The Turkish Airlines Euroleague Champions, Panathinaikos, will host the team that has had their number lately. Barcelona. Barca has won nine out of the last ten matchups with Panathinaikos.
Barcelona and Panathinaikos have the same record in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague. Both clubs have seven wins and five losses so far. They sit at the 6th and 7th spot in the table. Barcelona has had a tough stretch of games as of late. Barca have lost to Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Paris in their last three matches in the Euroleague.
Barcelona also lost their last game in the Domestic league to Manresa. Their defence has been out of sorts lately for The Catalans. The head coach Joan Penarroya is receiving a lot of criticism for it. Barca has five losses in that last seven games in the Euroleague and in the domestic league. It is time for Barca to step up or somebody could lose their job sooner rather than later. Barcelona has defeated Panathinaikos 24 times in their last 34 games between them.
Panathinaikos have lost two straight games in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague. They lost to Monaco and Zalgiris. Panathinakos have won three straight games in the Greek National championships. The head coach Ataman leans a lot on his two most influential and important players. The powerful center Mathias Lessort and Kendrick Nunn, the shooting guard.
Cedi Osman joined the team from the NBA ( San Antonio Spurs) in the off season and has not played up to his expectations so far. Cedi Osman must step up for Panathinaikos to defend their title, but there is still a lot of time left for that. Pana will probably miss Marius Grigonis and Kostas Antetekounmpo in this one. Both of them are questionable.
