The “clover” prevailed relatively easily against the team of Yiannis Sfeiropoulos, for the 30th matchday of the Euroleague, improved its record to 19-11 and obliged the Serbians to their 20th defeat, who no longer have the right to the dream of qualifying for the play ins.
With the answers from the 6.75 (12/21 three-pointers)… silencing any attempt to react by Red Star, Panathinaikos moved up to third place and needs four more… steps to enter the playoffs with home field advantage.
Great performance by Kostas Sloukas, who finished the match with 17 points, 10 assists, 3 rebounds, one steal and no mistakes in 27 minutes of participation, while Dinos Mitoglou (17 points, 9 points) was once again valuable. Matias Lessor (19 points, 6 points, 4 assists), Kendrick Nunn (15 points) and Jerian Grant (12 points, 4 points, 5 assists).
From the absent Red Star (Yogo dos Santos, Branko Lazic and Nikola Topic), Nemanja Nedovic and Dejan Davidovac stood out, scoring 19 points each.
It is worth noting the great move of KAE Panathinaikos, which accommodated in the court seats next to the “green” bench the son of Alexandros Nikolaidis and Ruxi Dumitrescu, who recently passed away, Filippo.
In fact, the youngster was given a Matias Lessor jersey as a gift, which was signed by the French center after the match, when Philippos visited the locker room and took a photo with Kostas Sloukas.
The quarters: 20-29, 41-51, 56-70, 76-89
After a sluggish start, Panathinaikos found a rhythm from 6.75 in the 5th minute and counting 7/9 three-pointers in the first period took the reins and closed the quarter at +9 (20-29).
With the attack in the foreground and the long shots continuing to do the damage, the “greens” did not lose their duration in the productivity part, they shot the difference to +14 (22-36 in 12′), while with the three-pointers to cut off any attempt to answer the Serbians, the “clover” remained at a safe distance until halftime (41-51).
Red Star increased the pressure in the third period, but Panathinaikos took advantage of the gaps and errors of the Serbs, restoring the difference to +14 at the 27th minute (48-62) and at the end of the quarter (56-70), quietly entering the … conclusion of the match.
A… relaxation in the first minutes allowed the hosts to believe in the reversal, reducing at 35′ to 65-73, but that was it… Panathinaikos pulled out all the necessary defenses, at the moment when the front line and the perimeter of the “greens” were finding solutions , leading the “clover” without stress to the final 76-89.
REFEREES: Garcia – Pastusiak – Konstantinovs
The compositions:
RED STAR (Yiannis Sfairopoulos): Smart 2, Lazarevic, Teodosic 4, Hanga 2, Davindovac 19 (2), Mitrovic 6, Toby, Boloboi 11 (1), Ilic 9, Nedovic 19 (3), Gendraitis 4, Gillespie.
PANATHINAICOS (Ergin Ataman): Kalaitzakis, Moraitis, Balcherovski, Slukas 17 (3), Grant 12 (2), Nan 15 (3), Lessor 19, Grigonis 8 (2), Hernangometh 1, Mitoglou 17 (3).
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