Title holder and league leader Real (22-4) will attempt to continue its remarkable dominance over third-placed Panathinaikos (16-10), which has lost 16 of its last 17 games against the Spanish giant, and 12 straight in Madrid.
Game Notes: Madrid vs. Panathinaikos

Jerian Grant has a key role to play on defense for the Greek team in breaking the rhythm of Real playmaker Facu Campazzo, while we can also look forward to an all-action duel between explosive big men as Guerschon Yabusele goes up against Mathias Lessort. Former Green Mario Hezonja led Real to a 78-90 victory in Athens earlier in the season, scoring 19 points, to help overcome 24 points for Panathinaikos guard Kendrick Nunn.
- Despite sharing a total of 17 EuroLeague titles, Real and Panathinaikos have never met in a EuroLeague Final Four. In their two playoff series since 2000, Real won 3-1 en route to the 2018 title and it swept Panathinaikos 3-0 in 2019.
- Real beat Panathinaikos 78-90 in Athens in Round 13 behind Mario Hezonja who had 19 points and tied his career high with 4 steals.
- During the 2020-21 season, Real pulled out a 93-97 double-overtime win in Athens. Walter Tavares combined 20 points and 14 rebounds for a 36 PIR to lead the winners. He won the weekly MVP award with that effort.
- During a five-game winning streak in Athens that ended last spring, Real had a pair of 82-89 playoff wins, in Game 2 of the 2018 playoffs and Game 3 in 2019. It also included a Round 29 win from the 2018-19 season when Real rallied from 18 points down to win 73-74 on a buzzer-beating three-pointer from Rudy Fernandez.
- Real's single-game record for steals is 6, which Charles Smith tied against Panathinaikos Athens in December 2007.
- Real forward Fabien Causeur scored 26 points and was MVP of the Round with a PIR of 29 when Real beat Panathinaikos 92-75 in March 2018.
- Real swingman Mario Hezonja played at Panathinaikos for the second part of the 2020-21 season, helping the Greens win the Greek championship. He was a teammate of Ioannis Papapetrou and Dinos Mitoglou.
- Panathinaikos guard Luca Vildoza and Real point guard Facundo Campazzo were teammates at Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade last season.
- Vildoza has also been a teammate of Campazzo and Real forward Gabriel Deck on the Argentinian national team. Together they won the silver medal at the 2019 Basketball World Cup.
- Panathinaikos forward Juancho Hernangomez has been a teammate of Real's Rudy Fernandez and Sergio Llull on the Spanish national team. They all won the gold medal at the 2019 World Cup, while Hernangomez and Fernendez won the gold medal at EuroBasket 2022.
- Hernangomez was also a teammate of Sergio Rodriguez on the Spanish national team, winning the bronze medal together at EuroBasket 2017.
- Panathinaikos center Mathias Lessort and Real center Vincent Poirier have been teammates on the French national team. Together they won bronze medals at the 2019 FIBA World Cup.
- Panathinaikos center Mathias Lessort was a teammate of Real's Guerschon Yabusele on the French national team at the 2023 World Cup.
- Real's Gabriel Deck posted his career high with 13 rebounds in 2022-23 season opener against Panathinaikos.
- Facundo Campazzo set his career highs in rebounds (7) and steals (5) in Game 2 of the 2019 playoffs against Panathinaikos.
- Walter Tavares posted his career high of 8 offensive rebounds twice against Panathinaikos, both times in Athens; first in December 2019 and again in March 2022.
- Real guard Alberto Abalde had his career-high index rating of 24 in a double-overtime win over Panathinaikos in December 2020 in Athens.
- Real Madrid's Sergio Llull scored a career-high 30 points when Real edged Panathinaikos 87-84 in November 2016.
- Real center Vincent Poirier set his career high in steals with 4 playing for Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz against Panathinaikos in November 2017.