Panathinaikos brutally crash Bayern's hope of play-in | 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
Panathinaikos brutally crash Bayern's hope of play-in | Round 33 highlights | 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
Panathinaikos fends off battling Bayern, 75-82
Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens (22-11) edged closer to a top-four finish in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season after a 75-82 win at FC Bayern Munich (13-20), whose hopes of sneaking into the competition's play-in were vanquished.
The Greens will be assured of clinching home-court advantage if they beat bottom team ALBA Berlin (5-28) at home in the final round, as Kendrick Nunn led a concerted team effort against Bayern with 17 points and 4 rebounds.
Juancho Hernangomez scored 14 points for the visiting team, Mathias Lessort added 13 to go with 5 rebounds while Kostas Sloukas racked up 12 points, 7 assists and 6 boards. At the other end, Nick Weiler-Babb paced Bayern with 15 points on 5-of-7 shooting from downtown, Serge Ibaka posted 14 points and 7 boards while Leandro Bolmaro and Vladimir Lucic scored 11 points each for the home side.
Bayern produced a flawless first quarter and took an 18-13 lead thanks to ironclad defense, but the Greens turned the tide in the second and nosed ahead 36-40 at halftime thanks to good work from Hernangomez. Nunn carried Panathinaikos in the third quarter, scoring 9 points to keep Bayern at bay as the home side fired on all cylinders from downtown.
Panathinaikos, which led 54-58 heading into the final 10 minutes, was made to dig deep into its resources as Bayern refused to lie down, but the visitors eventually had more left in the tank down the stretch, taking a clutch 70-78 lead in the home straight as Nunn sank a delightful floater off the dribble.
Bayern then rekindled its hopes with five unanswered points but Panathinaikos kept its nerve in the last two minutes, throwing a loud and sizeable contingent of travelling fans into raptures after the final buzzer.
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