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Top 16 Game 2 - February 21, 2007 CET: 18:45 Local time: 19:45 - O.A.K.A.

Panathinaikos 102 - 82 Winterthur FC Barcelona

TOP 16, GAME 2

GROUP D

GROUP E

GROUP F

GROUP G

Records

Ave.		Ave.
0-0	Final Four	0-0
0-0	Playoffs	0-0
0-0	Top 16	0-0
1-0	Regular Season	0-0
12-3	Overall	10-5

Referees

Crew Chief

SUDEK, PETR, Slovakia

Referee

BACHAR, SHMUEL, Israel

Umpire

DOZAI, SRDAN, Croatia

Team Stats

Ave.		Ave.
80.8	Points	79.0
32.9	Rebounds	32.3
10.9	O. Rebounds	10.3
22.0	D. Rebounds	22.1
11.6	Assists	15.7
10.3	Steals	8.8
2.8	Blocks	3.5
14.3	Turnovers	12.5
56.0 %	2PT	53.5 %
36.1 %	3PT	40.3 %
68.5 %	FT	76.2 %
88.1	Index	92.7

Team Stats - Panathinaikos

Team Stats - Winterthur FC Barcelona

Player Stats

Ave.		Ave.
14.7 / Batiste	Points	17.0 / Navarro
5.4 / Tsartsaris	Rebounds	4.9 / TRIAS, JORDI
3.3 / Batiste	OR	2.1 / TRIAS, JORDI
4.1 / Tsartsaris	DR	3.3 / MARCONATO, DENIS
3.9 / Diamantidis	Assists	3.8 / Lakovic
2.6 / Diamantidis	Steals	1.1 / Basile
0.9 / Diamantidis	Blocks	1.5 / Vazquez
2.5 / Diamantidis	Turnovers	2.2 / Lakovic
68.4 % / Batiste	2PT	65.4 % / MARCONATO, DENIS
47.4 % / SISKAUSKAS, RAMUNAS	3PT	62.5 % / Grimau
80.8 % / BECIROVIC, SANI	FT	89.6 % / Navarro
14.3 / Diamantidis	Index	16.4 / Navarro

Team Roster - Panathinaikos

Team Roster - Winterthur FC Barcelona

THE TAKE

Group F will have an exclusive leader after two games of the Top 16 after a showdown of perennial powerhouses, Panathinaikos and Winterthur FC Barcelona, at OAKA Olympic Hall in Athens on Wednesday. Both teams are undefeated in Group F after one week during which Panathinaikos thrashed Efes Pilsen 84-57 while Barcelona downed Prokom Trefl Sopot 92-73, both at home. This will be a very special game for Barcelona playmaker Jaka Lakovic (11.3 ppg., 3.8 apg.), who returns to Athens to face Panathinaikos for the first time since leaving the Greens last summer. Lakovic joined Panathinaikos in summer 2002 and helped the Greens to win four consecutive Greek League and three Greek Cup titles between 2003 and 2006. Lakovic is part of a star-flooded Barcelona backcourt also featuring Gianluca Basile (11.4 ppg., 43.2% 3FG), Roko-Leni Ukic (4.7 ppg., 47.4% 3FG), Roger Grimau (2.6 ppg.) and, above all, Juan Carlos Navarro (17 ppg., 89.6% FT), the regular season scoring champ. Navarro will test his scoring skills against Dimitris Diamantidis (8.7 ppg., 3.9 apg., 2.6 spg.), a two-time Euroleague Best Defender Trophy winner. Basile, Lakovic and Ukic will go up against Sani Becirovic (8.7 ppg.) and former Winterthur FCB guard Milos Vujanic (4.6 ppg.). Panathinaikos will miss the injured Tony Delk (10.3 ppg.), who hurt his shoulder in domestic play on Saturday, leaving more minutes for Ramunas Siskauskas (9 ppg., 47.4% 3FG). Siskauskas comes off a big game against Efes Pilsen but faces a tough defender in Rodrigo De La Fuente (4.5 ppg., 45% 3FG). With Mike Batiste (14.7 ppg., 68.4% 2FG) back on court, Panathinaikos has a renewed low-post threat in a frontcourt already filled with solid veterans like Dimos Dikoudis (8.5 ppg.), Dejan Tomasevic (7.2 ppg., 4.5 rpg.) or Kostas Tsartsaris. Batiste will go against Jordi Trias (6.1 ppg., 4.9 rpg.), a hard-nosed defender and versatile offensive presence now playing the best basketball of his short, promising career. With Mario Kasun (11.9 ppg.) still sidelined, Michalis Kakiouzis (6.5 ppg.), Denis Marconato (6.4 ppg., 65.4% 2FG) and Fran Vazquez (5.6 ppg.) will have to step up in front of a sea of Panathinaikos fans to challenge the Greens inside. These two highly ambitious teams are amoung the last four clubs to lift the Euroleague trophy - Barcelona having won in 2003, Panathinaikos in 2002 - and both know the stakes here. Wednesday's winner will be a clear favorite to advance to the Quarterfinal Playoffs and, should it continue in first place, a homecourt advantage in the next round. All of which makes their second game in the Top 16, on the same floor where the Final Four will be played, a ready-made classic. Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Euroleague.net - Kostas Sotiriou, Athens - J.A. Casanova, Barcelona

Group F will have an exclusive leader after two games of the Top 16 after a showdown of perennial powerhouses, Panathinaikos and Winterthur FC Barcelona, at OAKA Olympic Hall in Athens on Wednesday. Both teams are undefeated in Group F after one week during which Panathinaikos thrashed Efes Pilsen 84-57 while Barcelona downed Prokom Trefl Sopot 92-73, both at home. This will be a very special game for Barcelona playmaker Jaka Lakovic (11.3 ppg., 3.8 apg.), who returns to Athens to face Panathinaikos for the first time since leaving the Greens last summer. Lakovic joined Panathinaikos in summer 2002 and helped the Greens to win four consecutive Greek League and three Greek Cup titles between 2003 and 2006. Lakovic is part of a star-flooded Barcelona backcourt also featuring Gianluca Basile (11.4 ppg., 43.2% 3FG), Roko-Leni Ukic (4.7 ppg., 47.4% 3FG), Roger Grimau (2.6 ppg.) and, above all, Juan Carlos Navarro (17 ppg., 89.6% FT), the regular season scoring champ. Navarro will test his scoring skills against Dimitris Diamantidis (8.7 ppg., 3.9 apg., 2.6 spg.), a two-time Euroleague Best Defender Trophy winner. Basile, Lakovic and Ukic will go up against Sani Becirovic (8.7 ppg.) and former Winterthur FCB guard Milos Vujanic (4.6 ppg.). Panathinaikos will miss the injured Tony Delk (10.3 ppg.), who hurt his shoulder in domestic play on Saturday, leaving more minutes for Ramunas Siskauskas (9 ppg., 47.4% 3FG). Siskauskas comes off a big game against Efes Pilsen but faces a tough defender in Rodrigo De La Fuente (4.5 ppg., 45% 3FG). With Mike Batiste (14.7 ppg., 68.4% 2FG) back on court, Panathinaikos has a renewed low-post threat in a frontcourt already filled with solid veterans like Dimos Dikoudis (8.5 ppg.), Dejan Tomasevic (7.2 ppg., 4.5 rpg.) or Kostas Tsartsaris. Batiste will go against Jordi Trias (6.1 ppg., 4.9 rpg.), a hard-nosed defender and versatile offensive presence now playing the best basketball of his short, promising career. With Mario Kasun (11.9 ppg.) still sidelined, Michalis Kakiouzis (6.5 ppg.), Denis Marconato (6.4 ppg., 65.4% 2FG) and Fran Vazquez (5.6 ppg.) will have to step up in front of a sea of Panathinaikos fans to challenge the Greens inside. These two highly ambitious teams are amoung the last four clubs to lift the Euroleague trophy - Barcelona having won in 2003, Panathinaikos in 2002 - and both know the stakes here. Wednesday's winner will be a clear favorite to advance to the Quarterfinal Playoffs and, should it continue in first place, a homecourt advantage in the next round. All of which makes their second game in the Top 16, on the same floor where the Final Four will be played, a ready-made classic.

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Euroleague.net - Kostas Sotiriou, Athens - J.A. Casanova, Barcelona

Quotes Head Coaches

OBRADOVIC, ZELJKO Panathinaikos "The only thing we are thinking of right now is Barcelona. Not Olympiacos, not any other team. We have to step forward and get prepared, because a very important game is ahead of us and Panathinaikos must be ready to face this new challenge. Barcelona seems to be playing their best right now. They won the 'Copa del Rey' and they have started to play excellent basketball. They dominated Prokom in the opening game of the Top 16 and they crushed Alicante by 33 points in the Spanish League. That means we have a lot of work to do to win our second game in a row on our home court and I am sure that my players will be ready to deal with it."

OBRADOVIC, ZELJKO

Panathinaikos

"The only thing we are thinking of right now is Barcelona. Not Olympiacos, not any other team. We have to step forward and get prepared, because a very important game is ahead of us and Panathinaikos must be ready to face this new challenge. Barcelona seems to be playing their best right now. They won the 'Copa del Rey' and they have started to play excellent basketball. They dominated Prokom in the opening game of the Top 16 and they crushed Alicante by 33 points in the Spanish League. That means we have a lot of work to do to win our second game in a row on our home court and I am sure that my players will be ready to deal with it."

IVANOVIC, DUSKO Winterthur FC Barcelona "This one will be a very important game for us. We'll play against a very good team and we want to demonstrate that we can beat anyone. We all know about Panathinaikos’s enormous potential. They've got a deep roster, with a lot of experienced players and many different options to play basketball. They've got versatile centers and can play with four outside players as well. They play strong defense with a lot of aggressiveness. They like to fight for offensive rebounds and run the floor. In my opinion, this is one of the best teams in European basketball. Panathinaikos has no weakeness."

IVANOVIC, DUSKO

Winterthur FC Barcelona

"This one will be a very important game for us. We'll play against a very good team and we want to demonstrate that we can beat anyone. We all know about Panathinaikos’s enormous potential. They've got a deep roster, with a lot of experienced players and many different options to play basketball. They've got versatile centers and can play with four outside players as well. They play strong defense with a lot of aggressiveness. They like to fight for offensive rebounds and run the floor. In my opinion, this is one of the best teams in European basketball. Panathinaikos has no weakeness."

Players

ALVERTIS, FRAGISKOS Panathinaikos "In the Euroleague Top 16 there are no margins for mistakes or home losses, since any bad result can take you out of the next round. In addition, there are no teams that compete without the dream to go further in the competition, so my teammates and I are ready for one more fight against a great club like Barcelona. The recent derby against Olympiacos in the Greek League must stay in the past. It's over and no one has to remember it any more. We lost and that's it. The match against Barcelona is a totally new thing and we have to face it with high responsibility and concentration. We have a great team, we believe in ourselves and we move forward without looking back."

ALVERTIS, FRAGISKOS

Panathinaikos

"In the Euroleague Top 16 there are no margins for mistakes or home losses, since any bad result can take you out of the next round. In addition, there are no teams that compete without the dream to go further in the competition, so my teammates and I are ready for one more fight against a great club like Barcelona. The recent derby against Olympiacos in the Greek League must stay in the past. It's over and no one has to remember it any more. We lost and that's it. The match against Barcelona is a totally new thing and we have to face it with high responsibility and concentration. We have a great team, we believe in ourselves and we move forward without looking back."

LAKOVIC, JAKA Winterthur FC Barcelona "This game will be a very special one for me, for many reasons. I played at Panathinaikos for four years, so this will be a different game. I have many good friends on the team and among the fans and I respect all of them a lot. In my opinion, they are the best basketball fans in Europe. The best thing we can say about Panathinaikos is that they play always as a team. They've got several first-class players at every position, but the best thing about them is that they are a real team."

LAKOVIC, JAKA

Winterthur FC Barcelona

"This game will be a very special one for me, for many reasons. I played at Panathinaikos for four years, so this will be a different game. I have many good friends on the team and among the fans and I respect all of them a lot. In my opinion, they are the best basketball fans in Europe. The best thing we can say about Panathinaikos is that they play always as a team. They've got several first-class players at every position, but the best thing about them is that they are a real team."

Proving that it can rise to the occasion for big games, Panathinaikos climbed to the top of Top 16 Group F with a dominant 102-82 win over dangerous Winterthur FC Barcelona on Wednesday at the OAKA Olympic Hall in Athens, Greece. Sani Becirovic led six Greens in double figures in points with a season-high 24 as Panathinaikos improved to 2-0 in the group. Barca dropped to 1-1 and will share second place in the group with the winner of Thursday's game between Efes Pilsen and Prokom Trefl. The Greek champs dominated inside – winning the battle of the boards 32-19 – and outside – making an incredible 15 of 29 three-pointers. Panathinaikos raced out to a 32-15 lead after 10 minutes, improved that to 20 by halftime and made it stand up the rest of the way. Dimitrios Diamantidis added 17 points, 7 assists and 4 steals, Dejan Tomasevic posted 13 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists, while Ramunas Siskauskas, Nikos Chatzivrettas and Mike Batiste finished with 11 points each. For Barcelona, Juan Carlos Navarro had 21 points and a career-best 9 assists, Jordi Trias chipped in 16 points and 7 assists – both personal bests – while Michail Kakiouzis added 13 points and Roger Grimau 11. After tipoff, Panathinaikos burst in front on an open triple by Diamantidis, which Navarro followed with one of his own for Barcelona. Going against his former team, Jaka Lakovic was hit with 2 personal fouls in barely a minute and had to sit. Navarro was on fire, though, and with a drive and a long jumper put the guests up 6-7. Dikoudis next unleashed 6 points in the paint as the Greens restored a 14-11 advantage. The scoring pace got even faster as, moments later, Becirovic swished open back-to-back three-pointers following goot Panathinaikos ball movement as the hosts raced ahead 22-15. There were still 3 minutes, 15 seconds left in the quarter, and Panathinaikos continued to step on the gas. After a Barcelona timeout, Becirovic was at it again, downing another pair of open triples with which the Greens doubled their guests on the scoreboard on the way to an astounding 32-15 lead after 10 minutes. Batiste kept Panathinaikos charging ahead in the second quarter and helped assure Barcelona's struggles, especially on the boards, where the hosts were dominating all rebounds. With only a shot per possession at most, Barcelona could not score for 3 minutes until Navarro finally found the basket. Batiste demoralized the guests even more with a follow-up dunk, and despite Barcelona's switch to a full-court press, Panathinaikos kept galloping. The Greens scored at will in the paint as Batiste and Kostas Tsartsaris with more dunks combined on 6 points as the lead hit 46-26. Roko-Leni Ukic nailed a triple for Barcelona, but Panathinaikos kept sailing to an emphatic 51-31 advantage at halftime, by which time Barcelona had only 5 rebounds. Siskauskas got the scoreboard rolling in the second half with a corner triple and then Tomasevic scored on a slippery post move. Navarro was unwilling to go down without a fight and looked determined to redeem Barcelona, but with his team's rebounding nonexistent, Panathinaikos kept roaring and blew the game open. With the Greens playing the passing game that made Barcelona seem not to be playing defense, Becirovic loaded up for his fifth triple to cap a 7-0 run that boosted the margin to 64-37. Barcelona finally answered with a 0-9 burst in which Grimau scored 6 points, and with point differences in mind, Panathinaikos took a timeout. Barcelona had plenty of time left and was trying hard to turn the tide in its favor, but back-to-back triples by Chatzivrettas and Milos Vujanic helped the Greens retain a commanding lead, 74-58, after 30 minutes. Early in the final period, Grimau scored a long jumper to show that nothing was over yet. Tomasevic grabbed his fifth offensive rebound and fed Chatzivrettas for a triple from the corner that gave Panathinaikos a 78-60 advantage. Barcelona head coach Dusko Ivanovic stayed with a zone defense as Panathinaikos seemed less accurate from beyond the arc than in the first half. With poor rebounding its a riddle without an answer, however, Barcelona was unable to cut significantly into the difference. A one-handed dunk by Tomasevic and a decisive triple by Diamantidis widened the gap to 85-67 before Navarro got stripped of the ball by Diamantidis and committed an intentional foul. Diamanatidis hit both free throws and then Becirovic buried another triple to seal the blowout outcome. The Panathinaikos fans celebrated until a last Diamantidis triple put their team over 100 points to cap a great offensive show that also left the Greens fully in charge of Group F. Wednesday, February 21, 2007 Danos Tsakalos, Athens

Proving that it can rise to the occasion for big games, Panathinaikos climbed to the top of Top 16 Group F with a dominant 102-82 win over dangerous Winterthur FC Barcelona on Wednesday at the OAKA Olympic Hall in Athens, Greece. Sani Becirovic led six Greens in double figures in points with a season-high 24 as Panathinaikos improved to 2-0 in the group. Barca dropped to 1-1 and will share second place in the group with the winner of Thursday's game between Efes Pilsen and Prokom Trefl. The Greek champs dominated inside – winning the battle of the boards 32-19 – and outside – making an incredible 15 of 29 three-pointers. Panathinaikos raced out to a 32-15 lead after 10 minutes, improved that to 20 by halftime and made it stand up the rest of the way. Dimitrios Diamantidis added 17 points, 7 assists and 4 steals, Dejan Tomasevic posted 13 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists, while Ramunas Siskauskas, Nikos Chatzivrettas and Mike Batiste finished with 11 points each. For Barcelona, Juan Carlos Navarro had 21 points and a career-best 9 assists, Jordi Trias chipped in 16 points and 7 assists – both personal bests – while Michail Kakiouzis added 13 points and Roger Grimau 11.

After tipoff, Panathinaikos burst in front on an open triple by Diamantidis, which Navarro followed with one of his own for Barcelona. Going against his former team, Jaka Lakovic was hit with 2 personal fouls in barely a minute and had to sit. Navarro was on fire, though, and with a drive and a long jumper put the guests up 6-7. Dikoudis next unleashed 6 points in the paint as the Greens restored a 14-11 advantage. The scoring pace got even faster as, moments later, Becirovic swished open back-to-back three-pointers following goot Panathinaikos ball movement as the hosts raced ahead 22-15. There were still 3 minutes, 15 seconds left in the quarter, and Panathinaikos continued to step on the gas. After a Barcelona timeout, Becirovic was at it again, downing another pair of open triples with which the Greens doubled their guests on the scoreboard on the way to an astounding 32-15 lead after 10 minutes.

Jordi Trias - Winterthur FCB

Batiste kept Panathinaikos charging ahead in the second quarter and helped assure Barcelona's struggles, especially on the boards, where the hosts were dominating all rebounds. With only a shot per possession at most, Barcelona could not score for 3 minutes until Navarro finally found the basket. Batiste demoralized the guests even more with a follow-up dunk, and despite Barcelona's switch to a full-court press, Panathinaikos kept galloping. The Greens scored at will in the paint as Batiste and Kostas Tsartsaris with more dunks combined on 6 points as the lead hit 46-26. Roko-Leni Ukic nailed a triple for Barcelona, but Panathinaikos kept sailing to an emphatic 51-31 advantage at halftime, by which time Barcelona had only 5 rebounds.

Siskauskas got the scoreboard rolling in the second half with a corner triple and then Tomasevic scored on a slippery post move. Navarro was unwilling to go down without a fight and looked determined to redeem Barcelona, but with his team's rebounding nonexistent, Panathinaikos kept roaring and blew the game open. With the Greens playing the passing game that made Barcelona seem not to be playing defense, Becirovic loaded up for his fifth triple to cap a 7-0 run that boosted the margin to 64-37. Barcelona finally answered with a 0-9 burst in which Grimau scored 6 points, and with point differences in mind, Panathinaikos took a timeout. Barcelona had plenty of time left and was trying hard to turn the tide in its favor, but back-to-back triples by Chatzivrettas and Milos Vujanic helped the Greens retain a commanding lead, 74-58, after 30 minutes.

Dejan Tomasevic - Panathinaikos

Early in the final period, Grimau scored a long jumper to show that nothing was over yet. Tomasevic grabbed his fifth offensive rebound and fed Chatzivrettas for a triple from the corner that gave Panathinaikos a 78-60 advantage. Barcelona head coach Dusko Ivanovic stayed with a zone defense as Panathinaikos seemed less accurate from beyond the arc than in the first half. With poor rebounding its a riddle without an answer, however, Barcelona was unable to cut significantly into the difference. A one-handed dunk by Tomasevic and a decisive triple by Diamantidis widened the gap to 85-67 before Navarro got stripped of the ball by Diamantidis and committed an intentional foul. Diamanatidis hit both free throws and then Becirovic buried another triple to seal the blowout outcome. The Panathinaikos fans celebrated until a last Diamantidis triple put their team over 100 points to cap a great offensive show that also left the Greens fully in charge of Group F.

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Danos Tsakalos, Athens

Referees: SUDEK, PETR (SVK), BACHAR, SHMUEL (ISR), DOZAI, SRDAN (CRO)

Attendance: 13000

By Quarter	1	2	3	4
Panathinaikos	32	19	23	28
Winterthur FC Barcelona	15	16	27	24

End of Quarter	1	2	3	4
Panathinaikos	32	51	74	102
Winterthur FC Barcelona	15	31	58	82

Head coach: OBRADOVIC, ZELJKO

Panathinaikos
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG M-A	3FG M-A	FT M-A	Rebounds			As	St	To	Bl		Fouls		PIR
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG M-A	3FG M-A	FT M-A	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
4	ALVERTIS, FRAGISKOS	5:00			0/2			1	1	1					1		-1
6	PAPANIKOLAOU, DIMITRIOS	3:00									1				1
7	BECIROVIC, SANI	29:00	24	2/7	6/9	2/2	1	1	2	5		1			1	6	27
8	BATISTE, MIKE	14:45	11	5/6		1/2	2	2	4		1				2	4	16
9	SISKAUSKAS, RAMUNAS	29:15	11	2/5	2/5	1/2				1	1				1	1	6
10	HATZIVRETTAS, NIKOS	20:00	11	1/1	3/7		1	2	3	1	1	1	1		4		8
11	DIKOUDIS, DIMOS	19:45	6	3/3	0/1			1	1	2		1			2	2	7
12	TSARTSARIS, KOSTAS	14:00	4	1/2		2/2	3		3	2	1	2			4	1	4
13	DIAMANTIDIS, DIMITRIS	33:45	17	3/4	3/4	2/2		4	4	7	4	3		1	1	2	27
15	TOMASEVIC, DEJAN	25:15	13	5/8		3/3	9	2	11	5		2	1	1	1	2	25
18	VUJANIC, MILOS	6:15	5	0/1	1/1	2/4	1	1	2			1			3	3	3
19	JAVTOKAS, ROBERTAS	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Team						1		1								1
	Totals	200:00	102	22/37	15/29	13/17	18	14	32	24	9	11	2	2	21	21	123
				59.5%	51.7%	76.5%

Min: Minutes played; Pts: Points; 2FG M-A: 2-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); 3FG M-A: 3-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); FT M-A: Free Throws (Made-Attempted); Rebounds: O (Offensive), D (Defensive), T (Total); As: Assists; St: Steals; To: Turnovers; Bl: Blocks (Fv: In Favor / Ag: Against); Fouls: Cm (Commited), Rv (Received); PIR: Performance Index Rating

Head coach: IVANOVIC, DUSKO

Winterthur FC Barcelona
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG M-A	3FG M-A	FT M-A	Rebounds			As	St	To	Bl		Fouls		PIR
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG M-A	3FG M-A	FT M-A	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
5	BASILE, GIANLUCA	31:30		0/1	0/1			1	1	1	2	1		1	2		-2
8	TRIAS, JORDI	29:15	16	7/8		2/4	1		1	7		4	2	1	2	5	21
9	MARCONATO, DENIS	17:45	8	3/4		2/2		1	1	1	1				2	1	9
10	LAKOVIC, JAKA	8:45			0/1					1		3			2	2	-3
11	NAVARRO, JUAN CARLOS	32:45	21	6/8	3/6			3	3	9		3			3	4	26
14	DE LA FUENTE, RODRIGO	10:00			0/1			1	1
17	VAZQUEZ, FRAN	8:00	4	2/2											3		1
20	KAKIOUZIS, MICHAILIS	25:00	13	5/8		3/3	2	2	4	1		1			3	5	16
21	UKIC, ROKO	20:15	9	2/3	1/2	2/2		1	1	1		1			1	2	9
44	GRIMAU, ROGER	16:45	11	5/5	0/3	1/1		1	1	2	1	3			3	2	8
	Team						2	4	6								6
	Totals	200:00	82	30/39	4/14	10/12	5	14	19	23	4	16	2	2	21	21	91
				76.9%	28.6%	83.3%

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Head Coaches

OBRADOVIC, ZELJKO Panathinaikos “As I mentioned yesterday, this game was really crucial and we had to win it. I want to congratulate my players because they played great against a very strong team that has already won the Spanish Cup. During the first half, we upped the ante with our performance and displayed some fascinating plays. Once again the fans were wild tonight and they were a major factor tonight. With their support, we can achieve great things.”

OBRADOVIC, ZELJKO

Panathinaikos

“As I mentioned yesterday, this game was really crucial and we had to win it. I want to congratulate my players because they played great against a very strong team that has already won the Spanish Cup. During the first half, we upped the ante with our performance and displayed some fascinating plays. Once again the fans were wild tonight and they were a major factor tonight. With their support, we can achieve great things.”

IVANOVIC, DUSKO Winterthur FC Barcelona “It’s a pity that we came out flat without any passion on the defensive end. On the contrary, Panathinaikos was determined to win tonight, something that is proved by the stats. We weren’t focused on defense tonight, while offensively we failed at times to keep our composure. Moreover, we committed numerous turnovers. However, I am confident that we can and will improve in the next games.”

IVANOVIC, DUSKO

Winterthur FC Barcelona

“It’s a pity that we came out flat without any passion on the defensive end. On the contrary, Panathinaikos was determined to win tonight, something that is proved by the stats. We weren’t focused on defense tonight, while offensively we failed at times to keep our composure. Moreover, we committed numerous turnovers. However, I am confident that we can and will improve in the next games.”

Players

BECIROVIC, SANI Panathinaikos “We wanted to win this game, especially since we were beaten on Saturday. We wanted to prevail in order to please our fans, who bolster us in each and every game. We played very good tonight, yet we must avoid any dry spells. We should stay focused throughout the 40 minutes and not allow our opponents to rally back. Now, we have to stay focused and continue our streak of wins.”

BECIROVIC, SANI

Panathinaikos

“We wanted to win this game, especially since we were beaten on Saturday. We wanted to prevail in order to please our fans, who bolster us in each and every game. We played very good tonight, yet we must avoid any dry spells. We should stay focused throughout the 40 minutes and not allow our opponents to rally back. Now, we have to stay focused and continue our streak of wins.”

KAKIOUZIS, MICHAILIS Winterthur FC Barcelona “I honestly didn’t expect to be applauded by the fans, but the way they welcomed satisfied me a lot. As far as the game is concerned, we were awful in the first half. We grabbed only 5 rebounds. In the second half we improved and became more competitive. Nevertheless, it doesn’t mean anything. We should play better so as to qualify to the next round.”
LAKOVIC, JAKA Winterthur FC Barcelona “Regarding the atmosphere, I didn’t know what to expect. Of course, it didn’t satisfy me the fact that the fans booed me. However they pay the ticket to express their opinion, so I had to accept it. Anyhow, I have to admit that they create probably the best atmosphere in Europe. Despite the hostile atmosphere, it feels good coming back here and saying hello to all my friends. During the first half we played very bad, unlike Panathinaikos who hit many triples and dominated. They deserved to win tonight. Life goes on.”

KAKIOUZIS, MICHAILIS

Winterthur FC Barcelona

“I honestly didn’t expect to be applauded by the fans, but the way they welcomed satisfied me a lot. As far as the game is concerned, we were awful in the first half. We grabbed only 5 rebounds. In the second half we improved and became more competitive. Nevertheless, it doesn’t mean anything. We should play better so as to qualify to the next round.”

LAKOVIC, JAKA

Winterthur FC Barcelona

“Regarding the atmosphere, I didn’t know what to expect. Of course, it didn’t satisfy me the fact that the fans booed me. However they pay the ticket to express their opinion, so I had to accept it. Anyhow, I have to admit that they create probably the best atmosphere in Europe. Despite the hostile atmosphere, it feels good coming back here and saying hello to all my friends. During the first half we played very bad, unlike Panathinaikos who hit many triples and dominated. They deserved to win tonight. Life goes on.”

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