticed.
MAIN POINT: The moment Panathinaikos cut to 75-73 on a triple from Nedovic and then Maccabi made an 8-3 run, he took an eight point difference (84-76) and essentially “closed” the match.
THE MATCH PHASE: Hunter’s impressive tomahawk in the first half after Caspi’s assist.
WHAT THEY LAUNCHED: Panathinaikos throughout the first half and -9 rebounds. Maccabi the fact that one player was going to win it alone.
The ten minutes: 21-12, 41-30, 59-52, 89-81
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