{"id":924,"date":"2024-12-04T22:18:38","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T22:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/04\/reds-and-greens-bounce-back-in-the-euroleague\/"},"modified":"2024-12-04T22:18:38","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T22:18:38","slug":"reds-and-greens-bounce-back-in-the-euroleague","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/04\/reds-and-greens-bounce-back-in-the-euroleague\/","title":{"rendered":"Reds and Greens bounce back in the Euroleague"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1255434\">\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\/2024\/12\/4483071-1-320x200.jpg?v=1733346795\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4483071-1.jpg?v=1733346795\" alt=\"Reds and Greens bounce back in the Euroleague\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4483071-1.jpg?v=1733346795\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>Evan Fournier was the top scorer for Olympiakos [Intime].<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Reds and Greens recovered from their losses in the Euroleague last week and started this double week with significant victories.<\/p>\n<p>Panathinaikos fended off the mighty challenge of Barcelona to emerge victorious from the game in Athens with a 90-89 score on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Led by a mesmerizing Kendrick Nunn, who scored a Euroleague career high of 29 points, the Greens edged out their visitors in the end after improving their defense and containing the Barca players that were its unlikely heroes on the night, i.e. Juan Nunez and Alex Abrines.<\/p>\n<p>Besides Nunn, Lorenzo Brown had a great night with 18 points, but Mathias Lessort was even more influential with 16 points, eight rebounds and the free throw in the end that gave Panathinaikos its eighth win in 13 games.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday Olympiakos overcame host Monaco to win 89-80 and register its ninth win, moving up to joint second at the table.<\/p>\n<p>The return of Sasha Vezenkov from injury gave the Reds a major boost. They led for most of the game, opening a significant gap (up to 10 points) toward the end, to win comfortably.<\/p>\n<p>Evan Fournier paced the Greeks with 19 points, ahead of Shaquielle McKissic who scored 18.<\/p>\n<p>If on Friday Olympiakos defeats Paris BC in Piraeus, it will climb to the top of the standings.<\/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\/1255434\/reds-and-greens-bounce-back-in-the-euroleague\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evan Fournier was the top scorer for Olympiakos [Intime]. Reds and Greens recovered from their losses in the Euroleague last week and started this double week with significant victories. Panathinaikos fended off the mighty challenge of Barcelona to emerge victorious from the game in Athens with a 90-89 score on Tuesday. 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