Panathinaikos achieved its third victory in six days: 92-68 against French Villeurbanne, with a show of strength in front of 10,000 fans at OAKA. At halftime, the score was 45-29.
Yurtseven, Nan, Huatso led the European champion to an early double-digit lead: 18-5, 28-16 and 38-23 on a pin by Lorenzo Brown. The difference reached 19 points with unanswered surprises in the middle of the third period (60-41) and exceeded 20 with a three-pointer by Kostas Sloukas.
Ergin Ataman used Sluka 9, Brown 17, Nan 14, Grant 2, Kalaitzaki 2, Papapetrou 1, Osman 5, Hernangomet 13, Mitoglou 7, Lesor 9, Yurtseven 10, K. Antetokounmpo 3. The injured Grigonis was absent again.
The Turkish coach of Panathinaikos dedicated the victory to the memory of his close friend, Titus Komnenos, the Greek basketball player (and Efes) who passed away today at the age of 81. “He was my brother and my father,” Ataman wrote in an emotional post. “Now I feel like I was left alone in Athens.”
The “clover” now has 4 wins in 6 games, while Villerban dropped to 2-4.
Former “red and white” Tarik Black scored 4 points for the French team. Jackson was the top scorer with 13, Sacco, Harrison added 12 each, while the versatile De Colo was absent.
Panathinaikos, coming off big away wins over Fenerbahce and Olympiakos, will be tested in Belgrade on Friday night, against Red Star (3-3). The team of Yannis Sfeiropoulos lost tonight to the in-form Zalgiris in Kaunas with 86-84.
Olympiacos, which yesterday defeated Real at home 79-69 in Faliro and reached 3-3, welcomes the leader Barcelona (5-1) tomorrow in Faliro. The SEF will be full again, since there are only a few unsold tickets left. Next week, the two “eternals” will clash with each other in the OAKA in the context of the 8th matchday of the Euroleague.
In a match for the Eurocup, Aris defeated last year’s finalist Burg in France 91-88, with Vassilis Toliopoulos (21 points) as the protagonist.
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