Second game of the series and formally home team AEK this time.
Something more than good was the appearance of AEK in the first match and it was difficult for Panathinaikos with the tough defense it played. Makon was very good especially in the second half while Zisis and Chrysikopoulos had a very good presence. Katsivelis is also good who started with 3/3 three-pointers but the continuation was not as expected. Langord is absent, while Moraitis is logically returning.
Panathinaikos was pale in the first match and may have been surprised by the tough defense presented by Aek. However, he was lucky to have Sant-Ross in very good condition for another night, scoring 18 points (first scorer of the match) and he was very good in defense, collecting 5 rebounds, making 3 kg. and shared 4 assists. Close to the performance of Papapetrou, Hezonia and Mitoglou, while the performance of Papagiannis is also considered positive. Nedovic is the only absentee.
Summing up I think AEK will try with the same recipe to keep Panathinaikos low because he knows it is the only way he can claim something. On the other Panathinaikos is clearly more suspicious and will surely have made its own plans having the image of the first match. I believe that Panathinaikos will win more easily than in the first match. Avoid the evil and we all know that the first match in a row is the most dangerous for any surprise. Suppose that 21% (5/23 trips) will hardly happen again in a match of the greens.
The point I choose is ... Panathinaikos (-9.5 & Under 173.5 pts) in performance 2.87 at stoiximan.