Panathinaikos — CSKA, 20 April 2015

Two confident home wins did not guarantee easy way to our teams in playoffs for many years. And it happened again: Panathinaikos won by one point and waits for CSKA in two days.

Panathinaikos (Athens) vs. CSKA: 86-85 (-1)

Panathinaikos: Jankovic (9 + 4 rb + 4 as), Fotsis (12 + 4 rb), Nelson (4), Pappas (25 + 4 as + 4 st), Mavrokefalidis (8 + 3 rb), Diamantidis (15 + 7 as + 4 to), Gist (11 + 5 rb + 4 as), Batista (2)…

CSKA: De Colo (19 + 3 rb + 5 as), Teodosic (12 + 5 rb + 9 as + 6 to + 4 pf), Weems (24 + 4 pf), Vorontsevich (5 + 5 rb + 2 bs), Kaun (3 + 5 rb + 2 bs), Khryapa (1 + 3 rb), Hines (10 + 3 rb), Kirilenko (11 + 7 rb + 4 pf)…

Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:

Although we had a good start in the game, Panathinaikos got the momentum and forced us to trail for three quarters. However we had our chances in the last minute, but it didn’t work out. Panathinaikos played aggressively in defense and had an outstanding shooting from behind the arc, as they created many situations from the pick and roll, the drives and the extra passes, There is no other way than to improve our performance on Wednesday and get the victory.