Panathinaikos hold off Zalgiris to win opener 13

Panathinaikos Athens topped visiting Zalgiris Kaunas 84:76 on Friday at Olympic Sports Center Athens in both team’s Turkish Airlines EuroLeague opener.

The visitors held a slim margin going into the last 10 minutes, however Nikos Pappas hit a pair of three-pointers during a 10:3 run that put Panathinaikos in front for good. Pappas’s steal and a Calathes triple with 2:17 left opened up a 77:68 lead, the biggest of the night, and helped the Greens avoid drama in the final moments. Calathes finished with 13 points and Ioannis Bourousis had 11 points and 6 rebounds for the victors.

Pappas and Bourousis helped the hosts go up 20:15 at the end of first quarter, and Bourousis extended the margin to 7 points at the start of the second. But a three-point play by Motum and a triple by Arturas Milaknis ignited a 0:12 Zalgiris run, which put the visitors in front 22:27 midway through the second. However, Panathinaikos quickly regained the lead with a pair of triples each from Antonis Fotsis and James Feldeine, including Feldeine’s shot that beat the halftime buzzer and gave Panathinaikos a 37:30 halftime advantage.

Led by Lukas Lekavicius, the visitors opened the second half with a 2:11 run and took a 39:41 lead. Zalgiris held its slim led and entered the final quarter up 51:52, but the hosts assumed control again with back-to-back threes from Pappas, before a put-back from Singleton opened a 69:62 cushion with just over five minutes to go.

Zalgiris refused to go away. Milaknis hit a triple to cut the deficit to 2, but Pappas’s steal and a fastbreak dunk followed by a Calathes triple gave the hosts breathing room. Motum got Zalgiris within 78:74 entering the final minute, but the visitors could not get closer than that.

Nikos Pappas led the way with 19 points and Chris Singleton added 13 points and 7 rebounds for the winners.

Brock Motum scored a career-high 19 points for Zalgiris. Paulius Jankunas added 13 points and 8 rebounds, Lukas Lekavicius netted 12 and Arturas Milaknis 11 in defeat.

Comments

  1. mj

    buvo seni gerai laikai, kai galejome nemokamai ziureti eurolyga per TV3 .. kada jie sugrys ?

  2. tipo

    kiek galima chaliavai gyvent?

  3. Galėjo

    Būt ir geriau. Na gal kitą savaitę namie

  4. zal

    Aciu uz puikia kova!

  5. Hyper

    Kova buvo gera, pakišo koja klaidos, tiek Luko, tiek Jankio, tiek kitų. Nebuvo tokio kaip PAO N.Pappas kuris patemptų komandą.

  6. Kaip nebuvo

    O Motumas? Lekavičius irgi stengėsi

  7. Sakiau

    ir sakysiu, kad Žalgiriui reikia SF, kuris būtų stiprus individualiai, nes vien su Ulanovu bus blogai. Manau, kad Žalgirio vadovai turėtų paskautinti NBA komandų atkabintus žaidėjus. Tada būtų komanda super. O, kad komanda turi potencialo, matėsi vakar su PAO…

  8. patarimas

    zalgiriui butinai reikia tokio puolejo kaip seniau buvo jamasas andersonas kuris galedavo imtis iniciatyvos taip visada budavo galima patiketi lemiamas atakas rungtyniu gale l rytas turi davida logana reikia ir zalgiriui kazka panasaus isigyti

  9. vnz

    reikia SF negro

  10. zalgiris

    Dabar bus puiki proga naujokams pasitaisyt savu sirgaliu akivaizdoi prie puikaus palaikymo la

  11. zalgiris

    dabar laukiam penktadienio kur zalgirio arenoi niekam nebuna lengva varzovams su sirgaliu audringu palaikymu laukiam pilnos arenos kas realu pirmas macas namu arenoje zalia balta

  12. Redas

    gal kas zino kur galima rasti zal ir ryt rungtyniu irasa ?

  13. pietras

    taip tolau pralaiminekit