The second division blamed Athens’ soft Kazoo Baskonia for failing to maintain the level shown in the first 20 minutes of the duel, marked by lost balls and poorly defending Basque, by the Vitorian people.

The players, led by Joan Peñarroya, went from more to less in a game that changed after halftime. Azulgranas missed the day with his shot outside and was unable to protect the hoop from Hellenes’ growth. After Hellenes passed through his room in the locker, he slipped into one gear and scored 60 points in the last 20 minutes.

Dejan Radonjic’s best henchmen were insiders Derrick Williams (creator of 16 points) and Georgios Papagiannis (20 PIR credits), who took advantage of the absence of Steven Enoch and Daulton Hommes on the Baskonia team.

Marcus Howard was Barça’s top scorer with 20 goals, but his side missed the helm of Darius Thompson.

An early basket swap played in favor of Basconia, who began to extend their advantage with two triples, but several Barça mistakes saw the Greek take advantage of offensive rebounds to overcome the duel 2-14.

Hellenes adjusted their defense, which made it difficult for João Peñaroya’s men to play a 5-on-5 game, and four consecutive runs that left the score at 22-18 after initial attacks in two very different parts. He paid a heavy price for his defeat. Locals have had better results.

Marcus Howard’s eighth goal tied the game early in the second act. When the Catalans brought speed into the game, they found the basket more easily, but for the Basques, who won the fight on the rebound, Panathinaikos’ physical presence made it difficult to move the ball from field to field. I was thwarted many times.

The Thompson-Howard duo began to bear fruit, Dani Diez was a quality replacement, and the Greens sweated every point against Basconia, who quickly picked up a personal foul bonus. .

Panathinaikos still failed to score from three, but they punished a mistake made by the Vitrian people with the great Derrick Williams and continued the game to 38-43.

Pushed by OAKA who started to warm up, the locals turned the game around in the first few minutes with good minutes from a few players.

Marcus Howard was determined to support Basconia on an individual basis, but that was not enough as the Peñaroya team was not good at defense.

A basket robbery by Nate Walters revealed the crisis in Basconia, with Panathinaikos going to an all-time best 62-52, another point of energy and desire.

Defensive problems in the 2-2 match caused Basque a lot of headaches. Basque returned to the game with his five points from Matt Costello, who struggled with Georgios Papagiannis support in the third quarter, to finish the duel at 67–59. . .

Lithuania’s Marius Grigonis scored and began to distribute the play, with Basconia unable to close the gap before the basket exchange and Panathinaikos with a looser attack than in the first half.

Free-kicks weren’t even the Vitorian people’s best allies. The gap widened to his 90-74 and Basconia continued to row to the end, but Greece took his first European victory at home by his 98-83.

data sheet

Panathinaikos Kazoo Basconia 98-83

98 – Panathinaikos (22+16+29+31): Walters (9), Panagiotis Karaitezakis (-), Bacon (16), Derrick Williams (16), Papagiannis (11) – Starting Five-, Lee ( 12), Georgioscarite Zakis (-), Grigonis (13), Ponitka (15), Gudaitis (6).

83 – Kazoo Basconia (18+25+16+24): Thompson (9), Howard (20), Laieste (-), Sedekerskis (7), Cotzer (14) – Starting Five -, Marinkovic (8), Henry ( 9), Giaedraitis (3), Dies (3), Crux (-), Costello (10).

Referees: Damir Habor (Slovenia), Tomislav Holdov (Croatia), Amit Barak (Israel). Gudaitis (39′) and Thompson (40′) were eliminated for personal fouls.

Incident: Match corresponding to Day 7 of the Euroleague at OAKA in Athens in front of 6,232 spectators.