Euroleague, Panathinaikos-Milan 75-76, Olimpia settles in 3rd place

Olimpia is recovered 12 points, the American thinks about 75-75 to suffer the rebound foul two seconds from the siren that leads him to the line: he scores the first, the second voluntarily misses, ends 75-76. Good proof of Ricci

The second trip to Greece this time smiles, with difficulty, at Olimpia. After the knockout against Olympiacos comes the redemption with Panathinaikos, penultimate in the standings, beaten 76-75 with a scientific 1/2 (he scores the first and voluntarily misses the second) in the free throws of Hines, mvp of the evening (13 points and 10 very heavy rebounds), two seconds from the siren. Despite the tiring start (7-0 with 4 points from Papagiannis and 3 from White) and a hint of extension (17-9), the difference in values ​​on the pitch is more than evident. Delaney and then all the others take care of taking the measures to the opponents by raising the defense shirts and also the percentages in attack. Thus, after the 18-14 at the end of the first quarter, Ricci enters the match with two triples and a counterattack that lead to 33-37 in the 18 ‘thanks to a 9-0 run. We go to the long rest on 36-40.

Recovery

The partial of 23-15 of the third quarter becomes safe for the 51-63 which, with the baskets of Hall, Hines and Daniels should have led to manage the last 10 ‘with relative tranquility. This is not the case, the former Nedovic’s three-point basket at -1’10 ”brings Pana to -4 (71-75), then two free shots by Macon 73-75. Rodriguez commits two troubles, first he loses the ball handing it to Nedovic who transforms the 75-75 basket, then in the overturning he misses the triple of the victory. But from the rebound fight Hines stands out and is fouled by Sant-Roos. It is surrender. Kyle scores the first with great coldness, then misses the second by putting the shot on the iron since there were only two seconds left. And so Milan can rejoice. “The fact of knowing we were forced to win conditioned us a bit at the beginning – the words of the coach Ettore Messina -, then from the beginning of the second quarter we played well, although struggling in the last 4 minutes, but in the end we go home with a victory ”.

Panathinaikos: Nedovic 19, White and Papagiannis 11

Milan: Delaney 15, Hines 13, Ricci 10

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