The Final Four is set: Panathinaikos will take on Fenerbahce at 18:00 CEST on May 24 at Uber Arena in Berlin followed by Real Madrid against Olympiacos at 21:00.
Game Center: Olympiacos, Fenerbahce make history to join Real, Panathinaikos in Berlin!
AS Monaco 79-80 Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul
History! Fenerbahce has made it to the 2024 EuroLeague Final Four! Fenerbahce survived a thriller, downing Monaco 79-80 in overtime in Game 5 at Salle Gaston Medecin to punch its ticket to Berlin, Germany. Fenerbahce has become the first-ever road team to win Game 5. The game was a back-and-forth battle. Monaco led for the large part of the first half, as Donatas Motiejunas and Mike James allowed the hosts to get a 40-35 margin. Tarik Biberovic helped Fenerbahce regain a 55-56 lead after 30 minutes. Monaco had a chance to win it at the end of regulation, but Elie Okobo missed from downtown at the buzzer. Once in overtime, Nick Calathes hit back-to-back triples and added a key steal to lead Fenerbahce... TO THE FINAL FOUR!
FC Barcelona 59-63 Olympiacos Piraeus
Olympiacos is back to its third straight Final Four thanks to a dramatic 59-63 road win over Barcelona. After home teams had a perfect 19-0 record in Games 5s in EuroLeague playoff history, Olympiacos became the second road team on Wednesday night to clinch a best-of-five series. Olympiacos now heads to Berlin where it will playing in the semifinals against Real Madrid, in a rematch of last year's championship game. In this one, Olympiacos spent most of the night trailing, and got its first lead, 47-49, on a Shaquielle McKissic triple with exactly 5 minutes to go. Soon after, the Reds added a 0-8 run in a span of just 42 seconds, to open a 49-57 margin, which they managed to keep until the final buzzer, booking a place at the Final Four.
Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens 81-72 Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv
The opening baskets came inside through Mathias Lessort and Jake Cohen, before John DiBartolomeo’s three gave Maccabi its first lead. Josh Nebo and Lorenzo Brown stretched the edge to 4-9, but Ioannis Papapetrou pulled Panathinaikos closer from deep. Cohen and Nebo were again on target to make it 8-15 with a 0-6 run, but triples from Kendrick Nunn and Jerian Grant answered for the Greens. Juancho Hernangomez’s alley-oop layup and Kostas Sloukas’s transition bucket made it 19-21 after 10 minutes.
Nunn and Tamir Blatt traded triples to start the second stanza, before Nebo and Jasiel Rivero netted inside to keep Maccabi ahead. Nunn’s jumper capped a 5-0 run for a 29-28 lead, and Sloukas added a three. Nebo’s put-back and Antonius Cleveland’s lucky missed dunk which dropped in forced another lead change, and James Webb III’s triple made it 34-37. Sloukas scored inside and Papapetrou netted from deep, but Rivero was strong at the rim to make it 41-41 at the interval.
Brown’s jumper opened the second-half scoring, but Papapetrou responded immediately. Bonzie Colson and Nunn traded three-point strikes, before Sloukas and DiBartolomeo did the same for a 49-49 tie midway through the third. Nebo scored 4 points straight, but Hernangomez hit from long-range and Nunn scored twice from the line, 54-53. Blatt’s triple forced another lead change, but the Greens saw another swing as Hernangomez and Kostas Antetokounmpo scored from the line for a 58-56 lead after three quarters.
Panagiotis Kalaitzakis lifted the Greens with a steal and slam to start the final period, and Nunn’s three-pointer completed a 10-0 run for a 64-56 lead. Brown’s jumper ended Maccabi’s spell of more than six minutes without scoring, but Nunn and Dinos Mitoglou scored from the line for a 68-58 lead. Blatt and Brown triples gave Maccabi hope, but Nunn responded with his own three-pointer and inside score. Brown hit again to make it 73-67, but Lessort’s consecutive putback and layup kept the Greens comfortable, and Nunn’s stepback three sealed the deal to spark huge celebrations.