In a derby with quite a lot of nerves and a battle till… lastly, Panathinaikos made the break in SEF, defeating Olympiakos 88-85 and sending the finals of the Stoiximan Basket League to the fifth and last match (14/6, 21:15).
The match
Olympiacos began with Milutinov, Peters, Papanikolaou, Kanan and Walkap, whereas Panathinaikos AKTOR began with Lesor, Mitoglou, Papapetrou, Nan and Grant. Higher begin from the “crimson and whites”, who had the lead early on (7-3), with the “greens” choosing it up and going forward with Nan and Lessor (9-10), within the fifth minute. With a three-pointer by Papanikolaou, Piraeus regained the lead (12-10) and saved it till the response from Lesor and Sloukas (16-17), within the seventh minute. The final two minutes belonged to Barzoka's workforce, which compelled the “clover” into errors and with Milutinov and Williams-Goss went on a 6-0 run, closing the primary interval at +5 (22-17).
With the entry of Antetokounmpo on the court docket, along with Sluka, Panathinaikos entered the second quarter higher, making particular person scores 1-7 and going forward (23-24). Then, the reply got here from Olympiakos, which by its protection compelled the “greens” to make errors and, together with the hungry Williams-Goss and Petrusev, took management, the place they initially escaped to +9 (36-27) after which to +11 (42-31), at 15'. The “greens” reacted with Mitoglou, with Larentzakis responding with a private crescendo for the Piraeus and the brand new +11 (47-36), at 17'. The guests fell behind with runs by Sluka and Nunn (47-41), with Barzoka's gamers making the most of offensive rebounds for +10 (51-41), however an unimaginable buzzer beater three-pointer by Grant from the middle made it 51- 44 of the primary half.
Very powerful defenses from each within the first minutes of the second interval, the place just one basket from Grant had entered (51-46). Olympiakos' first basket was a 3-pointer by Kanan (54-46), however Grant continued to be terrific on either side of the ground, with defenses and baskets, pushing Panathinaikos on a 10-0 run to take the lead (54-56). at 15'. The “crimson and whites” regained the lead with Kanan (58-56), with Lessor first equalizing (58-58) after which sending the “greens” to +3 (61-64), with Kanan makes it 64-64 on the finish of the third interval with a three-pointer.
Panathinaikos took the lead (64-66) in the beginning of the fourth quarter with Lesor's dunk, with Olympiakos responding with a 6-0 run by Petrusev and Larentzakis to overhaul (70-66) within the thirty second minute. The response of the “greens” was quick and with Sluka and Nan they scored individually 1-11, for +6 (71-77), within the thirty fourth minute. Peters “unstuck” the Piraeus briefly, however Nan continued his… violin for +8 (73-81), within the thirty sixth minute. The “crimson and whites” reacted with good protection and lowered McKissick and Peters to the basket (83-85), within the thirty eighth minute. Nice defenses by Grant and Lessor adopted, and an error by Papanikolaou, with the French going to the road for 1/2 (83-86), with 39.8 minutes to go. Kanan then missed two free throws and Nunn went 0/2 from the road with 16.1 minutes left. At 9.8'' Williams-Goss went to the road and with 1/2 he made it 84-86. Then, Grant made 2/2 (84-88) and fouled me on a 3-pointer by Papanikolaou, who made 1/3, at 6.1'' and thus Panathinaikos took the victory with the ultimate 85-88.
The quarters: 22-17, 51-44, 64-64, 85-88
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