The final score to seal the game was 60-64 in Basket League OPAP game 2, Panathinaikos Vs Olympiacos at the indoor OAKA arena, the fans cheering on the team down the stretch, despite the negative result.
Panathinaikos failed to step out on the court as it was have wanted… It led 2-0 (20’’), for the first 5 minutes neither team could escape each other’s shadow to more than a 2 point distance, but from half way through first quarter and then on, the guests were the ones to enforce their rhythm. They got up by 7 (7-14, 7’55’’), the Greens fought back (14-16, 9’10’’),Dimitris Diamantidis to drill a three. But in the second period also, both teams transmitted at the same wave length, the Reds upping the ante to +14 (26-40, 19’50’’).
The Greens found themselves chasing their guests during the second half, trying to pick up the slack. The gap was closed to 6 (34-40, 23’40’’). However it was re-established rapidly to its 14 point price (34-48, 16’). Reruns of the scenario next as Panathinaikos managed to cut the trail down to 6 (45-51, 29’23’’), Dimitris Diamantidis starring through the procedure and then down to 5 (51-56, 33’), Tsartsaris draining a shot beyond the arc, but once more the visitors got to a 10 point cushion (51-61, 34’). However the clover tried and established ways to file down the disadvantage, actually managing to make it a 4 point game (57-61, 37’10’’). Papanikolaou gave his team a 7 point lead once more only though to be answered by Diamantidis and the other end of the court back to 4 points, 60-64 (38’). This was final score to seal the encounter, since neither team was able to send a shot into validity all through the final two minutes of the battle.
Referees: Christodoulou, Schinas, Anastopoulos
Quarters: 14-16, 28-40, 45-54, 60-64
Panathinaikos (Pedoulakis): Schortsanitis 6, Bramos 2, Panko, Maciulis 6, Armstrong, Ukic 10, Lasme 7, Tsartsaris 10, Diamantidis 19, Kitchen, Xanthopoulos, Giannopoulos
Olympiacos (Bartzokas): Hines 4, Law 5, Antic, Spanoulis 19, Perperoglou 12, Dorsey 4, Sloukas, Mavroidis, Printezis 6, Papanikolaou 9, Mantzaris 5
