Larissa – Panathinaikos 86-90: Nedovic’s rhapsody saved the greens from the gel

The postponed game of the 10th game of the Stoiximan Basket League against Larissa theoretically did not hide pitfalls for Panathinaikos. In practice the situation was different. Thessaly played great basketball in the first half and reached +19 early in the second, but Nemanja Nedovic (had not traveled to Barcelona for maintenance/management) found himself in an unrealistic situation and saved his team from the tow gel with a personal rhapsody ( 90th minute). -86), which could play an important role in the result for the year.

Panathinaikos rose to 11-1 (6-0 home and 5-1 a), with the Serbian superstar filling his stats with 38 points (5/6 two points, 8/14 three points, 4/5 shots). 31 minutes) in an epic solo performance. Larissa fell to 4-8 (2-5 home and 2-4 away) in what was his best performance of the year against a formidable opponent. She finished the first part with 8/10 threes, she had stubbornness and focus, she went to +19, but in the end she stooped from her mistakes and failures in the second twenty minutes.

The race

Offensively, Panathinaikos had no problem in the beginning (10-14 in 5′), but defensively they didn’t get into the game as they wanted. At 3:51 at the end of the season, Moody put down a foursome to 18:14, the Greens had a very bad phase and saw the hosts score a partial 19:2 (!) in the first ten minutes, which they 5/6 three points and had to get 12 points from their opponents’ six errors.

When Priftis broke out on the bench and spoke of shame, the picture of the game did not change at the beginning of the second period. Larissa went to +16 (37-21 in 12′), with Papagiannis in defense and Nedovic in attack to show reaction to reduce to eight (43-35), but Takianos’ players had the by half-time full control (50-37) in which they scored 8/10 trebles and 12 final passes for just five errors.

“I don’t care about attack, play defense,” were Priftis’ words before the start of the second part. Larissa went into the third quarter 4-0 and the Panathinaikos coach called a time-out after 49 seconds! +17 was the home team’s biggest lead of the game before nailing Hudson’s +19 in the next stage, with Nedovic continuing to fight against everyone and taking 27 points but finding no support except for Papagiannis.

After the hosts took a 66-56 lead early in the fourth period, Panathinaikos needed a small breakout to level the game. He managed to reduce to two in two minutes (68-66 in 32′) before Nedovic scored his seventh three to equalize (71-71 in 33′) and Okaro White shot the green for the first time. time before the game. From that point on, the crowd didn’t look back as Makon and Papagiannis cleaned up the laundry and completed what Santovic started with Sant-Ross.

Moody put up a three for 82-85 at 62″, but an offensive rebound from Sant-Ross and two shots at 42.9″ decided the match forever.

THE REFEREES: Tsolakos, Karpanos, Bakalis

THE TEN MINUTES: 29-16, 50-37, 66-56, 86-90

ΛΑΡΙΣΑ (Takianos): Hudson 17 (5/9 two points, 1/2 three points, 4/6 shots, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals), Kroumbali 11 (2/3 two points, 2/2 three points, 1 /2 shots, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals), Tsairelis 4, Green 9 (1), Moody 19 (3/5 two points, 4/9 three points, 1/2 shots, 5 rebounds, 3 assists), Zaras 13 (3), Karabelas, Papantoniou, Bergins, Marits 13 (4/9 two points, 5/6 shots)

Panathinaikos (Priftis): Papagiannis 9 (4/5 two points, 1/2 shots, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 blocks), Bohoridis, White 13 (2/5 two points, 1/3 three points, 6/8 shots, 6 rebounds), Nedovic 38 (5/6 two points, 8/14 three points, 4/5 shots), Sant-Ross 9 (3 rebounds, 5 assists), Meikon 10 (1 three points, 7/8 shots, 5 assists), Kavvadas, Kaselakis 4, Jovic 7 (2/2 two points, 1/1 three points)

Larissa’s group statistics: 21/43 two points, 11/23 three points, 11/18 shots, 41 rebounds (22 defensive – 19 offensive), 19 assists, 8 steals, 1 block, 14 errors

Panathinaikos team statistics: 17/27 two points, 11/26 three points, 23/28 shots, 31 rebounds (24 defensive – 7 offensive), 18 assists, 3 steals, 6 blocks, 11 errors

The next games of the two teams: In the 15th game, Larissa hosts AEK (2/12 at 20:00 CET) while Panathinaikos will enjoy his break.