The hosts surpassed the 100-point barrier for the third time in a row at home
Panathinaikos excels on offense to beat Virtus, 111-90
Game Report
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Round 19 of 34
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Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens celebrated the new year with a convincing 111-90 win against Virtus Segafredo Bologna. The Greens opened a double-digit margin at halftime, 64-42, thanks to a superb performance by Juancho Hernangomez and Omer Yurtseven, but had to wait until Kendrick Nunn took over with 11 points in 2 minutes midway through the last quarter to effectively wrap up the victory. The Greens chained together their fourth win in a row to improve to 12-7, while Virtus slipped to 5-14 after snapping a two-game winning streak.
Yurtseven led the winners with career highs in points (27) and PIR (34). Nunn also scored 27 points, having knocked down 5 three-pointers, while Hernangomez finished with 16 points and 7 rebounds, Lorenzo Brown contributed 12 points and Cedi Osman poured in 11. Virtus, which was without Toko Shengelia and Ante Zizic inside, had Will Clyburn with 25 points as its top scorer. Momo Diouf scored 15, Andrejs Grazulis chipped in with 12 and Isaia Cordinier added 11 and 5 assists in the losing effort.
Game Videos
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Kendrick Nunn: 'Omer Yurtseven's performance is not a surprise'
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Hernangomez steals and dunks! Motorola Magic Moment
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Yurtseven posterizes Akele Motorola Magic Moment
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Achille Polonara: 'Coach Dusko gave me a lot of confidence'
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Kostas Sloukas: 'We dedicate this win to Mathias Lessort'
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Nunn hammers it home on the break! Motorola Magic Moment
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Polonara alley-oop completes team move! Motorola Magic Moment
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Isaia Cordinier: 'We miss you, Toko!
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Diouf dunks after classy Cordinier pass! Motorola Magic Moment
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Cordinier out of nowhere with the block! Motorola Magic Moment
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Jump ball leads to Clyburn dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Diouf swats Nunez! Motorola Magic Moment
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Kendrick Nunn: 'We need everyone to keep Mathias in their prayers'
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Lessort rocks the rim in style! Motorola Magic Moment
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Clyburn beats the halftime buzzer from deep! Motorola Magic Moment
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Kendrick Nunn: 'We needed that energy, that spark'
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Samodurov's big block! Motorola Magic Moment
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Nunn with another ankle-breaker! Motorola Magic Moment
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Nunn breaks Ricci's ankles! Motorola Magic Moment
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Juancho drives for big dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Dusko Ivanovic: 'Tonight, we had luck'
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Clyburn banks in the improbable shot! Motorola Magic Moment
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Clyburn and Cordinier combine for the perfect play! Motorola Magic Moment
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Polonara denies Daum! Motorola Magic Moment
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Shengelia and Cordinier sweet combination! Motorola Magic Moment
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Lessort soars! Motorola Magic Moment
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Virtus Segafredo Bologna-ALBA Berlin | RS Round 13 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Clyburn throws it down! Motorola Magic Moment
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Shengelia's double block! Motorola Magic Moment
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Kendrick Nunn: 'I came in ready'
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Lessort with a steal and a dunk in transition! Motorola Magic Moment
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Nunn with another midcourt buzzer-beater! Motorola Magic Moment
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Nunn beats the buzzer again! Motorola Magic Moment
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Nunn with a buzzer-beating mid-court triple! Motorola Magic Moment
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Isaia Cordinier jumps aboard the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast
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What a power slam by Lessort! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
Clyburn ran the show on offense for the visitors in the early going, scoring a floater, feeding Diouf for a dunk and nailing a three-pointer that set a 5-7 edge for Virtus. The hosts had to wait a little but to find the rim from long range, but when they did, it rained hard against Virtus. Jerian Grant opened fire, while Hernangomez and Nunn hit once each from downtown to make it 16-10 right before the first timeout. Clyburn remained unstoppable after the break, especially from behind the arc, as back-to-back triples got Virtus within 21-20. Nevertheless, Panathinaikos didn’t lose its poise and kept playing a smooth offense, with Nunn and Hernangomez punishing to extend the margin to 30-23 at the end of the first period.
Nicola Akele brought energy to the visitors right after the game resumed, as he delivered on both ends to bring Virtus within 30-28. Clyburn showed up again and nailed his fifth three-pointer from five attempts right before feeding Diouf for an inside basket that made it even closer, 34-33. Marco Belinelli evened things with a triple, as Diouf kept rocking to maintain the game on the wire, 38-38, midway through the second period. The Greens didn’t panic, though, and used Yurtseven inside to recover control. He rebounded on both ends, scored 6 points and fed Brown for a triple in an 11-2 run that set a 49-40 home advantage. Ioannis Papapetrou built a double-digit lead, 52-42, from behind the arc, as Yurtseven capped an amazing first half by moving to 18 points to put Panathinaikos firmly ahead, 54-42, at halftime.
Yurtseven added a three-point play shortly after the intermission to extend the margin to 59-46. Then Hernangomez took over with a dunk off a steal and his third three on as many attempts to get the fans off their feet and boost Panathinaikos to a 67-51 advantage. Cordinier and Grazulis teamed up for Virtus at that point, enough to prevent the Greens from escaping, 71-61. The rally didn’t go further, though, as Panathinaikos found Brown and Kostas Sloukas on the perimeter to almost send Virtus to the ropes, 79-63. Then Grazulis lessened the wounds from downtown to enter the last stanza with the Greens up 79-66.
Turnovers penalized Panathinaikos early in the fourth period and allowed Virtus to find some breath behind a three-pointer by Belinelli and a layup by Matthew Morgan that reduced the gap to 8 points, 79-71. Nunn’s return to the court didn’t work at first, as Grazulis took advantage of an unsportsmanlike foul to make it even tighter, 81-75. But once Nunn his first triple in the quarter, all hell broke loose for the home team. Nunn added two more from downtown and Cedi Osman joined the party with another of his own to bring a double-digit lead back to Panathinaikos’s hands, 93-80, with 5 minutes to go. Yutseven followed with a couple of inside buckets and Osman nailed a three that set a three-digit score for the Greens, 100-83. Brown didn’t want to stop the party here, drilling two more that set a 20-point advantage, 106-86, that definitively sealed the outcome.
