Panathinaikos faced its second defeat in a row for the Euroleague Top 16. Due to circumstances the host at OAKA, it was downed by Maroussi by 80-78.

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It was quite an entertaining afternoon at the OAKA indoor stadium, where home-team Panathinaikos downed Olympia Larissa 97-65 for day 14 of the Greek League.

In no time, the game was of one opponent. After initial 0-5 run of guest team Olympia, Panathinaikos picked up the slack to run a personal 6-0 strike, holding the pedal to the metal surely and steadily regardless substitutions made by coach Obradovic.

Panathinaikos was defeated 64-59 at home in a down to the wire clash with Partizan for the opening of the Euroleague Top 16.

Panathinaikos started out as the better opponent in the encounter. Pressure in defense  paid off immensely even from the first moments coming off tip-off, seeing that the clover tallied 3 steals in the first 3 minutes. Partizan was not an easy opponent, a remark made already by the green technical staff in pregame statements, a fact that Panathinaikos knows all too well from past experience in battles with the particular team.

Panathinaikos overcame Kolossos Rhode’s resist, in a home-game at the end of the first round of the Greek League by 92-60, currently counting three absentees from its roster (Tsartsaris, Batiste, Nicholas).

It was an easy afternoon from early on. 20’’ score 0-2 was essentially the only time the guest team got to lead in the clash, as it came up against a very mature and contained Panathinaikos, determined to make things as simple as possible inputting heacy duty in backcourt, team work at rebounding and wisdom when choosing to act in offense.

The second semifinal of the Greek Cup turned into a one “team” show as Panathinaikos snatched the win like candy from a child against guest Iraklis at the OAKA indoor arena by 99-63 only to find itself produced into the final of the tourney for the sixth consecutive time round.