Panathinaikos sealed its ticket to the Euroleague play offs after downing Brose Baskets this evening in Germany 82-60, for Top16 Game 13.
Driver’s seat was reserved by none other than Panathinaikos from minute one in the game. Schortsanitis and Gist were the ones to undertake the leading assignment first. The Greens from the first quarter left little room for doubt in their dominance on the floor. They led at the end of first quarter by 10 (16-26) and kept up with great “D”, efforts to the rebounds and well thought out offenses. Result being a 16-point cushion (20-36, 14’), half time to find the score board reading 27-42.
The Greens refused to slow down. On the contrary, they performed even more effectively in the third quarter, the gap reached 21 points for the first time game recommencing (27-48), Brose Baskets attempted to return in the game, without managing however to gain much more than picking up the trail down to 15 points (40-55, 28’10’’). Roko Leni Ukic on yet another occasion stepped up for a quarter buzzer beater bucket to get the score to 41-59 (30’).
The fourth quarter had Jonas Maciulis’ name written all over it, who got all Panathinaikos players smiling and jumping to their feet to celebrate again and again, as he knocked down 5-for-5 nothing-but-net trifectas, starting at 31’27’’ and ending his streak at 35’, leading to 47-74. Argyris Pedoulakis cleared off his bench up to the end of the clash and all the way down the stretch to final game score 60-82.
Referees: Garcia Ortiz (ESP), Ankarali (TUR), Dozai (CRO)
Quarters: 16-26, 27-42, 41-59, 60-82
Brose Baskets (Fleming): Nachbar 14, Tadda 4, Schmidt, Neumann 2, Ford 11, Jacobsen 8, Massey, Gavel, Zirbes, Ogilvy 9, Walsh 12
Panathinaikos (Pedoulakis): Bramos 5 (6rb), Maciulis 24, Ukic 4 (6as), Lasme 11 (4st), Tsartsaris 2, Diamantidis (5as), Gist 11 (7rb), Banks 3, Xanthopoulos 2, Giannopoulos, Skordilis 2, Schortsanitis 10
