Panathinaikos was in no way… Panathinaikos in “Bercy”. At least Panathinaikos with its high aspirations, “full” quality roster and big goals. On the contrary, he presented himself much less than the circumstances and had the victory that could cost him the next Euroleague. Accordingly, it was a historic victory for Paris as it was their first victory in the competition.
The “greens” were almost never into the atmosphere and spirit of the struggle. They were… spectators of the game and they just followed the pace that Paris set without having solutions, ideas, focus and a clear mind. The “demon” duo of Nadir Heaphy (20 points) and TJ Shortz (16 points, 7 assists) did the most damage to the Greek team, with the “clover” paying for the numerous mistakes (15) and the fact that they lost. many rebounds, giving Paris 15 possessions.
From Panathinaikos, no player contributed much to the game as Nan scored 16 points when his team was “chasing” after staying at 2 points in the first half, Lesor scored 19 points and 11 rebounds as he faced that enough problems too. both rackets.
The game: Paris – Panathinaikos
Panathinaikos made many mistakes at the beginning of the game. Kendrick Nunn was out of sorts after making three quick plays, which Paris took advantage of. Although TJ Shortz had problems against the Greek defensive team, the one who took care of solving them was Nadir Heaphy who did the most damage to the “greens” as a result of Paris running 7-0 and the fourth 7-9 to convert. to 14-9 at 03:23 before the end of the quarter.
If nothing else, he had taken the momentum of the game, making it difficult for the European champions. The quarter may have ended at 21-19 in favor of the home team, but the “greens” had already committed six errors in total. The three pointers 3/5 were “breathers” to prevent “scissors” the difference from “opening” more, with Lorenzo Brown providing solutions and scoring 7 points in the last three minutes of the first period.
Things got worse for Panathinaikos in the 2nd period as the hosts started with a single score of 16-6, sending the score index to double digits for the first time and to +14 (39-25 at 15′) after being filled with many problems. in “clover” on both sides of the fence. Until then, Panathinaikos had 6/16 two-pointers and 6 errors while Paris tallied 10 assists for 2 errors and impressive percentages with 11/16 two-pointers and 2/3 three-pointers overall in the second period.
Shorts was distributing (5 ass), Malcolm had the stick in scoring (3/4 qr.), Heaphy (12 pp.) continued from where he left off and the difference reached 15 points (42-27). The worst thing was the poor defense of the “greens” after they conceded 42 points in less than 17 minutes. However, there was a reaction from the Greek team. Lessor took further efforts and wanted to “load” the tall men of Paris with dirt. And he was mostly successful.
With individual scores of 12-3, Panathinaikos reduced the difference to 6 points at the end of the half (45-39) and Kendrick Nunn scored his first basket at the end of the half, after a total of 1/5 shots, 3. rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block and 3 turnovers. The leaser was the main scorer of the “greens” with 11 points (3/4 dp., 5/6 b., 4 reb., 3 ass) and Lorenzo Brown was also positive (9 pp.)
In the first half of the game, Pari (Heaphy 12p., Malcolm 10p., Shorts 6p.-6as.) shot with 12/19 two-pointers (!), 6/17 three-pointers, 3/4 shots, and was 12-5 She also had a rebound, 11 assists, 4 turnovers and 5 steals. Accordingly, Panathinaikos was “written” at half-time 8/18 two-way, 4/9 three-pointers, 11/13 shots, 13-4 rebounds, 11 assists, 8 errors and 3 steals.
At the start of the 3rd period, Panathinaikos came within three points (47-44 at 31′) but there was no follow-up. Again, Paris forced the “greens” to make a lot of funny mistakes, and as a result they found themselves again at +12 (62-50) at 27′. A period in which Ataman’s team suffered another slump. He only managed to cut it to 69-59 by showing an evil face again. After the start of last season the Turkish coach insisted on a formation with Nan, Grant, Papapetrou, Huatso and Lessor.
Nan had several offensive outbursts but could not get closer than five points (73-68 at 35′). Some bad and hasty choices, some missed rebounds let Paris to control the game. At the same time, irritation occurred in the ranks of the “greens” for some (non) whistlers, resulting in a complete loss of concentration and the loss of the game for Panathinaikos.
Result; Paris to find itself again at +12 (80-68) in the 38th minute and somewhere to finish and … usually a serious night for the Greek team.
WHERE IT DID: With Panathinaikos’ bad start in the 2nd period, as a result Paris made individual scores 16-6 and got a 15 point lead (42-27). As well as the poor start in the 3rd period which saw the home team lead again by +12 instead of getting back into the game.
BEST OF ALL: Nadir Heaphy was the constant “headache” for the Panathinaikos basket as he finished the game with 20 points on 4/6 2-way, 3/7 3-way, 3/3 shots.
COMPETITION IN THE WIN: Very good game from TJ Shorts (16pts, 7ass, 2rebs, 2cl) and Colin Malcolm (14pts, 1/3dp, 3/6ft, 3/4b)
THEY EXPECTED MORE: Panathinaikos were all in the mood to experience the victory of the Euroleague rookie.
HIS CONVERSION PERFORMANCE: Matias Lessor was the only one who tried to “save” himself, after 19 points with 6/9 two-pointers, 7/10 shots, 11 rebounds and 3 assists.
ADVISORY STATISTICS: 15 fouls at Panathinaikos, good assist/foul ratio in Paris and 56% 2-point shooting along with 15 offensive rebounds.
FIRST OBLIGATIONS: Panathinaikos will close the week of the devil in Madrid against Real (17/10), while Paris will travel to Munich for the match against Bayern (17/10).
Fourth quarter: 21-19, 45-39, 69-59, 84-80.
Source: www.gazzetta.gr
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