In their first match in the pre-season tournament, which is taking place in Mulhouse, France, Panathinaikos lost to Red Star 78-69. On Saturday (13/9), the tournament’s second day, Panathinaikos will play Strasbourg at 9 pm CEST.
DeMarcus Nelson had a shinbone injury that rendered him unable to play, so it was deemed better for him to return to Athens in order to start treatment and be back sooner.
Loukas Mavrokefalidis didn’t play at all. On Friday morning (12/9) he trained individually. Antonis Fotsis and James Gist played in the match.
Score in each period: 18-11, 40-32, 57-48, 78-69
Red Star: Marjanovic 18 p., Jenkins 13 p., Williams 11 p., Zirbes 9 p., Mitrovic 9 p., Guduric 5 p., Rebic 4 p., Tejic 4 p., Blazic 3 p., Cvorovic 2 p.
Panathinaikos: Gist 15 p., Batista 10 p., Diamantidis 6 p., Pappas 20 p., Fotsis 6 p., Jankovic 9 p., Bochoridis 3 p.
After the match head coach Dusko Ivanovic talked about his team: “We didn’t have the desired pace, we played slower than we wanted. We want to play faster and we have to be more aggressive in our game as well as improve our 5-on-5 halfcourt basketball. During the whole match we were behind them, at some times we managed to achieve close score, but we couldn’t take the lead since we were not as aggressive as needed, we didn’t have energy and our shooting options didn’t help.”
