{"id":14245,"date":"2026-04-07T22:20:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/is-this-the-year-of-the-first-all-greek-euroleague-final\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T22:20:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:20:49","slug":"is-this-the-year-of-the-first-all-greek-euroleague-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/is-this-the-year-of-the-first-all-greek-euroleague-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Is this the year of the first all-Greek Euroleague final?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Olympiakos and Panathinaikos showed on Tuesday they are ready to make up the first pair of teams in an all-Greek final this May, at the Euroleague Final Four to take place in Athens, too. They thrashed Real Madrid and Barcelona respectively and showed Europe they are the teams to be compared with in the last few games of the regular season, at least.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds are now alone at the top of the table, with a 24-12 record, after dismissing Real Madrid 102-88 at the Peace and Friendship Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>They started with an obscene 17-2 and dominated their visitors for the entire game, led by a mesmerizing Tyler Dorsey (37 points) who was seconded by Sasha Vezenkov (26 points).<\/p>\n<p>With 27 assists for just seven turnovers, this was easily one of the best games by the Greek champion all season, even if the margin of victory in the end was only 14 points.<\/p>\n<p>Panathinaikos was even more impressive on the night, dismantling host Barcelona in Spain with a performance that the final 93-79 score does not really do justice to.<\/p>\n<p>That was because at 93-61, the Greens appeared to take their collective foot off the gas, conceding 18 unanswered points as they already had their next game, at Valencia, in their minds.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona fans started leaving their seats to go home from as early as the third quarter, because their team was simply unable to match the tremendous defense and shooting rates (55% in triples) of the Greens.<\/p>\n<p>Cedi Osman paced Panathinaikos with 21 points. Kendrick Nunn and Nigel Hayes-Davis followed with 14 apiece, as Panathinaikos improved to a 21-15 record.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/sports\/1300460\/is-this-the-year-of-the-first-all-greek-euroleague-final\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olympiakos and Panathinaikos showed on Tuesday they are ready to make up the first pair of teams in an all-Greek final this May, at the Euroleague Final Four to take place in Athens, too. 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