Panathinaikos – Bayern 80-67: He played for his party

He’s chasing nothing more than avoiding last position, he’s a wounded beast, but he’s Panathinaikos and he needs to keep breathing, working and fighting. He did so on Tuesday night (3/22) in OAKA, when he edged Bayern Munich 80-67 to go up to 7-17 and throw Bayern to 12-11, putting them in trouble now though everything remains in its own hands in terms of the EuroLeague eight and playoffs.

The MVP

It’s very difficult to single out one from Daryl Macon, Howard Sand-Ross or Okaro White. All three threw their stones before Nemanja Nedovic struck in the final minutes and cleared the laundry. According to the evaluation, the Cuban led in a very team performance on a good night for Panathinaikos.

The weak link

In the first round match, Vladimir Lucic executed Panathinaikos with a big three-pointer. This time, however, the Serb was far from his good self (1/3 two points, 0/4 three points, 2/2 shots, 3 rebounds, 3 assists at 29:52). In general, Bayern seemed very desperate after a period of coronavirus cases before moving on with a nightmarish schedule and games every two or three days.

The stats that stood out

Panathinaikos finished the first ten minutes with 6/8 three-pointers and six assists for two errors, while Kaselakis had five assists. Bayern had two final passes for two mistakes, remaining at 9/31 threes at the end of the evening, giving away 17 points from his mistakes to the opponent, conceding 16 in surprise and scoring just four. Panathinaikos finished the game on 22/23 shots, Giorgos Papagiannis amassed 14 rebounds in 36:36, in a nine-man rotation for Dimitris Priftis.

The race

Panathinaikos was impressive early on, building a six-point lead (15-9) in the seventh minute, with White and Sant-Ross scoring in spurts. Trinkieri raged on his team’s defense, Nedovic scored another three points to make it 18:11, +10 at the end of the season was “bright” but Bayern nagged at the start of the second quarter with Rubit and Hilliard (33:31 in 16′) , but the hosts reacted well when pressured and with Kaselakis Sant-Ross kept a small lead before half-time.

The greens were superior and regained a good lead early in the second half (53-40 in 25′) but Bayern looked like tough nuts that didn’t break. With a partial 2-12 in three minutes, they reduced to the basket (55-53) to make the derby game in the fourth quarter. 4:39 from the final, Vladimir Luτσιiτς was injured and left with the score at 67-64 before Nedovi β set the big three for the 74-64 that decided the game.

THE REFEREES: Ierethuelo, Koljensic, Kowalski

THE TEN MINUTES: 26-16, 42-35, 55-52, 80-67

Panathinaikos (Priftis): Meikon 18 (1/4 two points, 4/6 three points, 4/5 shots, 6 rebounds, 3 assists), Papagiannis 8 (3/9 two points, 2/2 shots, 14 rebounds, 3 blocks ). ), Kaselakis 2 (5 assists), White 16 (3/4 two points, 2/5 three points, 4/4 shots, 3 rebounds, 2 steals), Nedovic 14 (2/5 two points, 2/8 three points , 4/4 shots, 2 rebounds, 4 assists), Hugaz, Evans 2, Mantzoukas 5 (1), Sant-Ross 15 (3/4 two points, 1/2 three points, 6/6 shots, 9 rebounds, 3 steals)

BAGGER (Trinkieri): Thomas 12 (2), Hunter 2, Jaramaz 8 (4/9 two points, 0/4 three points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists), Lucic 4 (1/7 shots), George, Obst, Chipser, Rubit 13 (4/6 two points, 1/2 three points, 2/3 shots, 8 rebounds), Cisco 5 (1), Hilliard 15 (3/5 two points, 3/8 three points, 5 rebounds), Radosevic 8 (2)

Panathinaikos team statistics: 14/29 two points, 10/27 three points, 22/23 shots, 40 rebounds (28 defensive – 12 offensive), 15 assists, 8 steals, 4 blocks, 10 errors

The team statistics of FC Bayern Munich: 16/33 two points, 9/31 three points, 8/13 shots, 37 rebounds (22 defensive – 15 offensive), 12 assists, 4 steals, 9 errors

The next games of the two teams: Panathinaikos is paused in the 32nd game, Bayern Munich welcomes Zenit St. Petersburg (24.3., 9.30 p.m.).