Euro League
Panathinaikos ACTOR and Grigonis in the green courtyard of miracles
The zipper that Grigonis puts on those who doubted him, the gifts of Monaco and the unparalleled desire to crash and ultimately win. Yiannis Fileris writes about the Panathinaikos ACTOR who is slowly returning to the court of basketball wonders.
It was time for Panathinaikos AKTOR to experience such a victory. It was time to return to the basketball wonderland with a huge double in Monaco.
Well, the home team also had a hand in the game until the “Greens” with Marius Grigonis as an attacker marked the Monegasques in… the glory of their home country and won straight away with three points. They managed to come back from -15, they never gave up, but they didn’t say no to the Principality’s gifts to the team. They have achieved a great victory and come to Milan with a different attitude to slowly build the character of their new team.
At first, Panathinaikos AKTOR naturally tried to commit suicide. With Sluka’s foul at midfield, Mike James was ready for the famous trick shot (and good one), for three points. The demonic American had managed to catch the ball with both hands at the time of the Greek international’s foul, prompting the referees to declare that a foul had been committed at the time of the shot. Three shots and a +4 point lead for Monaco with less than a minute left.
But even when PAO was quickly reduced to the basket in the ensuing attack (Slukas found a full lane for a layup), Vildosa was unable to properly defend Okobo. Two and a half seconds before the end, the French guard found his balance on the top of the stick and received the maximum from the Argentine: a goal foul.
Okobo looked at the bench, obviously Obradovic told him to miss on purpose to pass the time, but of course not like that. When he threw the ball, the referees could only call a foul. Monaco’s ace had done exactly the opposite of what he wanted. He stopped the time and gave Ataman the opportunity to take a timeout and Panathinaikos AKTOR to attack from the second half of the field.
The clover said “mille merci” and didn’t miss the chance. Bam and down, from Grigonis, all players down, defeat in the hotel in the locker room in a nice atmosphere that Dinos Iliopoulos would say, but this time he would mean it. Ataman had planned for Mitoglou to shoot, but in the last seconds they often saw the coaches’ drawings on their board, they went for a walk.
Grigonis pulls up the zipper
Alexandros Trigas spelled it correctly. This match, in addition to being… crazy at the end, was also a vindication of a person who was wronged. What Marius Grigonis heard last year is indescribable. As if he was responsible for the poor and topsy-turvy design of the Panathinaikos AKTOR, he was forced to do things that he couldn’t do and that didn’t match his talent, but also his basic characteristics as a player.
The strongly controlled Lithuanian defender is developing into an excellent player in a team with clear roles and fits harmoniously into an ensemble. A great shooter, a good defender who makes his presence known because the team is good.
Last year they asked him to play LeBron James. He almost knew obsolescence, “not, not showing, not, not.” Now he’s simply racing through those who doubted him, averaging 10.5 points per second and shooting at a rate of 43.1%. in three-point shooting. You know what? Last year he was a little more accurate (43.5%), but everyone remembers a player… who didn’t do that and even had to leave in the summer because he had no other choice.
Ataman disagreed. And the 29-year-old star is now his normal self. It’s not (like last year) the player, but the team itself…
To get the gift, he chased after it with passion
Okay, everyone is surprised. Panathinaikos AKTOR is no longer the same team. The Nutcracker who has been back and forth in the Euroleague for the last two or three years. He has not yet achieved the glory of the past, but he is inspired by it and sees the prospects that open up to him. Ataman, with the self-confidence that defines him, begins to transfer to his players the winning mentality with which he thrived in Ephesus.
His return after Monaco’s dominant performance for much of the game is a sign of the ‘green’ intentions. At other times -15 would become -30, now things are different. Ataman’s players were not fazed by the slaps from the home team. On the contrary… they have woken up.
Despite the three fouls, Lessor became a rock in the game, pulling all opposing players forward and causing the surprise at the end with a decisive goal foul. Kendrick Nunn suffered under the Monegasque defense for thirty minutes and only scored one point. Until he scored his first basket, he only scored points from shots, going 0/6 two-pointers and 0/1 three-pointers. He finished the game with 14 points, including 13 in the crucial final quarter!
Kostas Sloukas, with 17 points and 4 assists, was the first to believe in the turnaround and work harmoniously with the other Kostas (Mitoglou), and so the top scorer of the game, Marius Grigonis, made the final decision to… execute Monaco
Take me to Milan
Such victories and such surprises shape the character of the team. Grigonis also said it after the game, I think everyone will agree with me. These doubles also forge the well-being of victory, the connection of the players with the (for most) new jersey, the world, their coach. Everything that makes a great team. You don’t start at the top, but approach it slowly, climbing the steps one by one.
And this triumph in Monaco is one of the steps that Panathinaikos AKTOR can take. Of course, it’s enough that he doesn’t rest on his laurels and continues with the same intensity that he showed at the end of the game. He clearly needs to forget his general defensive behavior (particularly the way the home team got into the stick too easily (52.5% 2-point shots) or found free 3-point shots).
He wants to maintain the determination and passion of the fourth period (23-35), of course his aggressive streak, but he knows that he won’t be given gifts like Okobo’s every time, so he has to make sure that the game is achieved no moments of basketball madness. Not that this feeling isn’t nice too. On the other hand. But now that he’s going full throttle in Milan, he can avoid such Hitchcock finals, so that the eight wins become nine more easily…
Source: sport 24
I am a writer at Sportish, where I mainly cover sports news. I’ve also written for The Guardian and ESPN Brasil, and my work has been featured on NBC Sports, SI.com and more. Before working in journalism, I was an athlete: I played football for Colgate University and competed in the US Open Cross Country Championships.
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
I am a writer at Sportish, where I mainly cover sports news. I’ve also written for The Guardian and ESPN Brasil, and my work has been featured on NBC Sports, SI.com and more. Before working in journalism, I was an athlete: I played football for Colgate University and competed in the US Open Cross Country Championships.
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
I am a writer at Sportish, where I mainly cover sports news. I’ve also written for The Guardian and ESPN Brasil, and my work has been featured on NBC Sports, SI.com and more. Before working in journalism, I was an athlete: I played football for Colgate University and competed in the US Open Cross Country Championships.
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
I am a writer at Sportish, where I mainly cover sports news. I’ve also written for The Guardian and ESPN Brasil, and my work has been featured on NBC Sports, SI.com and more. Before working in journalism, I was an athlete: I played football for Colgate University and competed in the US Open Cross Country Championships.
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