Panathinaikos was better in the last quarter and managed to edge PAOK 83-77. Greens now lead the semifinal series 2-0.
PAOK, for a second consecutive game, was ready to fight. Panathinaikos got a narrow lead (11-7 3'30'' & 13-9, 5'10''), but the guests used a 8-0 partial to take the lad (13-7, 9') and moved on to the second quarter in the same pace. Bogris, Charalampidis, Tsairelis and Cooper helped their team to get to +12 (20-32, 14'), Greens tried to make their comeback (30-34, 16'40''), but PAOK managed to get to +9 (31-40, 20'15''). Jonas Maciulis seemed to have the answers for Panathinaikos both in offense and defense, while the Greens managed to make some shots behind the arc: They were 1/13 in the first half and went to 5/8 in the third quarter. Maciulis, Diamantidis, Ukic and Gist were sharp from the 3pt line, leading to 53-45 (27'). PAOK fought back (59-58, 31'50''). Bramos, Gist and Diamantidis stepped up to give Panathinaikos a 10point margin (68-58, 33'30''). The guests managed to cut the deficit (73-68, 38'10''), but Greens kept the lead and reached the final 83-77.
The next game will be played in Thessaloniki, on Monday the 19th of May at 20.00
Referees: Karakatsounis, Poursanidis G., Deslis
Quarters: 15-18, 31-37, 56-53, 83-77
Panathinaikos (Alvertis): Bramos 7, Curry 2, Fotsis 2, Ukic 15, Lasme 6, Mavrokefalidis 6, Diamantidis 17, Gist 17, Pappas 2, Jankovic 1, Maciulis 8
PAOK (Markopoulos): Payne 15, Cooper 16, Charalampidis 17, Tsochlas 1, Vucicevic, Tsairelis 10, Dedas 6, Margaritis 3, Bogris 9, Kaselakis
