Panathinaikos BC AKTOR defeated Kosner Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 93–74 at Telekom Center Athens, in a matchup for Round 23 of the EuroLeague regular season. Vasilis Toliopoulos led the “greens” in scoring with 21 points.

The game was balanced in its early minutes, with Kosner Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz taking a 9–7 lead at 4’, before Panathinaikos BC AKTOR moved ahead 12–11 at 6’. At 9’, the hosts pulled away to 24–13 and closed the first quarter up 26–14. The visitors cut it to 26–18 at 11’, but a minute later the margin grew to +14 (32–18) for the “greens”.

At 14’, Panathinaikos BC AKTOR extended the lead to 34–18, with Kosner Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz responding to make it 36–23 at 16’. The advantage climbed to 19 points (44–25) at 18’, and the first half ended 48–31. At 21’, the visitors reduced the deficit to 50–35, but Panathinaikos BC AKTOR immediately answered to make it 55–35.

The green advantage surpassed 20 points at 24’ (58–37) and became 64–41 at 25’. The third quarter ended with the “greens” in front 73–54, and at 32’ the Spanish side trimmed it to 75–58. Panathinaikos BC AKTOR restored control at 80–60 (33’). Although Kosner Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz closed to 80–65, the hosts stepped on the gas again to seal a convincing 93–74 victory.

Quarters: 26–14, 48–31, 73–54, 93–74.

Panathinaikos BC AKTOR (Ataman): Shorts, Kalaitzakis 5 (1), Osman 7, Holmes 12, Sloukas 15 (2), Rogkavopoulos, Samodurov 11 (1), Grant 8, Toliopoulos 21 (5), Faried 8, Hernangomez 6 (2), Yurtseven.
Kosner Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz (Galbiati): Diakite 5 (1), Simons 15 (1), Villar, Omoruyi 1, Kurucs 12, Cabarrot 17 (3), Spagnolo 6 (1), Forrest 4, Radzevicius 2, Diop 9, Frisch 3 (1), Joksimovic.