Two teams looking for a return to winning ways meet in Athens as Panathinaikos (1-3) hosts Baskonia (1-3). The heroics of all-action Chima Moneke – 17.5 points and 6.8 rebounds this season – were not enough to prevent Baskonia from suffering two home defeats last week, and the Spanish team needs to improve its shooting accuracy after making just 47.2% of two-pointers and 31.1% threes so far, ranking 16th and 18th, respectively, in those categories. Panathinaikos, which also lost twice last week, will counter Moneke's athleticism and hustle with its own human highlights reel, Mathias Lessort, who has settled quickly at his new team with strong averages of 14.2 points and 6.0 rebounds per game.
Pre-game quotes: Panathinaikos vs. Baskonia
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Ergin Ataman, Panathinaikos head coach
"All games are must-win games, especially at home. We beat Bayern and we lost two in overtime. All games are important, because in the EuroLeague, playing at home gives you a boost, but I don't think we used that boost as a team. Not on the court nor off the court. It doesn't make any difference playing at home or on the road: we must play always gret. Baskonia is a great team. OK, they only had a win so far, but they are dangerous in offense with Howard, Marinkovic, MOneke, Costello... They play with a lot of threes, so the key for the game will be defense."
Regular Season
Round 5 of 34
Regular Season
Panathinaikos AKTOR AthensPAO
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Baskonia Vitoria-GasteizBKN
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