The reigning champs snapped a three-game road losing skid
Panathinaikos riding high after first road win of 2025
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The road has not been kind to Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens this season with the reigning Turkish Airlines EuroLeague champs downright crumbling away from the hallowed OAKA Altion. Ergin Ataman’s men finally tasted victory again on the road by knocking off LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne on Friday for its first road win in 2025.
The 93-96 result in France snapped a three-game road losing streak dating back to Panathinaikos’s 80-69 triumph at FC Bayern Munich on December 27 in Round 18.
“We found a way to win this important game because we know it is not easy to beat ASVEL on their home court,” Ataman said after the game.
Panathinaikos’s struggles go back even further. After winning a third straight road game in Round 10 on November 15, the Greens dropped six of the next seven away games. The average losing margin was 14.3 points, including a disastrous 93-67 defeat at Anadolu Efes Istanbul in Round 15.
As good as Panathinaikos looked at times against ASVEL - opening leads of 16-33 and 52-67 - Ataman’s men still committed 14 turnovers and watched the hosts turn those into 21 points. Panathinaikos had punched ASVEL but could not deliver the knockout.
“We had the chance many times to break the game open - more than 14-15 points. But we missed shots and made turnovers. But we found a way to win,” the coach said.
The importance of the victory was not lost on Kendrick Nunn, who poured in a game-high 24 points.
When asked about the team’s road woes, Nunn said: “We are very conscious of that. Even before the break, we said as a group we have to take care of things on the road. We play well at home. We just have to play the same way on the road. And that is our goal for the second part of the season.”
Panathinaikos has three more road games remaining: at league leaders and local rivals Olympiacos Piraeus in Round 29; at Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv in Round 31; and at AS Monaco in Round 33. Olympiacos is 10-2 at home while Maccabi just surprised Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul this round, and fifth-placed Monaco has a 9-5 mark at home.
The Greens' remaining home games are against Real Madrid, ALBA Berlin, Paris Basketball and Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade. With one win separating second from seventh place in the standings, every victory will be crucial - especially road victories.
Panathinaikos fans are desperately hoping the win at ASVEL can finally turn around the team’s road woes - because the Greens could likely need two road victories to lock up home-court advantage for the playoffs.