Panathinaikos won the basketball title of Greece. This came after an 87:82 (20:22, 28:17, 17:25, 22:18) win over Olympiakos to make it 3-2 in the final series. So the “green” won their first title since 2021 and a total of 40 in their showcase, reports blitz.bg/sport.
Former Olympiakos star Kostas Sloukas recorded 29 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist in 29 minutes on the court and was a major factor in the success of the “Clovers”. Jerian Grant added 13 points to lead Panathinaikos to victory, Kendrick Nunn also had 13 points and 5 assists, and Mattia Lessor contributed 11 points.
Alec Peters was the top scorer for Olympiakos with 21 points. Kostas Papanikolaou finished with 18 points, Nikola Milutinov recorded a double-double of 17 points and 12 rebounds, and Nigel-Williams Goss finished with 12 points.
Panathinaikos pulled ahead by nine at 75:66, but Olympiakos did not give up and its final assault spoke for itself so that the “red-white” to cut their deficit to a point at 81:80. Subsequently, Kendrick Nunn and Nigel Williams-Goss each missed a shot, and from then on Panathinaikos made no mistake in their performances from the penalty line.