Panathinaikos Athens vs. CSKA: 70-75 (+5)
Panathinaikos: Singleton (9 + 6 rb + 4 pf), Rivers (11 + 6 rb), Pappas (14 + 3 to), Gist (6 + 3 rb + 4 st), Gabriel (2 + 5 rb), Auguste (2), Calathes (13 + 6 rb + 11 as), Antetokounmpo (13 + 5 rb)…
CSKA: De Colo (10), Antonov (4 pf), Rodriguez (21), Clyburn (9 + 5 rb), Higgins (14 + 5 rb + 3 to + 4 pf), Kurbanov (2 + 9 rb), Hines (7), Hunter (12)…
Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:
I would like to congratulate my team. We won against a great opponent, which had a streak of 15 wins at home, if I am not mistaken. Such an incredible crowd gives them an amazing boost. I want to give a big thank you from the bottom of my heart to the fans for a warm welcome. The 13 years we had together was important to them, and to us. The game was very interesting, both teams would have deserved to win. There were different momentums in the game, but definitely when Panathinaikos was up by 10 points, we kept believing in our opportunities, and we kept defending, which is something that gave us the win tonight. In the first game against Panathinaikos in Moscow we kept them at 63 points. They are a different team and much better now, but we kept them at 70 points. This is just a win, in a marathon. However, it is an important win, especially in the psychological end. And it was important to see an intention to succeed in my players’ eyes, even though we went out of our comfort zone. Many of my players went out of their comfort zone. And they defended well.
