Kostas Antetokounmpo delivered a spectacle with Panathinaikos AKTOR’s comfortable victory over Karditsa

Games like this against Karditsa on the 9th matchday of the Stoiximan Basket League are training sessions for this year’s Panathinaikos AKTOR, who prevailed on Saturday afternoon (December 2nd) with 77-53, achieved 9/9 and continued alone at the top of the Greek league.

The Greens (5-0 at home and 4-0 away) have in mind the games with Anadolu Efes in Istanbul (5/12, 7:30 p.m.) and with Real Madrid at OAKA (7/12, 9:15 p.m.). Why Ergin Ataman made a big rotation, leaving Matias Lessor out of the lineup and not using the overworked Dino Mitoglou.

The Turkish coach saw Costas Antetokounmpo combine spectacle with substance (20 points, which is his best performance in A1, 7/8 two-pointers, 6/9 shots, 8 rebounds, 3 blocks), while Karditsa went 1- 8 fell (1-0 at home and 0-8 away) and there was nobody who was really in good form. The difference in power was huge and both teams will quickly forget this game.

21-9 points through opposing mistakes, 40-28 points with the stick, 10-10 points through second chances, 12-11 points through surprises, 33-27 points through substitutes, 17-20 fouls and 20-14 shots taken by the two teams .

The race

Panathinaikos finished the first quarter with 11/12 shots, which gave Vildosa 9 points and Antetokounmpo in an incredible situation front and back (8 points, 3/3 twos, 2/4 shots, 3 rebounds, 3 blocks).

Atman’s rotation broke the rhythm on the greens as the Turk even brought Samonturov into play, but the halftime score of 47:28 left Karditsa no room to hope for anything special, anything concrete.

The second part didn’t have much to offer, apart from the spectacle of Costa Antetokounmpo continuing to be the protagonist while the rest of the game was procedural for both teams, thinking about other things.

THE REFEREES: Zakestidis, Milapidis, Skandalakis

THE DECADES: 29-14, 47-28, 64-41, 77-53

Panathinaikos (Ataman): Vildosa 15 (3/4 two-pointers, 2/6 three-pointers, 3/3 shots, 8 assists, 4 turnovers), Grant 4, Antetokounmpo 20 (7/8 two-pointers, 6/9 shots, 8 rebounds, 3 blocks ), Grigonis, Mantzoukas 5 (1 3-pointer, 7 rebounds), Kalaitzakis 10 (1/5 3-pointer, 5 rebounds), Guy 5 (2/3 2-pointer, 0/4 3-pointer, 1/2 Shots, 6 rebounds, 2 assists), Balcherovski 5 (3 rebounds, 4 assists), Samonturov 4, Nan 4 (2/7 shots)

CARDS (Papanikolopoulos): White 6 (3/8 2-pointers, 7 rebounds), McCallum 2 (1/5 shots), Buchanan 5, Classes 3 (1/7 shots, 6 assists), Kamberidis 10 (3/8 3- Pointers), Smith 10 (4/6 twos, 2/2 shots), Malelis 3 (1), Diplaros (3 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 errors), Christidis 9 (4/7 twos, 7 rebounds), Tsoukas, Avdalas 5 (1/5 shots, 4 rebounds)

Panathinaikos team statistics: 24/39 2-pointers, 5/22 3-pointers, 14/20 shots, 43 rebounds (36 defensive – 7 offensive), 18 assists, 7 steals, 7 blocks, 15 fouls

Karditsa’s team statistics: 14/39 2-pointers, 5/25 3-pointers, 10/14 shots, 38 rebounds (27 defensive – 11 offensive), 15 assists, 8 steals, 2 blocks, 17 turnovers

The next games of the two teams: On matchday 10, Panathinaikos hosts PAOK (December 10, 8:15 p.m.), while Karditsa plays at home against Olympiakos (November 12, 8:15 p.m.).