ALBA (12/15) Berlin in its arena in the 19th round match of the Euroleague 87:78 (28:13, 16:27, 25:15, 18:23) defeated the Athens Panathinaikos (8/19) basketball players.
ALBA finished the first half in 9: 0 and gained a solid advantage – 28:13. The second quarter already belonged to the players of Panathinaika, who approached 13: 2 after the section (34:37), and finished the first part of the match with a deficit of 4 points – 40:44.
After the big break, the hosts regained control of the duel, and the advantage increased at the end of the third quarter thanks to the 9: 0 section – 64:50. During the last 10 minutes, the PAO was no longer able to catch up.
This victory of ALBA is favorable for Kaunas “Žalgiris”, who have a chance to rise from the last place – it requires another defeat of “Panathinaika” – in Friday before Istanbul “Fenerbahce”.
The meeting, which was watched by 4 thousand. 355 fans, the judge was also Saulius Račys from Lithuania.
ALBA: Oscar Da Silva 16 (5/10 colon), Christas Koumadje 12 (14 min., 8 p.m., 18 pts), Maodo Lo (3/6 colon, 7 res.), Malte Delow and Yovel Zoosman (3/4 three-pointers) after 11, Tamir Blatt 9 (3/5 three-pointers).
Panathinaikos: Nemanja Nedovičius 27 (8/11 two-pointers, 3/6 three-pointers, 25 points), Ioannis Papapetrou 15 (5th rev.), Okaro White 12 (5th rev.).
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