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Photo: Zuma Press – Scanpix
Photo Press Zuma – Scanpix
Barcelona (3-1), tired from the whole game, took out a healthy bag in extra time.
Man of the match
Šarūnas Jasikevičius students lead at home in additional stage marked with three-point rain 97:89 (13:18, 23:17, 22:23, 17:17, 22:14) finally dealt with the Athenian Panathinaikos (1-2).
With 17 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Brandon Davies made free throws and Barça had a three-point lead (75:72).
After a minute of rest, Leonidas Kaselakis caused a foul by attacking the basket from afar and missed taking three penalties, all of them leveled the result by cutting the net (75:75).
Cory Higgins’ last long pitch missed and teams had to play overtime.
In it, Adam Hanga scored two 3s, Kyle Kuric added one and the hosts split 84:78. Panathinaikos, who did not give up, immediately gave their answers: Nemanja Nedovičius, Marcus Foster and Howard Sant-Roos fired on three points, and after the last long shot, 18 seconds left, the Green and Whites were still in the role of pursuers ( 89:93).
Higgins, who was stopped for a foul, scored both pitches, Sant-Roos missed from distance on the next attack, Higgins still charged from above on the fast attack and established the point in the match (97:89).
The Catalans have had to deal with a double-digit deficit since the start of the duel, when the Greeks were 15: 4 ahead in the sixth minute.
The Barça team lost Alex Abrines, injured in the ankle, who no longer appeared on the pitch after a long break. Víctor Claveras did not play due to a leg injury and Nikola Mirotičius did not play due to infection with the COVID-19 virus.
Lithuanian Gytis Vilius worked on the team of match judges.
Barcelona: Cory Higgins 24 (7/18 pitches, 7 rebounds, 5 res.), Brandon Davies 20 (5 rebounds, 5 bl.), Kyle Kuric (4/6 trit.) And Nick Calathes (4/9 trit. , 6 reb., 6 res.) – after 14.
Panathinaikos: Marcus Foster 24 (4/7 trit.), Howard Sant-Roos 17 (4/8 trit.), Konstantinos Mitoglou 16 (12th rev.), Nemanja Nedovičius 15 (5/9 trit.).
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