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Panathinaikos starts quest for home Final Four with 87-79 home win over Bayern

Panathinaikos starts quest for home Final Four with 87-79 home win over Bayern

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Panathinaikos starts quest for home Final Four with 87-79 home win over Bayern

Kendrick Nunn delivers MVP-like performance to start season for the Greens

Regular Season

Round 1 of 38

game FC Bayern Munich vs Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens

Regular Season

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Overview

Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens started its quest to play the EuroLeague Final Four at home in May by fighting off FC Bayern Munich 87-79 at home thanks to an outstanding showing by star guard Kendrick Nunn. Last season’s Most Valuable Player poured in 21 points with 10 assists as Panathinaikos remained perfect at home against Bayern at 9-0 and now 12-5 all-time with six straight wins.

Panathinaikos took control of the game in the third quarter and kept Bayern at bay the rest of the way. Nikos Ragkavopoulos scored 15 points and Omer Yurtseven picked up 14 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks while TJ Shorts was held scoreless in 10 minutes played. Isiaha Mike and Xavier Rathan-Mayes both set career highs with 18 points each and Wenyen Gabriel had 13 points against his former team.

Game Videos

Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens-FC Bayern Munich | Round 1 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
00:14
Yurtseven denies Baldwin! Motorola Magic Moment
00:26
How Kendrick? Motorola Magic Moment
00:13
Sloukas lets Yurtseven fly! Motorola Magic Moment
00:10
Lucic, Gabriel team up for block! Motorola Magic Moment
Catch the first episode of this season's Fantasy Challenge Podcast
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Legends Speak: Mike Batiste
Top plays: Carsen Edwards, 2024-25
Top plays: Kendrick Nunn, 2024-25
Best plays of 2024-25: Panathinaikos
Olympiacos Piraeus-Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens | 3rd Place Game Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
00:14
Nunn beats the halftime buzzer! Motorola Magic Moment
00:24
Yurtseven slams it home! Motorola Magic Moment
00:27
Lessort is back! Motorola Magic Moment
00:14
Osman’s steal and slam! Motorola Magic Moment
At the Final Four: Omer Yurtseven, Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens
Dimitris Itoudis, Mike Batiste remember their Panathinaikos successes on The Crossover
Cedi Osman takes center stage on the pre-Final Four EuroLeague & Friends podcast
01:50
Cedi Osman's night to remember
02:03
Cedi Osman: 'When I heard them chant my name, I was emotional'
00:44
Jerian Grant: 'I've never seen anything like it in my life'
Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens-Anadolu Efes Istanbul | Playoffs Game 5 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
00:22
Gabriel with a ferocious dunk! Motorola Magic Moment:
Anadolu Efes Istanbul-Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens | Playoffs Game 4 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
00:10
Nunn with a deep three! Motorola Magic Moment
00:13
Yurtseven with a sublime dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
00:08
Juancho rocks the rim! Motorola Magic Moment
00:14
Yurtseven on the alley oop! Motorola Magic Moment
01:22
Kendrick Nunn: 'I'm just glad it's not my tooth!'
02:06
Konstantinos Mitoglou: 'We expect a tougher game in the next game'
Anadolu Efes Istanbul-Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens | Playoffs Game 3 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
00:25
Crucial block by Juancho! Motorola Magic Moment
00:11
Cedi Osman steals and dunks! Motorola Magic Moment
Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens-Anadolu Efes Istanbul | PO Game 2 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
00:12
Kostas Sloukas with a crazy buzzer-beater! Motorola Magic Moment
00:12
Jerian Grant shows big hustle! Motorola Magic Moment
00:57
Juancho Hernangomez: 'We have a lot of talent, everybody can step up'
00:44
Jerian Grant: 'That's what championship teams do'
Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens-Anadolu Efes Istanbul | PO Game-1 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
00:24
Yurtseven at it again! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
00:11
Grant seals the win! Motorola Magic Moment
00:11
Juancho flies to the rim! Motorola Magic Moment
00:09
Yurtseven on the alley-oop! Motorola Magic Moment
Real Madrid-FC Bayern Munich | Play-In Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
00:12
Kharchenkov’s flying slam! Motorola Magic Moment
00:54
Devin Booker: 'We were not gonna let this game slip'
FC Bayern Munich-Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade | Play-In Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
00:35
Edwards weaved his way for a layup! Motorola Magic Moment
Kendrick NUNN Got MIC’D UP and SCORED BIG | AS Monaco - Panathinaikos

Hepsini göster

Mike scored the first points of the season for Bayern and Richaun Holmes followed suit immediately thereafter for the Greens. Mike moved to 5 points as Bayern went up 4-8. Ragkavopoulos answered with a four-point play and Nunn had 4 points as the game remained close at 12-12. The game went back and forth - Nunn totaling 8 points and 4 assists and Gabriel 7 points - with a total of 11 lead changes as Panathinaikos led 23-22 after 10 minutes.

Both teams’ defenses stepped up their play to start the second quarter with Bayern only managing one score in the first nearly 4 minutes, but Panathinaikos only could push the lead to 27-24. Kamar Baldwin came off the Bayern bench for back-to-back triples to put the visitors back ahead - and start four more lead changes before two scores from Alexandros Samodurov helped push the cushion to 37-32. Rathan-Mayes tried to keep Bayern close with 6 points, but Panathinaikos led 47-41 at the break.

Rathan-Mayes and Mike continued their strong game and trimmed the gap to 47-46. Panathinaikos delivered the first real run with 8 straight points as Bayern was held scoreless for 3+ minutes for a 58-48 lead on a big Nunn dunk. The Greens star added two more scores and it was 62-50. Bayern temporarily got the deficit to 6 points and trailed 68-61 after three quarters.

The big man combo of Yurtseven and Samodurov helped Panathinaikos open a double-digit lead again, 72-61, and Kostas Sloukas’s triple made it 77-65 with less than 7 minutes to go. Bayern could not produce enough offense and Nunn extended the difference to 81-68 with 4 minutes left. Bayern could not get closer than 8 points down the stretch.