The match against the weak Villerban in OAKA proved to be a relatively easy task for Panathinaikos: 85-67 (halftime 38-36), in front of 12,000 fans. The “greens” are in the top four of the Euroleague standings.
Panathinaikos struggled in the first half, but escaped at the beginning of the third period: 46-40 and 57-46 with a three-pointer by Juancho Hernangometh. Kostas Slukas wrote 67-57 and Kendrick Nunn increased the difference to 18 points (80-62), to seal the victory of the “clover”.
Jerian Grant was the leader of Panathinaikos with 21 points and 4 steals. Kostas Slukas finished the game with 14 points and 8 assists, while Marius Grigonis had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Matias Lessor scored 17 points.
Ergin Ataman used Nan 13, Kalaitzakis 2, Moraitis, Papapetrou, Hernangometh 3, Mitoglou 3, Mandzouka, Balcherovski 1. The injured Vildosa, K. Antetokounmpo were also absent this time. Panathinaikos appeared in purple jerseys to celebrate Women’s Day.
For Villeurbanne, which remains in the bottom of the standings with a 6-22 record, Deshaun Thomas scored 7 points against his old team. De Colo 15, Lovern 11, Yaakov 10 also stood out.
Panathinaikos has 18 wins and 10 losses and is tied for third place with Monaco, which it has beaten twice. Real leads with a record of 22-6 and Barcelona is second with 19-9.
Olympiacos, which yesterday defeated Virtus in Faliro with 74-69 despite the absence of Walkup (Papanikolau 16, Kanaan 12, Fal 11), shares the fifth place with the Bologna team and with Fenerbahce, with a record of 17-11. The top six teams advance directly to the playoffs.
Next week, the “eternal” of Greek basketball will clash with each other in Faliro, on Thursday night. There are six games left in the regular season.
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