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Obviously it was not a game that he expected to win, obviously Barcelona also has a lot of talent and depth from him. Panathinaikos made their effort on Tuesday night (2/3), but seemed doomed from a young age.
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Nikola Mirotic’s shots “sounded” like … double statements for the Catalans, at a time when Odette Katas realized the difference in ability, she asked her players for stubbornness and effort, but she couldn’t expect much more from him. Nemanja Nedovic moment – Ioannis Papapetrou was knocked out. In addition to being qualitative, the issue was also quantitative against a subgroup that aims to win this year Euroleague.
In a way, if one always wants to see the optimistic side of things, the fight with the Catalans “came to a halt” to the greens. With Nedovic – Papapetrou spectators and skeptics for tomorrow’s game with Bayern in Munich, Hezonia had all the space it needed to show what it can do, find the rhythm, “build” its confidence, lead, feel adrenaline. He runs 185 days after his last NBA game with the Blazers. Anyway, everyone was hoping to see the Croatian in this match. On the floor, not on the bench. And Katas knew that he had nothing to lose, but at the same time a lot to gain as the season entered the final stretch.
How Super Mario will fit in with Nedo and “Pap” is another discussion that worries us. Katas.
For Hezonia, however, the match with Barcelona did not seem like a great match. We also told you “Show must go on” with Pantelis Diamantopoulos that this “basketball hoop” (only this characterization is positive) does not see anyone, We wrote them in Sport24.gr about the cheeky Croatian who put up with LeBron James And with each NBA star, he confirmed from the first moment that he is a different character who is not compatible with mediocrity, at least at the European level that does not seem to fit his talent.
The fact that six months after his last match, a few days after he arrived in Athens and entered with only one training session, he scored 21 points (3/6 two points, 2/5 three points, 9/9 shots) at 29:23 and by a basket he lost the opportunity to write a new professional record, it says it all about who Hezonia is.
Let’s enjoy him, let’s rejoice in authentic basketball talent in the age of good athletes, systems and discipline and if he stays after the end of the current season in Greece, we can discuss how Panathinaikos will build their squad in such a way. that the Croatian can launch it, return it to the eighth and make it competitive. At “if left after the end of the current season“, his statements to ERT yesterday it had a huge “YES” and a “but” that translates to try.
The defeat against Barcelona who kept control during the forty minutes was a logical result. The greens lived the last days in the constellation of their new player, the absences played their part, Katas did not even have TJ Bray of 25 points and eight triples against Mars (the American is not eligible to participate in the Euroleague matches) And life goes on.
In Munich, on Thursday night (4/3), against Bayern tough, athletic, ambitious and very competitive, nothing will be judged. Nedovic – Papapetrou has doubts, there may not be a real reason to push, maybe it is better that Hezonia has all the space he needs, but surely Katas would prefer to go with a full roster to test faces, shapes, combinations. and situations facing the final stretch of the year.
But let’s be honest, Panathinaikos was and still is the absolute favorite within the borders, so beyond the immediate result, it should probably work with a goal for the future. And in this future you need the guy who dived deep and swam when most coaches are trying to convince young athletes that they need time to adjust and that they need to gradually get into the set.
Myth.
The great players come in the morning and play at night. And Hezonia is like that.
Photo credits: Eurokinissi
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