Career-night by Kavvadas lifts Panathinaikos over Crvena Zvezda / News - Basketnews.com
Credit Panagiotis Moschandreou/Euroleague Basketball via Getty Images Panathinaikos OPAP Athens (7-17) prevailed Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade (9-15) 79-73 (17-23, 25-18, 17-18, 20-14) and got their second Turkish Airlines EuroLeague win in a row.
Player of the Game EFF 25 Nemanja Nedovic Points 25 Accuracy 8-12 Rebounds 1 Assists 5
After an even game in the first three quarters (59-59), the same storyline repeated in the last 10 minutes of the match.
After Nikola Kalinic's two-pointer, the score was tied at 71 with 2:24 to go. Leonidas Kaselakis answered him with a duo to put his team in front by two (73-71).
PAO got a couple of stops while Vasilis Kavvadas added another two-point bucket and the Greens were leading by four (75-71) with 32 seconds left.
Nikola Kalinic responded (73-75) but Nemanja Nedovic let PAO breathe easier again with two shots from the line (77-73). Kalinic missed and Jeremy Evans closed the game with a basket.
Vasilis Kavvadas had a career night with 17 points (8/10 2PT, 1/1 FT), 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 turnovers, and 22 PIR.
Nemanja Nedovic was outstanding as well, registering 25 points (4/5 2PT, 4/7 3PT, 4/6 FT), 1 rebound, 5 assists, 5 turnovers, and 25 PIR.
Aaron White posted a double-double with 12 points (2/5 2PT, 1/4 3PT, 7/8 FT), 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 1 turnover, and 27 PIR.
PAO had an 11-man roster, as Okaro White, Ioannis Papapetrou, and Stefan Jovic were sidelined.
Georgios Papagiannis was registered for the match but he did not enter the court. The Greek big man played against Turkey earlier today.
Panathinaikos: Nemanja Nedovic 25 (5 AST), Vasilis Kavvadas 17 (6 REB), Jeremy Evans 8 (9 REB), Howard Sant-Roos 8.
Crvena Zvezda: Aaron White 14 (12 REB), Austin Hollins 13, Nikola Kalinic 12 (7 REB, 6 AST), Luka Mitrovic 10, Nate Wolters 10.
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