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The Vilnius team “Rytas” posed a serious challenge to the Athens club “Panathinaikos” and, after settling in the last half, still lost to rivals. 67:75 (19:22, 12:19, 14:23, 22:11).
At the start of the match, Martynas Echodas initiated a couple of attacks, after which Rytas led 4: 3. Still, Panathinaikos responded easily and scored (12: 6), although the visiting team made a mistake with the opportunity to escape. . Panathinaikos continued to control the situation (17:11), although Andrew Goudelock made three important shots and smoothed the gap – 17:20. After the first half, “Rytas” was left behind 19:22.
Demetrius Jackson reduced the difference to the minimum in an emotional episode (23:24) and the penalty compared the score. Still, PAO tried to escape again, and Ben Bentil increased the difference from three points to 9 (33:24). On the attack, “Rytas” started to get stuck and this caused more and more problems, they couldn’t score points even under the basket. Still, Goudelock broke the failed section by three points and the gap narrowed to 8 points – 31:39. Two quarters later, PAO led 41:31.
After the big break, Panathinaikos shifted to a higher gear and was discontinued 58:37. “Rytas” moved a little closer, but the intrigue increased insignificantly: the guests controlled the situation with confidence and after three-quarters they led 64:45.
Demetrius Jackson’s two 3-point shots in a row brought “Rytas” closer to the opponents (51:64), and good defense and opportunities taken allowed us to get even closer – 55:64. Marcus Foster shot beyond the country, so PAO continued to score with no points this quarter, but Luke Uleck’s foul allowed Zach Auguste to score easily (true, he used only one shot, not a penalty) 66:55. Jackson changed the difference back to single digits (58:66), and the PAO’s “ground-to-air” attack missed. “Rytas” did not give up, he continued to eliminate the deficit and only 5 points (61:66) began to award the teams, but after the break, Leonidas Kaselakis immediately scored a triple. Eletherios Bochoridis was also accurate, thanks to which the difference was again double digits: 71:61.
Arnas Butkevičius was amused by the placement and A. Goudelock shot inaccurately. “Rytas” took the ball, but still couldn’t attack – 65:71. With a minute and a half to go, Aaron White missed the penalties and Jackson shot accurately at 67:71. Georgios Kalaitzakis took free throws, which allowed PAO to get closer to victory, as time progressed: 73:67. 36 seconds left Donaldas Kairys asked for a break, but nothing changed – “Rytas” stumbled
Morning: Demetrius Jackson 24, Andrew Goudelock 19, Rokas Gustys 8, Arnas Butkevičius and Martynas Echodas 6 each.
Panathinaikos: Nemanja Nedovičius 18, Georgios Papagiannis 9, Georgios Kalaitzakis 7, Aaron White, Zach Auguste and Pierre Jackson 6 each.
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