Panathinaikoswill be flying to Moscow where tomorrow (December 13, 19.00) it will be facing Khimki. A win will provide the clover with top spot of its group at the end of THY Euroleagueregular season. Roko Leni Ukic (pain in his leg’s bicep) and Jason Kapono who arrived only yesterday in Athens , did not follow the delegation.
Gaios Skordilis slightly prior to the team’s departure stressed: “Panathinaikos is a great team, it has a long history and plays to win, regardless the opponent. This is what it will be doing once more on this occasion. We want to prevail in the last game; we want to win in the games to follow. There is no such thing as choosing opponents for us… No matter what, we are going for a positive result. Our goal is to play good basketball, see our team, knowing that Khimki is a tough rival, a good team. We cannot forget in any event the fact that it beat us during the first round at OAKA. We saw the mistakes we made in that game, our coaches pointed out certain things we must do and moreover we have improved overall as a team. We have been playing better as a team in both defense and offense, we have greater self confidence, we chase at every ball for the entire 40 minutes game time. And that is exactly what we aim to do now”.
History
Khimki-Panathinaikos 1-2
Euroleague 2009-10 Regular Season Panathinaikos-Khimki 101-66
Euroleague 2009-10 Regular Season Khimki-Panathinaikos 82-87
Euroleague 2012-13 Regular Season Panathinaikos-Khimki 67-79
Numbers
Panathinaikos remains the leading team in rebounds for Euroleague at a 37.3 average. At the same time however it is first in turnovers (16.7 average). Stephane Lasme is the best stopper of the league behind 2.5 blocked shots per game while Dimitris Diamanatidis leads in the assist department at a 6.3 average. Kostas Tsartsaris is only 5 three-pointers shy of 100 in his entire Euroleague career.
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