Panathinaikos went for yet another road win. In the Glyfada Indoor arena it downed Ikaros Kallitheas in views of day 11 in the Greek League by final score 91-62 and are as of now the greens are starting preparation for the great matchup across from archrival Olympiakos at the OAKA stadium (12/1, 21:00).
The aspired for factor of concentration Zeljko Obradovic was after behind his players from tip-off, was instrumented on the floor as hoped for. Panathinaikos went down the same alley as in previous clash with Panionios and from minute one held fast on the game’s reigns. Great range, effectiveness in backcourt plus complete control over rebounding were the combination of elements that allowed it to run on fast breaks but also to mount a safety cushion which it did nothing but expand no matter the different formations of the versatile schemes the technical staff introduced to the court.
6-11 (3’35’’) swiftly turned into 6-19 (5’40’’) behind a 8-0 run, Panathinaikos having allowed Ikaros to get to a single rebound up to that point (1-7). The greens kept up the same pace, climbed all the way up to +14 (8-22, 6’10’’), behind a feisty Antonis Fotsis mounted a +17 edge (10-27, 7’25’’), only to keep it up all through the second quarter, ante being upped to +21 an advantage (19-40, 16’30’’) set by Romain Sato. Diamantidis and Perperoglou copied his actions to 25-46 (18’20’’) and 27-46 (19’55’’) respectively, only for the break to find the score board reading 29-48, set by McAlarney. Let it be noted that the clover’s pure dominance in rebounding continued all through the first half (24-11).
Ikaros stepped out on court determent in defense, got to a pair of good three’s shared between Polytarchou and McAlarney to pick up the slack to 13 points (37-50, 22’30’’). Dimitris Diamantidis was the man of the hour yet again. He flexed the score to 39-56 (23’50’’), Drew Nicholas cruising the clover to a +20 lead (41-61), Perperoglou sending the gap to 22 point for the first time in the encounter (43-65, 27’30’’). Sato got to +27 marking a three-point-play (49-76, 32’). Nicholas got to the time and the attempts he needed returning to action, to 58-86 (38’10’’, +28) drilling his third trifecta of the evening. The greatest margin was +29, stature Panathinaikos marked at 39’20’’ off an attempt by Nick Calathes scoring on the fast break and also as Milenko Tepic got the last bucket of the game into validation slightly prior to the buzzer (62-91).
Referees: Spyridonos, Bitis, Pantelidis
Quarters: 16-30, 29-48, 47-69, 62-91
Ikaros Kallitheas (Lykogiannis): Harris 6, Agadakos 2, Falekas 2, Karaboulas, Polytarchoy 14, Thompson 16, Kalabokis 3, McAlarney 11, Kerassovitis, Katoufas 4, Petrodimopoulos, Toutziarakis 4
Panathinaikos (Obradovic): Tepic 5, Perperoglou 17, Batiste 5, Fotsis 8, Sato 14, Nicholas 9, Tsartsaris, Diamantidis 12, Vougioukas 8, Calathes 10, Kaimakoglou 3
*Drew Nicholas returned to Panathinaikos’s official roster.
*Ikaros Kallitheas honored Dimitris Diamantidis before the tip-off for his new record of his career, currently posing after the game across from Panionios at top spot of the assist department Greek League all-time list.
*Present for the encounter at the Glyfada indoor arena, was Thanassis Yannakopoulos.
