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Panathinaikos OPAP Athens "Obviously, it was a very good game for us, and I am very happy with the way we controlled Valencia. That is not easy. They know what they do, they know how to handle situations, they play their game with a really high intensity. I am happy how the players executed the game plan. For us, it all started on defense. Once we got some stops, we controlled the rebounds, it helped us also to get easy points on the break. But it also gave us co...

Deck helps Real repel Panathinaikos fightback Real Madrid held off a spirited fightback from Panathinaikos OPAP Athens, winning 76-66 in the Spanish capital to climb into fourth place. Real led by double-digits in the first quarter and by more than 20 before halftime, but Panathinaikos fought back in the second half and came back to 66-61 before Real pulled away in the closing stages. Gabriel Deck led the home team with a career-high 20 points along with 9 rebounds and youngster Carlos Alocen a...

Jan 26, 2021 by Euroleague.net Print Endurance is always of high importance when choosing players for the FabFive Challenge, even more so during two-round weeks. Of course, endurance matters little for our purposes if the players arent offensive weapons. Among the top scorers in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague over the past three rounds can be found multiple players from three different FabFive Challenge ranges... and all are worthy of consideration. Whic...

Jan 25, 2021 by Euroleague.net Print As always, Round 21 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season had a little bit of everything. All home teams won on Thursday, and we had three road warriors in four Friday games. One of them was Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, which grabbed its sixth consecutive win against CSKA Moscow in the Russian capital. Nando De Colo returned to Moscow for the first time since leaving CSKA in 2019 and he delivered with a huge g...

Jan 22, 2021 by Euroleague.net Print Oded Kattash won his share of big games with Panathinaikos OPAP Athens as a player. And on Thursday, he started what he and the Greens hope to be a new legacy by recording their first Turkish Airlines EuroLeague victory together with him as head coach as Panathinaikos eased past Khimki Moscow Region 94-78 at home. It came after they lost on the road against Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul last Friday, barely 48 hours after Ka...

Jan 20, 2021 by Javier Gancedo, Euroleague.net Print As always, the double-round week brought big winners in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. Three teams won twice each and took interesting jumps in the standings. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul downed TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz and Panathinaikos OPAP Athens by a combined 46 points, extended its winning streak to five games and now sits one win away from playoffs territory. AX Armani Exchange Milan defe...

Jan 18, 2021 by Synergy sports Print Versatility defines many of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeagues top scorers this season, with plenty of indicators to distinguish between those who are deadly at catching and shooting as compared to others who create their own shots. Shooters vs. Shot-Makers Nemanja Nedovic earned the latest MVP of the Week honor by scoring 33 points over 23 possessions – including 11 on six off-screen possessions alone – in Panathina...

Nedovic, Papagiannis carry Greens to victory Nemanja Nedovic scored 33 points and Georgios Papagiannis netted a career-high 18 as Panathinaikos OPAP Athens snapped a three-game losing streak with an 88-71 victory over LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne on Wednesday night at OAKA. Nedovic made 5 three-pointers and 6 assists and Papagiannis added 8 rebounds and 3 blocks for the Greens, who improved their record to 6-12 on the season. Dinos Mitouglou contributed 11 points and 9 rebounds to the winning effor...

Zenit rolls to victory in Athens Zenit St Petersburg continued its dominance on the road this season by beating Panathinaikos OPAP Athens 77-89 on Thursday at OAKA. Arturas Gudaitis scored a career-high 25 points as Zenit improved its record to 11-5, including 8-1 outside of Russia. Kevin Pangos added 18 points and 10 assists for his second double-double of the season, Will Thomas posted 10 points and 7 rebounds and Austin Hollins also scored 10 for the victors. Ioannis Papapetrou paced the Gre...

Jan 07, 2021 by Javier Gancedo, Euroleague.net Print Round 17 of the regular season was a historic one in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, as a record that stood there for nearly two decades was finally broken. Nikola Milutinov of CSKA Moscow pulled down 16 offensive rebounds in his teams win against AX Armani Exchange Milan. No other player in competition history had grabbed more than 11 offensive boards, so Milutinov wrote history in golden letters. And...