In a terrific ambiance on the renovated and extremely spectacular OAKA, Panathinaikos AKTOR made it 2/2 within the Euroleague as they beat Bayern Munich 94-79. Lesor is the very best, (22 factors) Hernangomet is great with a double double (12 factors, 11 rebounds)
All the pieces was good. The brand new stadium. The glass flooring. The ambiance. The world. They usually grew to become much more best throughout the 4 traces of the parquet. The place Panathinaikos had no drawback beating Bayern Munich 94-79 and making it 2/2 after the primary two video games of the Euroleague.
There have been intervals when the “greens” have been stormy. And that's because of their protection. In reality, they despatched the distinction to 19 factors virtually in the midst of the third interval, displaying that they absolutely management the sport. However the rest, mixed with Bayern discovering their accuracy, gave new curiosity to the sport. However, the distinction in high quality was such that it didn’t go away a lot room to fret the house crew.
Matias Lesor was dominant and the primary scorer of the match (22 factors), whereas Juancho Hernangometh performed one in every of his finest video games with the Panathinaikos shirt, having 12 factors and 11 rebounds.
The match: Panathinaikos – Bayern Munich
The beginning of the match for Panathinaikos was dreamlike. The nice defenses additionally introduced the straightforward basket to the assault, on account of which he “ran” within the first section of a 10-0 streak, having stored his basket “untouched” for greater than three minutes. Not that Bayern appeared notably threatening. It decreased to 10-5 however once more the distinction began to “escape” on behalf of the house crew reaching +15 (25-10) shortly earlier than the top of the first interval which ended at 25-16 with the Bavarians closing the quarter with a 6-0.
Kendrick Nunn began strongly having scored 10 factors within the 1st first interval with 2/5 two-pointers and a couple of/2 three-pointers, whereas the presence of Chedi Osman was excellent who was “5 hundred” and gave numerous vitality to the “greens” within the first a part of the sport with 5 factors, 2 steals, good protection and working within the open court docket. The “inexperienced” had 8/14 two-pointers, 3/4 three-pointers and 7-3 rebounds, whereas Bayern had counted 3/6 two-pointers, 3/10 three-pointers and 1/1 shot.
Though Ataman made many adjustments in faces and fives, Panathinaikos didn’t lose the rhythm. Though there have been occasions when he was “dashing” to complete phases, he persistently held a 15+ level lead. In reality, the rating index reached +18 (40-22) three minutes earlier than the top of the half. An increasing number of gamers entered the offensive equation, nevertheless the three-pointers of Voigtman and Obst lowered the distinction to 13 factors (47-34) on the finish of the primary half within the match.
Nan closed the primary half with 12 factors and 4 assists, whereas Matias Lessor had one other 12 factors with 5/6 2-pointers and a couple of/4 photographs. Ergin Ataman's crew had good percentages inside the blokes with 18/34 two-pointers whereas he had tried solely 4 three-pointers having 75% with 3/4 exterior of 6.75 meters. As well as, he had collected 10 rebounds greater than Bayern (24 in opposition to 14), which for its half shot 7/18 on two-pointers and 5/15 on three-pointers.
The nice defenses of Panathinaikos continued within the third interval on account of which for the primary time within the match they have been on the verge of 20 factors (59-40 at 23'). After all, he couldn’t preserve the vitality ranges continually at full pace and Bayern discovered methods to cut back the distinction (59-45 at 26').
Matias Lessor had taken it… personally reaching 18 factors within the twenty seventh minute, nevertheless the distinction didn’t attain the identical ranges once more. As an alternative, Bayern ran a partial 18-7 and lowered by the top of the third quarter to 66-58. It was Panathinaikos' worst interval as they conceded 18 factors in seven minutes.
And the Bavarians didn't cease there as they got here inside two possessions (66-60 at 31'). However the distinction returned to +10 for Panathinaikos with Brown and Yurtseven, at a degree the place Ataman tried to revive the misplaced vitality within the ranks of his crew. However, Bayern chased the possibilities that they had, decreasing it once more to 70-65 within the thirty third minute.
However a brand new outburst by the Greek crew by the hand of Huatso introduced the distinction to +13 (78-65 at 35') and basically dropped the top of the match titles. The rating indicator returned to +15 (82-67 at 36') with Matias Lessor… stirring up the platform.
The quarters: 25-16, 47-34, 66-58, 94-79.
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