Euro League
Panathinaikos – Real Madrid 87-86: Sweet is the final taste in OAKA with a win over ‘Vassilisa’ after 4 years
Panathinaikos OPAP’s last home game in the EuroLeague left a very sweet aftertaste. The Greens showed one of their best performances this year and defeated Real Madrid for the first time in almost four years (87-86). Great night for George Papagiannis who finished the game with 18 points, 10 rebounds and 5 blocks!
The picture of Real Madrid in the last home game for Panathinaikos OPAP of 2021/22 was diametrically opposed to that of the last two months. The energy in defense was exuberant, the attacking decisions were mostly correct and somehow the first win against Armani Milano came about, which Olympiakos can now get after almost four years at the last minute (87:86).
You see, the shamrock managed to get their way over the Spanish team for the first time since April 17, 2018 (then in the first game of the playoffs). Since then, thirteen (13) consecutive wins of Pablo Lasso’s team followed, but a streak that ended due to the great performance of George Papagiannis (18 points, 11 rebounds, 5 blocks) and the action of Nemanja Nedovic (13 points, 6 assists). ) – Ioannis Papapetrou (15 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists).
Aside from that, it’s worth noting the offers of Daryl Macon (in Q4) and Jeremy Evans (in Q3) who acted as “X-Factors” where Real Madrid looked poised to topple OAKA.
Incidentally, that was the seventh loss in their last nine games for Real Madrid, who are now slipping away from second place in the regular season as both Armani Milano and Olympiakos are poised to snatch last place!
The MVP
From the start it seemed like this was George Papagiannis night! The international center did an excellent job defending from the first Spanish possessions, racking up rebound after rebound and never letting Eddie Tavares feel good at any point in the game. The effect he had on the game of the greens and then on the victory over the Spanish team is reflected in the statistics: 18 points (on 9/11 two points and 0/1 shot), 10 rebounds, 1 assist and 5 blocks at 31′ 56”
The weak link
Nigel Williams-Goss has failed to “catch even” with the rest of the team, not performing at the level everyone expected. The same thing happened again in OAKA, where he started in the top five but again had a short participation time. Specifically, he pressed 6’43” to the ground without scoring (0/3 two points).
The stat that stood out
Real Madrid renewed 13 possessions, with Eddie Tavares grabbing 8 of those offensive rebounds. However, 62.5% of Panathinaikos OPAP in the two points and only 5 penalties was enough for the greens.
The race
Real Madrid scored from a layup in the game’s first two possessions, but then Panathinaikos OPAP’s defense gave them a hard time. While Giorgos Papagiannis did everything in the air, Dimitris Priftis’ team kept the “queen” without a basket for almost seven minutes (ss: had 0/11 shots and 2 penalties during this period) with the result of +11 (18-7 in 7 ‘) the host.
The image of the greens on both sides of the floor was still significantly better than the seasonal average, so the lead did not change. Real Madrid then put a lot of pressure on the offensive rebound, capitalizing on the size of Eddie Tavares and finding a way to close the gap (31-25 in 16′), at a point where Panathinaikos OPAP face an offensive move seemed problem.
Five quick points in seconds was the solution, however, as they put an end to the Spanish counterattack and led to +9 (41-32) at half-time, with Nemanja Nedovic on 11 points and Giorgos Papagiannis overtaking to fill his Stats with 10 points, 8 rebounds and 5 blocks.
Real Madrid increased possession in the third quarter, switched to attacking (faster) but couldn’t immediately close the gap. Although Eddie Tavares was great on both sides of the floor (he had 12 points and 11 rebounds in 28 minutes). Panathinaikos OPAP stayed ahead and reached +12 (51-39 in 24′), but the bad offensive decisions from 26′ to 29′ were enough to give the Spanish team the confidence they needed. With more consistency in the rim shot, Real Madrid got within range (56-54 in 29′), but Ioannis Papapetrou’s three in the season finale left the greens in sight of the +5 (59-54) of the last ten minutes.
As time went on, the guests pushed, trying to spoil the corners of the pass on the border, leading every green shot into defense. They often did, but Daryl Macon’s “madness” kept Panathinaiko’s OPAP going. The 26-year-old guard was absent until the 30th minute (he had 0/4 shots) but at the point where his team seemed bogged down in attack and leaving options open, he made a step forward. He scored 9 points (on 2/3 shots and 4/4 shots) for about three minutes and somehow managed the +13 (76-63) by the 35th minute.
That’s it! No matter how hard he tried, Real Madrid could not achieve the topple, with the +1 (87-86) of Panathinaikos OPAP’s ultimate dominance being the result of a three-point game by the Spanish team in the final. Somehow the win ended in Dimitris Priftis’ team, a win that was unexpected not least given the image the Greens have had over the past month and a half.
THE REFEREES: Boltauser – Latisevs – Mogulkots.
THE TEN MINUTES: 22-11 41-32, 59-54, 87-86.
PANATHINAIKUS OPAP (Priftis): Meikon 9 (1/5 two points, 1/2 three points, 4/4 shots, 4 assists), Papagiannis 18 (9/11 two points, 0/1 shot, 10 rebounds, 1 assist, 5 blocks ). ), Kavvadas 4, Papapetrou 15 (5/8 two points, 1/7 three points, 2/3 shots, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal), Kaselakis 3, Nedovic 13 (3/8 three points, 6 assists) , Evans 13 (3/5 two points, 2/2 three points, 1/2 shots), Mantzoukas 3 (1), Sant Ross 9 (1 three points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists).
real Madrid (Lasso): Williams – Goss (0/3 two points), Koser 2, Hertel 18 (2/4 two points, 4/4 three points, 2/2 shots, 4 rebounds), Fernandez 9 (3/4 three points ). , 4 rebounds, 6 assists), Deck 12 (2), Poirier 6 (3/5 two points), Tavares 12 (5/11 two points, 2/4 shots, 12 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 1 block) , July 15 (3/8 threes, 5 assists), Yaboussele (0/3 shots, 6 rebounds), Tombkins 8 (2), Taylor 4 (0/3 threes).
Team Stats – Panathinaikos OPAP: 25/40 two points, 9/22 three points, 10/14 shots, 23 rebounds (20 defensive + 3 offensive), 18 assists, 2 steals, 5 errors, 5 blocks.
Team Stats – Real Madrid: 19/40 two points, 14/28 three points, 6/8 shots, 39 rebounds (26 defensive + 13 offensive), 17 assists, 4 steals, 11 errors, 2 blocks.
The next commitments of the two teams: Panathinaikos OPAP closes the regular season with two away games against Alba Berlin (April 6, 21:00) and Fenerbahce (April 8, 20:00). Real Madrid, for their part, have to play Bayern Munich in the WiZink Center (April 8, 9:45 p.m.).
Source: sport 24
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Mustafa Fal has delivered a monstrous performance in international matches and Vassilis Skoundis is tackling the problem, inevitably involving the first teacher of the art, Panagiotis Fassoulas.
“The gypsy saw his generation and his heart rejoiced,” says a proverb whose meaning fits the occasion… I mean, the occasion of Fal seeing the other Fal opposite him and enjoying him normally and in accordance with the law!
Let the necessary recommendations be made…
One of them is Mustafa Fal, who was born in Paris on February 23, 1992, he is French, he plays in his country’s national team, his hat comes from Senegal, he has been looking since he was 2.18. He is in his third season at Olympiacos…
Yusufa and Taco
The other person who competed against him yesterday is Youssoufa Fal, who was born in Dakar on January 12, 1995, is a Senegalese with French nationality, has a height of 2.21 m and is competing in Villerban for the third consecutive time…
There is of course the much wilder Taco Fal, who was also born in Dakar on December 10, 1995, spent three seasons in the NBA, is now sizzling in China and has had his head tickling the feet of God since he was 229 cm tall!
Mustafa, Yusufa and Tako have no relationship or kinship between them: they are synonymous, apart from the coincidence that ensures that they are all three kilometers long!
The triple-double figure in Pylaia
He had attacked the Olympiacos central defender again on the 11th of last month, on the occasion of the triple-double he scored in the game against PAOK in Pylaia, rare in our area, but he wanted to make us laugh for a while as his only goal!
At first he missed Yannis Fileris who treated him properly, but I also have some stitches for his fur!
To say my sin, I laughed and liked Fileris’ pun on… Wrong!
Fasoulas and… Lumidis
In any case, “Pani” was like…Lumidis in the field of coffee roasting, plus he made heads turn with soft nails with his unique and unparalleled skills.
To paraphrase Lumidis’ advertising slogan: in our case it was “Everyone in their own way and Fasoulas in their caps“!
Since the conversation broke out, the experienced PAOK and Olympiacos international center has recorded five triple-doubles with points, rebounds and blocks, which are of course rarer than those that include assists.
He scored the first of these goals on October 15, 1988 (PAOK-Panionios) with 18 points, 18 rebounds and 13 blocks.
Two weeks later he “wrote” the second with 20-18-11 against Apollon Patras, on November 19 he followed the third against Sporting (29-19-15), while in the 1990/91 season he added two more: 18 – 14-10 with Peristeri and 19-12-11 with Iraklis.
Vrankovic’s record and the “wow” with Green
Similar triple feats with plugs have also been achieved by Stojan Vrankovic (who is already the record holder in EuroLeague history with 10 in a Fortitudo Bologna-Cibona Zagreb game) with Panathinaikos, Anthony Cook with PAOK, Mike Smrek with Dafni, PJ Brown with Panionios, Efthymis Renzias with the National Youth Team and Antonis Fotsis with the Greens youth team.
On Friday night in Lyon, Fall broke the bank when he nearly followed in Draymond Green’s footsteps and posted a rare triple-double without scoring in double figures.
He reached the final horn with two points, seven rebounds, seven assists and eight blocks, while the Warriors’ cocky forward did so on February 10, 2017 against the Grizzlies with 11 rebounds, 10 assists, 10 steals and just two points.
From 0.8 to 8
Fal had grabbed 14 rebounds in the game against Red Star while he dished out seven assists in the game against Baskonia, so there is no news here…
The wave was caused by the eight caps, because on the one hand there are a lot of them and on the other hand the so-called do not have a big problem with davtes.
Before the game with Villerban, he had taken 12 shots in 14 games, and suddenly he flashed and thundered from a 0.8 average to eight!
What is the key quality a good blocker should have?
The cap for Moretti, the timing and the caps
Instead of answering, I’ll give the floor to a specialist and expert, none other than Panagiotis Fasoulas, who, among other things, scored the most decisive international match in the history of Olympiacos!
I am referring to the match against Paolo Moretti in the third game of the European Champions Cup playoff series in the 10993/94 season, thanks to which Piraeus qualified for the Final 4 in Tel Aviv.
“Everything is a question of timing“he explained to me when I asked him how he cultivated and developed his art.
“You need to know and understand where, when and how to jump to block the opponent’s shot. In addition to this sense of space and time, speed of movement and long arms also play a role. I did the caps and even covered the ball so we could go straight to attack” explains Fasoulas, who is already drawing the moral lesson of the story…
“Attack requires talent, but defense depends on will.”
The spider web
Last but not least, this desire flowed from the… gums of Fasoula, who went out and trapped his opponents in the spider’s web from which no one could escape.
From his appearance in the early 80s until his retirement in 1999, he reduced defense not only to a science, but to a spectacular spectacle!
Source: sport 24
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Matias Lessor received hundreds of interesting messages from friends of Panathinaikos AKTOR about his injury and quickly explained what the situation is.
Matias Lessor’s injury was the only black mark in the game against Armani Milano. For this very reason, the people of Panathinaikos AKTOR didn’t enjoy it as much as they would have liked. At least until they received the results of the sports high school exams.
The day after the game, it became clear that the problem was not serious. However, Matias Lessor explained in detail how he feels after his injury and thanked everyone for their interest.
Matias Lesor’s message in detail:
“Thank you everyone for your lovely messages and your interest. I’m feeling much better. It just hurts, but I’m fine“.
Source: sport 24
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End of alert for Matias Lesor at Panathinaikos AKTOR. The French center has a bad back due to the injury and will miss tomorrow’s (December 24th) game against Prometheus in Patras (20:15, ERT3 and LIVE on Sportish), but his tests were clear.
Matias Lesor will play in tomorrow’s (December 24th) away game of Panathinaikos AKTOR against Prometheus (8:15 p.m., 3 a.m. and LIVE from Sportish) on matchday 11 of the Stoiximan Basket League due to the lower back injury he sustained in this game , do not compete Armani Milano. But he escaped the worst.
The French center was tested immediately after the return of the “Greens” from Milan, who were “clean”. In other words, they didn’t show that the bone was broken in the middle – which everyone feared when they saw the Frenchman slaughtered on the ground. But Lesor is still in pain, ruling him out of the game against Prometheus and considered doubtful for next week’s EuroLeague game against Red Star.
With Lesor out, Oleg Balcherovski, Kostas Antetokounmpo and Dinos Mitoglou will fill the center position in the game against Prometheus.
Source: sport 24
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