Red-hot Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens (10-7) is aiming for a fifth straight win as its travels to direct rival Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz (9-8), which is currently one of four teams tied for eighth place.
Kendrick Nunn, Panathinaikos: 'Everybody's chemistry is connecting'



Kostas Sloukas has now truly settled in with the Greens, averaging 7.3 assists during his team’s winning run, and he faces an intriguing backcourt duel with Codi Miller-McIntyre, who is looking to rebound from a tough night (4 points and 4 turnovers) in last week’s loss to Milan. That game featured another strong showing from Chima Moneke (14 points, 8 rebounds) and his battle with Mathias Lessort – who piled on 24 points and 13 rebounds when Panathinaikos beat Baskonia in October – will be a highlight to enjoy as two of the league’s most dynamic and hard-working big men square off.
Ergin Ataman, Panathinaikos head coach
"The second part of the EuroLeague is starting now. In Spain, of course, they are difficult games, both games, because both teams are only one victory away from us and played a very good first half, also. Baskonia, especially after coach Coach Dusko [] came there, they changed and won a lot of important games. OK, we won against these two teams in OAKA in the first part of the EuroLeague, but now on the road we must play more careful. We are on a good way now in the last games. We play good basketball. But more than good basketball, it will be important one more time to show over there our hustle, our aggressiveness and our team defense will be the key for both games, but especially Baskonia. They play a lot of fastbreak game, a lot of transition, so our fastbreak defense will be very important."
Kendrick Nunn, Panathinaikos player
"These are big games. As we all know, every game matters, and there are a bunch of teams that are right around the same place in the standings as we are. So they are two big important games for us and we are looking forward to getting victories on the road. We just have to come out and be the aggressor, on the road especially. Just come out with aggressiveness on both ends of the floor and impose our will, specifically on the defensive end. I think the offense will come together. I believe everybody's chemistry is connecting well right now. We're learning each other's tendencies more and more and it's only going to get better."

























































































