A bad night for Panathinaikos AKTOR, who paid for his failures and mistakes and beat Paris 84-80 in the 3rd day of the EuroLegue. A historic victory for the Parisians in Europe’s premier club competition.
History was made on the night of October 15 for Paris, who celebrated their first victory in the EuroLeague, even knocking out last year’s champions of the competition. Thiago Splitter’s team prevailed 84-80 against Panathinaikos AKTOR at the Palais de Bercy, the stadium where the Greens celebrated their first European title in 1996.
It should be noted that the Greens have complaints about a phase at 3’42” before the end, with Ergin Ataman receiving a technical penalty and Kendrick Nunn being subsequently charged with an unsportsmanlike foul. to mark the incident. Seimair protested after the end of the game, assuming that the phase with the unsporting behavior in Nan is considered not to exist, since the whistle was blown and the phase should have been stopped.
Nadir Heaphy was the big star for the French, scoring 20 points. The young guard had great support from TJ Shorts (16 points, 7 assists), Collin Malcolm (14 points) and Tyson Ward (9 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists).
On the side of the Greens, who fell to 2-1 playing a bad game in defense and attack, Matias Lessor made a great effort, scoring a double-double with 19 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks. and 3 errors. Kendrick Nunn and Lorenzo Brown followed with 16 and 14 points, respectively, but no one else contributed to the scoring.
The MVP
The 22-year-old Heaphy rightfully earns MVP honors for Paris in this game after setting the stage for his team’s early start, scoring 12 points midway through the second period and finishing with 20 in the end.
The statistic that stood out
Paris shot 56.1% on two-pointers, while Panathinaikos shot just 45%. At the same time, the points from combat mistakes were 21-13 and the points from surprises were 11-9.
The fight
Panathinaikos did not enter the game well and by making irresponsible mistakes it allowed Paris to lead 14-9 at 6’30.” Lorenzo Brown’s entry on the floor gave the Greens some offensive breathers and the quarter ended 21-19.
The hosts applied their fast pace and were soon leading by two digits (36-25, 14’23”), and with the accurate third pointer by Colin Malcolm and another long shot by Nadir Heaphy, who had 12 point in this period, opened the gap to 15 points (42-27) with 4’14” left before the break. From that point on, Ergin Ataman’s team started to raise the heat on both sides of the floor to cut to 6 (45-39, 20′) with a 12-3 margin.
With TJ Shortz going forward aggressively, Tiago Splitter’s team found themselves at +10 again (56-46) just before the 24th minute. This was also the difference between the two teams at 30′ (69-59), with the Greens a huge defensive problem and none other than Matias Lessor – Lorenzo Brown helping the score.
Panathinaikos cut the gap again to 5 points (73-68) in the 33rd minute, when the emotional Reformer Matias reached 19 points. TJ Shorts missed 4 straight shots, but the Shamrocks couldn’t score either. Badia Xi made a basket to make it 75-68. Kendrick Nunn was called for an unsportsmanlike foul on Leopold Cavalier, who hit his elbow and a turnover was called. Ergin Ataman was charged with a technical penalty before an unsportsmanlike Nan was fired and the hosts made 3 shots for 78-68 with 3’42” on the clock. The Turkish coach even went to the secretariat, trying to record the degree, to file. appeal after the end of the game, since it should be considered that the unsportsmanlike conduct does not occur after the technical whistle.
TiJ Shorts and Kendrick Nunn traded baskets for 80-70, and Marius Grigonis made it 80-73 with a foul shot.
THE JUDGES: Latishevs, Aliaga, Obrknezevic
THE DRINKS: 21-19, 45-39, 69-59, 84-80
PARI (Splitter): Short 16 (7/12 2-pointers, 0/3 3-pointers, 2/7 shots, 3 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals, 2 steals, 2 turnovers), Malcolm 14 (3/6 3- ) tips), Heaphy 20 (4/6 2-way, 3/7 3-way, 3/3 shot), Ward 9 (1/4 3-way, 7 rebounds, 4 assists), Cavalier, Si 2 (5 reversal ), Herrera 3, Hayes 6 (3 rebound), Yandunen 6 (4 rebounds, 2 steals), Ouattara 6 (0/5 3-way)
Panathenaic (Ataman): Kalaitzakis, Brown 14 (1), Sloukas 2 (3 rebounds, 5 assists), Osman 3 (1), Papapetrou, Grant 6, Nan 16 4/9 2-way, 2/7 3-way, 2 /2 shots, 8 rebounds, 3 turnovers), Laser 19 (11 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 turnovers, 2 blocks), Grigonis 7 (1), Hernangomet 9 (1/1 three-pointer, 6 turnovers), Mitoglou 2 ( 4 reversal, 3 turnovers) , Yurtseven 2
The snack group in Paris: 23/41 2-way, 7/29 3-pointers, 17/25 shots, 38 rebounds (21 defensive – 17 offensive), 15 assists, 9 steals, 8 turnovers, 2 blocks
Panathinaikos AKTOR team statistics: 18/40 2 pointers, 7/17 3-pointers, 19/25 shots, 41 rebounds (27 defensive – 14 offensive), 14 assists, 6 steals, 15 turnovers, 4 blocks
The next games of both teams: In the second part of the week of the devil, Paris will play Bayern in Munich (17/10, 21:45) and Panathinaikos AKTOR will go to Madrid to face Real (17/10, 21:45).