Shootout in Athens

Panathinaikos Athens – CSKA: 74-98 (+24)

Panathinaikos: Perry (15), Papapetrou (16 + 4 as + 3 to), White (6), Evans (5 + 5 rb), Sant-Roos (9 + 6 as + 2 st) – start; Macon Jr (11 + 5 rb + 2 st), Papagiannis (9 + 4 rb), Bochoridis (0), Kavvadas (0), Kaselakis (0), Avdalas (0), Nedovic (3)…

CSKA: Hackett (17 + 5 rb + 6 as), Shengelia (16 + 4 rb + 4 as + 4 to), Milutinov (2 + 5 rb), Kurbanov (5), Shved (6 + 2 st) – start; Lundberg (8 + 3 rb + 2 as + 2 st + 3 to), Bolomboy (8 + 8 rb + 2 bs), Khomenko (3), Ukhov (7 + 4 as), Antonov (2), Voigtmann (5 + 5 rb + 2 as), Grigonis (19 + 3 as)…

First I want to say congratulations to my players. It was evident on the court that Panathinaikos suffered from the Coronavirus, probably getting out of their rhythm. But that’s the virus. You have certain comebacks and practice and games are different. But I think we were serious and we deserved it. After a sloppy start we had a much better adjustments, we hit good shots, we were determined and decisive. We were the better team but Panathinaikos lacked that continuity coming into the game.