Euroleague: Panathinaikos is the new champion

The Greek team defeated Real Madrid in the sense of the most important tournament in the old continent.

This Sunday the biggest event in European basketball took place. The Uber Arena in Berlin hosted Real Madrid and Panathinaikos in search of the Euroleague title, in a sense there were two completely different stories in each of the halves. The first 20 minutes were for the white team, but the reaction of the Greeks in the second half was overwhelming. With a partial score of 28 – 50, they took the game 95 to 80, lifting the trophy.

The opening minute saw an offensive storm from those led by Chus Mateo, who was punished by a shower of three-pointers. The defense worked, but there weren’t many quick conversions for the Spaniards, who seemed comfortable with the dynamics of the game.. Real Madrid led by 14 points in their favor (41-27) midway through the second quarter. But found that being more than 70% effective in triples doesn’t last forever, so became As confidence drops for whites; Panthinaikos found answers in different hands, going into halftime with a deficit of only five (54-49).

The Greek reaction

Returning from the locker room is a different story. Real Madrid went into an offensive drought that gave them three field goal conversions throughout the third quarter. On the other side, the figure of Sloukas grew, with a perfect score began to threaten the work of the Spaniards. cEffective from 6.75m they managed to turn the score around for the first time in the match, something that would remain the same until the end. Chus Mateo’s began to fall into a pit, where the only reactions came from individual actions; or with a few shots from Llull from a distance. Things were not flowing and the Greeks were hitting every chance they got. Panathinaikos never took their foot off the accelerator and ended up winning the game 95 to 80.

The final numbers:

This is the seventh title for the Greek team, joining the podium of the top winners. Real Madrid with 11, followed by CSKA Moscow’s eight. The Greeks have won all the finals they have played in, and they still don’t know the second place in this tournament. In the victory of the Hellenes, this curious statistic is maintained, where the leader of the regular phase, has not finished lifting the trophy.

Luca Vildoza became the sixth Argentine to win the Euroleague. The former player of Quilmes played 13 minutes on the court, where he contributed 3 points and 1 rebound, but stood in the offensive sector. The perimeter stands out in defense, hindering the transfer of the ball and the generation of play on the part of Real Madrid’s point guards.. He joins Nocioni, Sconochini, Sánchez, Ginobili and Campazzo as the albiceleste lift Europe’s most important trophy.

Ataman won his third Euroleague title, after winning two with Anadolu Efes in consecutive years.