Panathinaikos had quite an easy assignment facing Peristeri for game 11 in the Greek League at the indoor OAKA stadium. It prevailed 92-61, in an full of show time moments encounter at both ends of the court.
A balanced out first quarter led to a tie 20-20 at minute 10. Panathinaikos could not escape with any kind of a margin, was unable to enforce its pace on the floor, Peristeri in the meantime, getting good range from beyond the arc (5-for-10 threes). This essentially was its weapon against the greens, who proceeded to dominate second quarter play-time to its fullest. Great defense plus rebounding superlative presented the clover with the opportunity to run the open field on to fast breaks thus providing it with easy buckets as it also stirred up a few sweet connections amongst teammates, hence it started gradually to leave its guest trailing behind. The partial 29-12 second quarter score flexed the score-board to read 49-32 at intermission, fixed behind an unbelievable buzzer-beater trifecta, unleashed at 4’’’ before half-time all the way down from Death Valley sent by “Too good to be Drew” Nicholas that swooshed the net at the other end of the court.
The pace was at the same velocity for the home-team all through the third quarter also, defense remained asphyxiating and the green advantage blew-up to a +30 stature, first time at 26’30’’ (69-39). The only dark cloud in an otherwise clover blue-sky clash appeared at 31’40’’, moment at which Vassilis Spanoulis sprained his foot and unwilling left the game with a more than obvious limp. Otherwise, the game was a wrap and all that was destined to be decided was the final score, 92-61 Panathinaikos game.
Referees: Tanatzis, Afentoulidis, Somos
Quarters: 20-20, 49-32, 73-47, 92-61
Panathinaikos (Obradovic): Tepic 14, Spanoulis 6, Perperoglou 2, Batiste 18, Fotsis 7, Nicholas 6, Tsartsaris 2, Pekovic 20, Calathes 6, Shermadini 2, Verginis 3, Jasikevicius 6
Peristeri (Skourtopoulos): Hammonds 7, Faison 8, Papanikolopoulos 8, Mantzaris V. 4, Bramos 4, Nelson 14, Mantzaris A., Margaritis 5, Deligiannis, Wilkinson, Tsiakos 5, Arnold 6
