Fenerbahce of the former “greens” Nick Kalathis, Giorgos Papagiannis, Sarounas Jasikevicius broke a long-standing tradition in Monte Carlo, defeated Monaco in overtime with 79-80 (regular match 70-70) and took a place against Panathinaikos in the semi-final on Friday, May 24 in Berlin.
In fact, Calathes was the protagonist in the final, with two decisive three-pointers that gave Fener the victory (he had 1/9 until that moment). Papagiannis was also very good, stealing the ball in the home team’s last attack.
Calathes finished the game with 15 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Papagiannis added 6 points, while Tyler Dorsey played little.
Former Panathinaikos player Mike James scored 20 points for Monaco. The winning streak of the teams playing the 5th match at home in Euroleague history ended at 19-0.
Panathinaikos yesterday sealed its ticket for the 12th final-four in its history on Tuesday night, with 81-72 over Maccabi, which made the final 3-2 in OAKA (Nan 26, Sloukas 15, Hernangomet 11, Papapetrou 10, Lessor 9). The “greens” return to the final four after 12 years.
Today it was announced that Kendrick Nunn’s contract has been renewed for another two years, with an NBA release clause. Kostas Slukas finished yesterday’s match injured and is undergoing intensive treatment in order to make it to the semi-final. The matches of the final four, in which Real have already qualified and await their opponent from tonight’s fifth match Barcelona-Olympic (2-2), are scheduled to be held in Berlin on May 24-26.
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