New-look Panathinaikos ease past Lavrio / News - Basketnews.com

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After huge changes in administration and coaching staff, Panathinaikos OPAP Athens (18-2) won against Lavrio Megabolt (7-14) in the Greek League Game with the final score of 91-82(17-25, 28-20, 26-15, 21-21).

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After Okaro White 3-pointer, Panathinaikos still maintained a double-digit lead (76-65) with 8:02 remaining, but Nikos Persidis made a three, Rashant Vaughn added a pair of free-throws and Lavrio reduced the deficit to 7 (75-82) with 4:05 to go.

Evans responded with 4 points in a row and PAO got 10-points lead again (87-77) with 2:34 left. Lavrio answered with couple of free-throws (79-89), but Lefteris Mantzoukas sealed the deal for PAO on the other end with a layup (91-79), clinching the first win for coach Georgios Vovoras.

Darryl Macon (1/3 2PT, 5/8 3PT, 4/4 FT) and Ioannis Papapetrou (7/8 2PT, 1/5 3PT, 4/5) led Panathinaikos both ending with 21 points.

On the opposing side, Rashant Vaughn was the high-scorer for Lavrio, ending with 19 points (5/8 2PT, 2/7 3PT, 3/3 FT) and 6 rebounds.

After a tied first minutes of the game, Lavrio made a 11-0 scoring run and build an early double-digit lead (23-13) after the first quarter.

Panathinaikos began to find the rhythm in the second period, and with a couple of three-pointers from Darryl Macon Jr and another one from Jeremy Evans, they found their first lead (35-34) since the beginning of the game. Both teams exchanged the triples in the end of the first half and entered the halftime with a tied score (45-45).

Macon Jr started the second half with two consecutive 3-pointers, Okaro White and Ioannis Papapetrou made a pair of layups, that let Panathinaikos to build eleven points lead (58-47).

Matt Williams Jr responded with three 3-pointers in less than 2 minutes and Lavrio cut the deficit just to 2 points (58-60). However, Macon Jr initiated a late 8-0 push to retake more comfortable lead (71-60) before the fourth quarter.

Christos Serelis, who took over the assistant role position at PAO last Thursday, had a moment with his former players before heading to his current team's bench. Serelis had been coaching Lavrio since 2004.

Panathinaikos: Darryl Macon 21 (7 AST, 4 REB), Ioannis Papapetrou 21 (5 REB), Okaro White 20 (8 REB), Jeremy Evans 15 (4 REB)

Lavrio: Rashant Vaughn 19 (6 REB), Alexandros Nikolaidis 16 (4 REB), Dimitris Kaklamanakis 13 (6 REB), Vassilis Mouratos 12 (7 AST, 4 REB), Matt Williams Jr 12.

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