Alba Berlin – Panathinaikos 87-78: Tasks in Nedovic’s one-man show

Big ups and downs, few solutions in attack, a Nemanja Nedovic against everyone and a Berlin defeat for Panathinaikos, who was in the made up game for the 19th game of the EuroLeague on Wednesday evening (6. 4) .

The Panathinaikos Serbian superstar finished the match with 27 points in 28:33 (8/11 two points, 3/6 three points, 2/2 shots), landing awkwardly on the floor in 37′, leaving everyone feeling that he was very badly injured but luckily made his own way from the field to the bench on a night in which he dominated.

At 8:19, the Greens, at 12:15 the Berlin team, making up for their absences, had a two-point, three-point record and an impressive assists/errors ratio to establish comfortable dominance against a disappointed opponent.

The MVP

Maodo Lo in the ace and Christ Kumaji in the middle share the title of best player. They made the difference on the night Alba robbed Marcus Erickson, Ben Lammers and left Luke Sikma and Joel Zusmann on the bench for the continuation of the German championship.

The weak link

Bad night for Daryl Makon, who was left with six points from 2/4 two points, 0/3 three points and 2/2 shots, had an assist for two errors and failed to work in support of Nemanja Nedovic. Others trailed Panathinaikos but the American’s goalscoring appeal has made him overpriced this season, with the result that if he ‘doesn’t draw’ his team loses a significant part of their strength.

The stats that stood out

Alba shot just seven, made 33 baskets with 26 assists and made just ten penalties. Panathinaikos, meanwhile, remained at 29.4% on the three, with Papagiannis having four points from 2/7 twos to 32-14, at a time when points from the opponent’s errors were 18-10 in favor of the hosts.

The race

With efficiency in the two points (5/5 in the first five minutes), Panathinaikos read the game well in the beginning, but Lo with goals and creation made the difference to 17-11 in 6′. The nasty Kumatzi was a huge problem for Papagiannis towards the end of the season, Blatt scored a three-pointer in 9′ to make it 28:13 and suddenly the game tilted towards the home side in just a few phases.

Panathinaikos’ image was not good but Nedovic took him on his back and scored in spurts to make it 37-28 while Makon reduced to six (37-31) and the game changed shape again at some stages. Nedovic scored a three at 37:34 after complaining earlier because the ball didn’t reach his hands, and the 44:40 at half time made everyone happy. The hosts for the leadership and the guests for the reaction.

However, the picture of the third period was more reminiscent of that of the first than of the second. Alba had good ball movement, rebuilding a safety lead with Nedovic continuing the one-man show for Panathinaikos, who fell to -14 at the end of the fourth period and were unable to react. The Serb fell awkwardly to the ground 3:09 from the final and everyone felt a…tightness in their hearts, but he got off the ground alone so the night didn’t end in a nightmare for the greens.

THE REFEREES: Latisevs, Rakis, Peruga

THE TEN MINUTES: 28-13, 44-40, 69-55, 87-78

BERLINER ALPHA (Gonthaleth): Lo 11 (3 threes, 3 rebounds, 7 assists, no fouls at 23:20), Da Silva 16 (5/10 twos, 2/3 threes), Smith 6 (1/9 shots), Delou 11 (2/2 two points, 2/2 three points, 1/1 shot), Matisek 2, Snyder 3, Olinde, Kumaji 12 (5/8 two points, 2/2 shots, 8 rebounds in 14:08), team 4 (7 rebounds, 4 assists), Shikma 2 (1/7 shots, 6 rebounds, 2 assists), sheet 9 (3), Zusman 11 (3/4 3-points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists)

Panathinaikos (Priftis): Meikon 6 (2/8 shots), Papagiannis 4 (2/7 two points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 3 blocks), Bohoridis, Kavvadas 5, Papapetrou 15 (3/6 two points, 1 /3 three points, 6/8 shots, 5 rebounds), Kaselakis 4, White 12 (3/4 two points, 1/2 three points, 3/3 shots, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 2 errors), Nedovic 27 (8/11 two points, 3/6 three points, 2/2 shots, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 errors), Evans, Mantzoukas 2, Sant-Ross 3 (4 rebounds, 4 assists)

The group statistics of Alba Berlin: 19/43 two points, 14/33 three points, 7/7 shots, 37 rebounds (21 defensive – 16 offensive), 26 assists, 9 steals, 1 block, 10 errors

Panathinaikos team statistics: 24/41 two points, 5/17 three points, 15/19 shots, 40 rebounds (32 defensive – 8 offensive), 16 assists, 7 steals, 5 blocks, 15 errors

The next games of the two teams: In the 34th game, Alba plays Monaco in Monte Carlo (8/4 at 22:00), while Panathinaikos meets Fenerbahce in Istanbul (8/4 at 20:45).