Name: EuroLeague 25 Moments: When Panathinaikos took Virtus’s crown in 2002
Channel: Euroleague Basketball

The 2002 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Championship Game will forever be remembered by the three-point shot Ibrahim Kutluay made to give Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens a decisive five-point lead against reigning champion Virtus Segafredo Bologna inside the last minute.

EuroLeague 25 Moments: When Panathinaikos took Virtus’s crown in 2002

The 2002 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Championship Game will forever be remembered by the three-point shot [Ibrahim Kutluay](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/ibrahim-kutluay/abi/) made to give [Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/panathinaikos-aktor-athens/pan/) a decisive five-point lead against reigning champion Virtus Segafredo Bologna inside the last minute.

Virtus was playing on its home floor and had the hope of becoming back-to-back champs, but Zeljko Obradovic’s Panathinaikos stepped up late to secure an eventual 83-89 victory. That was the Greens’ first EuroLeague championship in the modern era.

Hear from Ibrahim Kutluay, [Darryl Middleton](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/darryl-middleton/apo/), Zeljko Obradovic and [Fragiskos Alvertis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/fragiskos-alvertis/aph/) as they reflect on that famous 2002 title success in the latest episode of the EuroLeague 25 moments series.

You can also watch [episode one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTOQS-w-PNs&t=86s), [episode two](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHqpRVU6VVs&t=518s), [episode three](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QutvKk9HswQ) and [episode four](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by3jL3O0jYo) now.

The Greens defeated the reigning champion on the road