Casualties weigh down an impotent Baskonia in Athens (75-63)

The Battles of the Basque Country conceded a new defeat (75-63) this Friday during his visit to Panathinaikos, on matchday 23 of the Euroleague, weighed down by the numerous casualties with which he stood up at the OAKA.

The Basque team entered the Greek pavilion with a very poor 22-8, which barely improved in the second quarter. The first part of Baskonia was sad, without excuse despite the casualties, and that was the end of their match against a Panathinaikos also wounded and in need. The team from Vitoria remains three wins from eighth, an Efes that lost this week and is off the hook from seventh.

The last casualties due to covid-19, more than that of Costello in the previous hours, they forced Fontecchio, Giedraitis Y Enoch to play almost the entire match. The local team also had losses and an even worse dynamic and came to around 30 points of rent in the last quarter. those of Neven Spahija they added four assists in the first half, unemployed and without character.

White, Evans Y Nedovic They took control of the match, with a painful 0 of 13 triples for the Basques in the first half. The resumption confirmed the Baskonia debacle, with the rent increasing for the Greeks (57-32). The short turnover of visitors gave the option to Alex Barrera in a relaxed ending of the Greeks and makeup for a team that does not raise its head in a sea of ​​problems.

Datasheet:

75 – Panathinaikos OPAP (22 + 16 + 19 + 18): Nedovic (16), Bochoridis (3), Papapetrou (7), Okaro White (12) and Evans (14) —cinco titular—, Kavvadas (4), Kaselakis (7), Avdalas (-), Jovic (6), Mantzoukas (2) and Sant-Roos (4).

63 – Battles of the Basque Country (8 + 12 + 12 + 31): Granger (7), Baldwin (16), Giedraitis (12), Fontecchio (11) and Enoch (11) —starting five—, Lamar Peters (-), Raieste (-), Barrera (3) and Marinkovic (3).

Referees: Luigi Lamonica (Italy), Fernando Rocha (Portugal) and Saulius Racys (Lithuania). Without eliminated.