{"id":14873,"date":"2026-04-21T22:10:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/tj-shorts-takes-panathinaikos-to-the-euroleague-playoffs\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T22:10:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:10:06","slug":"tj-shorts-takes-panathinaikos-to-the-euroleague-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/tj-shorts-takes-panathinaikos-to-the-euroleague-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"TJ Shorts takes Panathinaikos to the Euroleague playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1301558\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TJ_Shorts_Intime-320x200.jpg?v=1776803275\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TJ_Shorts_Intime.jpg?v=1776803275\" alt=\"TJ Shorts takes Panathinaikos to the Euroleague playoffs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TJ_Shorts_Intime.jpg?v=1776803275\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Panathinaikos breezed past Monaco in the Euroleague playoffs on Tuesday and its 87-79 victory\u00a0 has taken it to the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Now, in the best-of-five series with regular-season runner-up Valencia, the Spaniards will have home advantage and the winner will advance to the Athens Final Four in May.<\/p>\n<p>Playing in front of a capacity crowd at the Telekom Center Athens, Panathinaikos led throughout the game with the Monegasques after the first five minutes, and stretched its advantage up to 17 points (60-43), led by a superb TJ Shorts. The American came from the bench and changed the pace of the game, tiring out the eight players that Monaco had at its disposal.<\/p>\n<p>Much as former Panathinaikos player Mike James tried to upset the hosts, scoring 25 points on the night, depleted Monaco could not really threaten the Greens.<\/p>\n<p>Shorts paced the hosts with a Euroleague-career-equaling 21 points, followed by Kenneth Faried who has 13 points and eight rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>Monaco will now face Barcelona for the last ticket to the playoffs and the winner will face Olympiakos in the best-of-five series.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/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\/1301558\/tj-shorts-takes-panathinaikos-to-the-euroleague-playoffs\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Panathinaikos breezed past Monaco in the Euroleague playoffs on Tuesday and its 87-79 victory\u00a0 has taken it to the playoffs. Now, in the best-of-five series with regular-season runner-up Valencia, the Spaniards will have home advantage and the winner will advance to the Athens Final Four in May. 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