Juancho Hernangomez: ‘The seventh star is here’

Panathinaikos forward talks on the court after winning the EuroLeague 

Real Madrid v Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens (2024-05-26T18:00:00.000Z)

For the first time since the current competition format was introduced in 2016, the top two teams from the regular season meet in the final. Real Madrid topped the standings after winning its first 10 games and finished with a 27-7 mark, while Panathinaikos soared late to place second at 23-11.

Real-Panathinaikos | Championship Game Highlights | 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague


Kostas Sloukas receives the MVP trophy! 

 Sloukas is the Final Four MVP 

 Panathinaikos lift the trophy! 

Nunn seals the win with a huge slam over Yabusele 

Nunn posterizes Yabusele! Motorola Magic Moment

Nunn seals the win with a huge slam over Yabusele.

Nunn Posterizes Yabusele! Motorola Magic Moment

Nunn seals the win with a huge slam over Yabusele. 

Sloukas beats the halftime buzzer with a pull-up jumper from mid-range!

Sloukas beats the halftime buzzer! Motorola Magic Moment

Mathias Lessort fights inside and blasts a teammate's miss back through the basket.

Lessort blasts it back in! Motorola Magic Moment

Rudy steals the ball showing his hustle then sends a bullet pass to Causeur for an easy lay-up.

 Rudy's steal and magic pass! Motorola Magic Moment

After falling short in the semifinals, Olympiacos and Fenerbahce look to close out their respective seasons with a victory. They've played a number of memorable games with the Reds winning a five-game playoff series in 22/23 and the Turks triumphing over their opponents in the 2017 championship game.

Olympiacos-Fenerbahce | 3rd Place Game Highights | 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

Olympiacos-Fenerbahce | 3rd Place Game Highlights | 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

Olympiacos Piraeus v Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul (2024-05-26T15:00:00.000Z)

Peters beats the halftime buzzer from downtown!

 Peters beats the halftime buzzer! Motorola Magic Moment 

Papagiannis blocks Williams-Goss but Milutinov scores with a two-handed putback dunk.

 Milutinov's put-back slam! Motorola Magic Moment 

Papagiannis blocks Williams-Goss but Milutinov scores with a two-handed put-back dunk

Milutinov's put-back slam! Motorola Magic Moment

Great ball movement by Olympiacos sets up Shaquielle McKissic to score from downtown.

Olympiacos moves it to McKissic! Motorola Magic Moment

The 2023-24 EuroLeague champion will be crowned this Sunday night

It all comes down to this… Real Madrid vs. Panathinaikos

Two of the most storied clubs in Turkish Airlines EuroLeague history will battle for the title this Sunday night, as Real Madrid and Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens prepare to leave everything out on the floor in the championship game at Uber Arena in Berlin, Germany.

Panathinaikos boss Ergin Ataman has become a specialist in reaching the championship game, reaching four of the last five, and he’s looking to lift his third EuroLeague trophy as head coach. “We are here to win the title,” Ataman boldly exclaimed.

Real Madrid tactician Chus Mateo, meanwhile, is the most recent coach to get their hands on European basketball’s biggest prize, having led Los Blancos all the way last season. “We will fight until the end to get the victory,” Mateo said. Should Real go back-to-back, it will become just the third club to do so this century.

Get ready, the latest EuroLeague champion will be crowned tonight, with the championship game getting underway at 20:00 CEST.

Coach Mateo on back-to-back titles: 'We want to do it'

Real Madrid is seeking its record 12th EuroLeague crown when it meets Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens in the 2024 championship game in Berlin. *Los Blancos* were the best team during the regular season, they swept their best-of-five playoff series and jumped out to a big early lead in the semifinals against Olympiacos. Yet, all that means very little on Sunday night.

"You don't have time to celebrate, you are good as your last game", Real forward Dzanan Musa says. "Whatever happened yesterday is in the past."

What will it take to lift the trophy after Sunday's championship game?

"Panathinaikos is a great team, too", says Real coach Chus Mateo. "We have to be ready for one of the best games in the history of the Final Four."

The win on Sunday would mean Real has won its first back-to-back title in the Final Four era and *Los Blancos* are shy about it.

"It is possible and we want to do it, this is the goal we want to achieve", Coach Mateo says.

Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens looks to end a lengthy championship drought when it faces Real Madrid in the EuroLeague Championship. After using a strong start and finish to dispose of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul in Friday’s semifinal, Coach Ergin Ataman states that “our goal is to win the finale… we are not scared of anything.”

Mathias Lessort, Panathinaikos: ‘We have to leave our heart on the court’

Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens looks to end a lengthy championship drought when it faces Real Madrid in the EuroLeague Championship. After using a strong start and finish to dispose of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul in Friday’s semifinal, Coach Ergin Ataman states that “our goal is to win the finale… we are not scared of anything.”

All-EuroLeague center Mathias Lessort is confident of the Greens’ chances: “Madrid is the favorite. They have been favorite all year. We saw this year that we can match them. Just have to make them uncomfortable.”

The stands at Uber Arena will be packed with Panathinaikos supporters and according to Lessort, that can be the Greens’ secret weapon.

“Having the fans behind you to push you helps you to make the extra effort on defense, to jump higher, to get extra rebounds. When you get tired, just hear them pushing you gives you that extra boost that you might need to win,” Lessort said. “It’s gonna 40 minutes of basketball. It’s not rocket science or anything… We have to leave our heart on the court”

With his big brother Giannis seated court-side, Kostas Antetokounmpo entered his first Final Four game ever on Friday and immediately registered a sky-walking block for a Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens team that was on its way to victory. "I didn't get to see my brothers action, because I was yelling at the crowd, but they told me it was pretty crazy," Kostas says. "There are a lot of nerves in the Final Four, but once the clock starts, everything goes away for me. Once I go on the court, I'm ready to give everything I've got."

 All angles of Kostas Antetokounmpo's walk-on block 

All angles of Chacho's magic assist to Musa

Hear Real Madrid forward Dzanan Musa narrate the magical semifinal play that saw his veteran teammate Sergio "Chacho" Rodriguez throw a behind the back pass at midcourt to free him for game-sealing dunk. "Chacho makes everything easy for us, but even I was surprised," Musa said. "That was the stamp on the game and I was very proud to be in that kind of moment."

Hear Real Madrid forward Dzanan Musa narrate the magical semifinal play that saw his veteran teammate Sergio "Chacho" Rodriguez throw a behind the back pass at mid-court to free him for game-sealing dunk. "Chacho makes everything easy for us, but even I was surprised," Musa said. "That was the stamp on the game and I was very proud to be in that kind of moment."

A day after helping Real Madrid reach the championship game, Fabien Causeur sat down with EuroLeague.net to reflect on the semifinal victory, and discuss the Sunday's biggest game of the season, a clash against Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens for all the EuroLeague glory.

Fabien Causeur, Real: 'In these games, you go all in'

A day after helping Real Madrid reach the championship game, [Fabien Causeur](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/fabien-causeur/001392/) sat down with [EuroLeague.net](http://EuroLeague.net) to reflect on the semifinal victory, and discuss the Sunday's biggest game of the season, a clash against Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens for all the EuroLeague glory.

"Both teams deserve to be in the championship game, it's the first against the second team of the regular season", Causeur said. "Atmosphere will be crazy, just like last year or the year before. I think it is really exciting for a team to play against this crowd."

Playing in his sixth Final Four, more than any other Frenchmen, and aiming for his third EuroLeague title, Causeur has all the experience needed to know well what to expect in the championship game.

"We got to be ready for everything. In these kind of games you go all in and see what happens. It is one game, it can be cruel, like last year for Olympiacos when it led the whole game and we scored at the end. But that's what makes this event amazing."