2024-04-26 05:59:13
“Panathinaikos” defeated “Maccabi” club coached by Oded Kattas by 95:79 (20:28, 31:11, 20:21, 24:19) at home in the second match.
The match between Panathinaikos and Maccabi was watched by Dimitris Giannakopoulos, the owner of the Pao team, who appeared at the OAKA Arena for the first time after a two-year break.
The third match of the series will take place in Serbia on April 30, at 19:00. Lithuanian time. Follow the progress of the match on the website lrytas.lt. We remind you that the quarter-final series is fought for up to three victories.
M. Grigonis scored 2 points (1/1 doubles, 0/1 triples), rebounded 2 balls, made an assist and accumulated 4 utility points in almost 18 minutes on the field.
Kostas Sloukas broke the career record in this match. The defender scored 29 points (8/9 doubles, 4/7 triples, 1/1 penalty), 4 assists, 3 rebounds and finished the match with 28 utility points for Maccabi. The defenseman broke his previous record of 26 points.
Maccabi Tel Aviv dictated their style in the first half. The beginning of the match was extremely effective, and the visiting Maccabi basketball players in Athens took advantage of this. O.Kattaš’s students played well without the ball, took advantage of opponents’ mistakes in defense and had a 9-point lead at the end of the quarter (16:25), which they practically managed to save until the end of the quarter (20:28).
At the beginning of the second quarter, Panathinaikos basketball players looked a little better, but halfway through the quarter, the visitors continued to lead (32:36).
3 minutes before the end of the quarter, Kostas Sloukas equalized the score of the match (38:38) with an accurate three-point shot. After that, “Pao” defended itself and K. Sloukas made another three-pointer and changed the result of the match in favor of the “greens” (41:38).
After the Greek’s accurate three-pointer under the basket, an unsportsmanlike foul was recorded on Josh Nebo against Ioannis Papapetrou, which was capitalized on. The striker hit penalties, nailed a three-pointer and “Pao” practically scored 8 points in one attack (46:38).
After that, E. Ataman’s pupils defended themselves, Mathias Lessort scored two points with a foul and “Pao” took the lead for the first time with a double-digit difference (48:38).
During the rest of the quarter, “Panathinaikos” minimally increased its advantage (51:39). In addition, the hosts won the second half 31:11.
At the beginning of the third quarter, “Pao” won the section 5-0 and accumulated an advantage of even 17 points (56-39).
In the second part of the quarter, both teams exchanged successful episodes, but “Panathinaikos” continued to maintain a double-digit advantage (71:60).
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Tel Aviv club made a 0:8 run and reduced the advantage of the Athens team to 3 points (71:68).
However, Panathinaikos then went on a 16-4 run (87-72) and eventually withstood Maccabi’s comeback attempt to level the quarter-final series at 1-1 (94-79).
At the end of the match, J. Nebo earned a technical foul, and because the center had earned an unsportsmanlike foul, he was kicked out of the match.
Antonius Cleveland’s shot was blocked by Kostas Antetokounmpo in the last attack of the game, after which the Greek reacted emotionally to his defensive position. The players of the Tel Aviv team were not satisfied with the Greek’s emotions and the basketball players exchanged words, but a bigger conflict was avoided.
We remind you that Maccabi basketball players won the first match 87:91.
Lorenzo Brown was the most productive player for Maccabi, who scored 18 points (6/8 doubles, 1/3 triples, 3/4 penalties) in 29 minutes on the field, added 6 assists and collected 21 utility points.
In addition, we remind you that Wade Baldwin, the leader of the Israeli team, did not compete in this meeting because he has a torn thigh muscle.
Panathinaikos: Kostas Sloukas 29, Ioannis Papapetrou 15 (0/3 doubles, 4/7 triples, 3/4 penalties, 3 rebounds, 3 assists), Konstantinos Mitoglou 14 (5/9 doubles, 0 /3 triples, 4/5 points, 6 points, 4 points, Mathias Lessort 11 (4/6 points, 8 points, 3 points) ., 7 goals, 22 points), Kendrick Nunn 10 (2/5 treys, 4 rebounds).
„Maccabi“: Lorenzo Brown 18, Antonius Cleveland (6/8 doubles, 0/2 triples, 3 rebounds) and Jake Cohan (3/3 doubles, 2/3 triples) 12 each, Tamir Blatt 11 ( 0/2 doubles, 3/6 triples, 2/2 penalties, 6 assists), Jasiel Riveiro 9 (3/7 doubles, 1/1 triples).
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2024-04-26 05:59:13