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The defeat for the Sordos team was determined by the balls that were not defended in the defense at the most important moment and the opportunities not taken advantage of on the side of the opposite field.
Three minutes later, Chimki was still ahead 73:71, but first Georgios Papagiannis and then Ioannis Papapetrou repeated the team’s inappropriate shots and scored two points and two points from a foul, respectively, leading the PAO 76:73.
Chimki had a chance, but Sergei Karasiov did not shoot a free kick, Jordan Mickey missed the opportunity to get ahead of the shorter opponent and took free throws with 36 seconds left. away 78:73.
Dairis Bertanis hit a very difficult triple and revived Chimki’s hopes, and the defending hosts had a chance to make the final pitch.
However, the desperate shot by D. Bertanis, which could have started extra time, was inaccurate and R. Kurtinaitis’s team lost the first game of the season.
The PAO did not stop winning even the fact that Nemanja Nedovičius played the loudest buy between seasons. The Serbian scored 7 points but scored just 3 shots out of 10, missed both penalties and scored -2 utility points.
Both teams in this match threw a nightmare from a distance: they both scored just 5 3s out of 23.
Chimki played without four basketball players in this match: Alexei Švedas, Errick McCollum, Stefan Jovičius and Greg Monroe were unable to play due to injuries.
It is true that the PAO strategist Georgios Vovor did not have important players either: Howard Sant-Roos, Pierre Jackson and Aaron White did not play for the Athens club.
The match at the Mytiščiai arena did not take place near empty stands: the match was watched live by 933 fans.
Next week, R. Kurtinaitis’ team will host Kaunas “Žalgiris” at home.
“Chimki”: Devin Booker 15 (Rev. 7), Dairis Bertanis 14 (1/7 trit.), Jordan Mickey 12, Vyacheslav Zaitsev 11.
Panathinaikos: Ioannis Papapetrou 16 (6/8 dvit., 0/6 trit., 8 atk. Kam.), Konstantinos Mitoglou 12 (9 atk. Kam.), Benas Bentilas 11, Marcusas Fosteris ir Eleftherios Bochoridis po 10.
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