Panathinaikos replied to her break Anadolu Efes with his own, he made it 2-1 in each of the series for the playoffs and he is a victory from the Final Four. In fact, in the second match of Constantinople (02/05, 20:30) he will look for something that has only achieved just once in his history!
Indeed, in order not to need a fifth game at the OAKA, the “clover” will have to “break” the Turkish team for the second time. This has only succeeded once In the era of the “Best-of-Five” series, and in particular the first season they were applied, the 2008-09.
This season is ‘engraved’ in the minds of his friends Panathinaicbut also of all those who watch European basketball. With a roster that can only be compared to … Avengers Assemblethe “clover” was only aimed at conquering the Euroleague. The names speak for themselves: Dimitris Diamantidis, Vassilis Spanoulis, Sarounas Yasikevitsius, Antonis Fotsis, Kostas Tsartsaris, Nikola Pekovic, Mike Batist.
Opponent of his team Zeljko Obradovic For a place in Berlin was the Montepaski Sienasometimes a great power of Italian and European basketball that has now disappeared from the spotlight. At her “steering wheel” she was then Simoneand in the roster of the lots of talented players such as Terrell Makindair, Henry Domerkad, Sean Storuk, Ksistov Lavrinovic And the later “green” Romain Sato.
THE Panathinaikos He was the clear favorite, but he saw the Italian club breaking 84-79 in the second game. The “shock” was great, but the “Greens” responded as genuine champions. In the first match in the Siena They prevailed with the imposing 72-53, followed by a new break in the next game, with a score of 91-84.
This is how the “clover” left for the Berlin Finaland everyone knows the sequel, as with marginal victories over Olympiacos and CSKA Moscow He won his fifth European trophy on the road to Triple Crown of that season.
It is worth noting that in her technical team Siena Then the Luca Banciits current coach Anadolu Efes.
Source: Sport Fm
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