Panathinaikoswill be facing Rethymno tomorrow (February 6, 15.45) in Crete for BasketLeague OPAP game 16. The Greens traveled without absentees.
The clover Head Coach, Argyris Pedoulakis, stated: “We are called upon to be ready for yet another encounter immediately after the previous one in the Greek League. We must be able to focus in a short period of time and present ourselves prepared tomorrow. We are to face a team which has a very unique style of play. Our concentration in special circumstances will be a main issue, especially in pick and rolls. Our mind will have to be nowhere else than on this very game”.
Jonas Maciulis added: “We have yet another encounter ahead of us for the Greek League and we must establish a method of remaining focused only on this very game. Rethymno has proven the makes of a well performing team, especially when playing at home. Exhaustion does exist but we should not allow it to affect us while competing on the floor. It is necessary to input the best we can in order to get the win in tomorrow’s clash. Our mind must dwell upon nothing but the opponent we are to face now”.
History
The two teams have met up five times in the past and the Greens hold a perfect winning streak in the, amongst the two, history of match-ups (5-0).
2007-08 Panathinaikos-Rethymno 90-81 89-74
2011-12 Panathinaikos-Rethymno 77-72 105-78
2012-13 Panathinaikos-Rethymno 92-50
Numbers
Dimitris Diamantidis is getting ready to break a few more records in his already impressive HEBA League career. He needs only 7 points in order to become the 8th player to have ever reached 3,600. He needs only 1 good triple in order to surpass Nikos Bountouris to get to the 6th position on the respective list (they each have 454). And, despite being a guard, he needs only 1 blocked shot to reach number 7 flying ahead of Tony Costner (they each have 193).
Kostas Tsartsaris will be setting a record of his own, since behind 2 good twos he will become the 10th players in the entire HEBA League history to have ever reached 1,000 in his career.
