Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens ended an 11-year losing run in the Spanish capital and handed Real Madrid its first home loss of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season with a spectacular 86-97 triumph at WiZink Center.
The Greens launched a 4-18 run in the second quarter to take control and later withstood several comeback attempts to grab a statement-making victory.
Mathias Lessort inspired Panathinaikos with 26 points, most of which came courtesy of spectacular slam dunks, along with 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 1 blocked shot.
He had plenty of help from the backcourt, with Kendrick Nunn providing 17 points and 7 assists while Kostas Sloukas scored 16 plus 6 helpers.
Real was paced by 18 points from Guerschon Yabusele and 16 from Dzanan Musa, but it paid the price for committing 19 turnovers to suffer its second straight loss.
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