Euro League
Usually Panathinaikos Itoudis had to applaud
Giannis Fileris writes about the sweeping CSKA and Itoudis’ time out, which was frowned upon in OAKA, while he should be applauded for simply reminding everyone that Panathinaikos turned out great
Nobody would have thought that this terrible foursome by Marios Grigonis would completely change the course of the game. Panathinaikos, wearing either the short opening figure or the Priftis belts, had put CSKA to the test in the first seven minutes of the game when it passed 20:17 thanks to a basket from Ioannis Papapetrou. The sequel was like a storm in the Russian steppe where you can’t hide.
The Russians pulverized Panathinaikos, who already had the problem of the many days of inactivity due to the coronavirus, an additional obstacle to see the already (very) best of CSKA Moscow. A resounding 23: 0 with successive three-pointers (11/18 from the line in the first part of the guests) with reading of every defense and every attack. The weak Panathinaikos was 9:15 minutes without a basket and the difference skyrocketed.
CSKA, which has suffered many injuries this year (played without Claiborne), cannot be compared to PAO. The fact that a player like Alexei Svend came out quickly and came back in the end shows the depth of the squad and its great potential.
The handicap reached -30, Panathinaikos tried to collect it, reduced it to -24 and there, less than a minute before the end, Dimitris Itoudis requested a time-out. The (due to the measures) almost empty OAKA began to disapprove of the Greek coach because he considered his move to be excessive and had escaped during the difference.
And yet they should have applauded him. The former key employee of Zeljko Obradovic, present in five of the six Panathinaikos Euroleague, did nothing other than what he learned as a member of the large team of the “Greens”. A self-respecting team did not relax and had to recover in seconds. Itoudis is continuing this work at CSKA. This is how teams work that have grandiose goals, win trophies and stand out from others.
Instead of disapproving of the friends of PAO, they should applaud Itoudis, who, unlike her team, still thinks and plays at the highest level and claims the trophies that were once a “green” affair. And it was a break from then. The CSKA coach simply reminded the public of the details that make a team great. The people of Panathinaikos should remember this and not get upset, considering that it was an act that amounted to an insult to the “Greens”. On the other hand.
Not even a foul
The Euroleague is not going well for Panathinaikos. We wrote it after the heavy defeat against Olympiacos. It will take a lot of effort on the part of Prifti and the players to find the motivation, but also to exaggerate themselves in order to escape such bad nights when the ax seems to fall heavily on them.
When CSKA stepped on the gas and founded a party in OAKA, Panathinaikos seemed to accept his ordeal stoically. As if he had to twist his cheek every time, he went crazy while eating slaps. The Russians paraded and PAO finished half-time with just three fouls.
This is not the first time Panathinaikos has suffered such a mess this year. He’s very fragile in his psychology, once the game goes wrong he doesn’t do anything … wrong. Obviously he is missing a lot at this year’s PAO to compete with teams at CSKA level, but his level cannot be lost with 30 points.
However, it toppled him and what follows is a series of games that Panathinaikos faces because if you lose by 20 and 30 points, although obviously only the national competitions are interested, the crashes in Europe combined with the fatigue (and travel) can also affect the goals of the group …
Waiting (for) Jovic
However, we should include the recent transfer of Stefan Jovic in this plan to strengthen the squad to defend the title in Greece. Given his many months out of the field, we will not see immediately how much he can help and change Panathinaikos, but in considerable time.
The Serbian playmaker is obviously an excellent organizer and equally good performer, but he lacks the games to have rhythm and to focus his light on a problem from the start in the “1” position. The Euroleague will serve to slowly warm up Jovic, bring him back to the high level and tie in with the other Panathinaikos guards, one of whom will lose a lot of participation time.
The question “why now Jovic and not earlier” has to do with the willingness of the player, although the “Greens” spent their time in vain with the Ferrell solution, which did not fit into the overall package, but did not fit, and it differs greatly from Central Perry . The American guardsman, who started as a key player, played his best game in the Euroleague.
In a match that ended with +24 points at the top of his team …
Source: sport24
Jessica Martinez is an author at Sportish, a publication dedicated to sports news and analysis. She covers various topics related to sports and provides insightful commentary on the latest developments in the world of sports.
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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