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The end of the match between Panathinaikos and Alba for the 15th meeting at OAKA, brought a hug to the ‘greens’ with their 5th victory in the tournament. The final 92-69 came with relative ease for George Vovoras’ team, after the Germans … ate Pope X2. Ioannis Papapetrou, who last year scored 39 points against Alba, finished the game with 22 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 22 points in the valuation. With 12 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 blocks and 22 points in the evaluation, George Papagiannis completed his effort, who was the scarecrow of the racket for the Reneses players.
After the overtime loss, Vovoras’ team had no room for another loss at home, at least if they wanted to keep up hopes of claiming more than a midseason spot this season.
The first ten minutes at OAKA ended with 25-18, where the aforementioned protagonists were already forming the image of the night. With 10 points from Papapetros and another 6, plus 2 blocks, from Papagiannis, Panathinaikos had taken an advantage over the one he wanted to build next.
Stubbornly, Alba tightened her defense in the second ten minutes, consistently following the scoreboard but achieving nothing more than keeping the -7 (39-32) going to the locker room for the break. At 20 minutes there was balance in rebounds (14-15), assists (9-9) and errors (5-6), so the ‘greens’ had to at least maintain their defensive consistency entering the third ten minutes.
They didn’t get it as much as they wanted, but it didn’t turn out to be a problem. And this is because, in addition to two … Popes, the Panathinaikos also had grandchildren. One was Nedovic (13p., 2nd), who at the break counted 0/4 of 6.75, but in the third half he found 3/3 triples and kept Alba at a safe distance, who in turn had found rhythm in shooting long.
And the second was Kaselakis, who was called to breathe but also to cover Papapetrou when he went to the bench with 3 fouls. He did it with great success in defense, while adding 7 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 3 steals, at 15.30 ‘he was on the ground in total.
The only thing that changed as he walked towards the end of the game was the difference in the score. Panathinaikos won 26-17 in the fourth quarter and with it the pink card with +23. Hoping I don’t need the difference, like a possible draw with Alba at the end of the regular season, it’s probably not a good scenario for the ‘greens’ …
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