Panathinaikos Host Baskonia, Nunn and Sloukas Make Season Debut in Europe

Panathinaikos will face Baskonia in the Euroleague tonight at the OAKA Arena in Athens. The game will tip off on October 22 at 21:15 local time and will be broadcast on Novasports Prime.

For the Greens, captain Kostas Sloukas and Kendrick Nunn, the top scorer of the last three seasons, will play their first games on the European stage. The pair had put behind them the injuries they suffered before the season and had already played their first games in the Stoiximan GBL.

Panathinaikos come in with a record of 5 wins and 1 loss. The team lost at home to Hapoel Tel Aviv last week and wants to return to winning ways. Baskonia, meanwhile, are at the bottom of the standings with 1 win and 5 losses.

Zeljko Obradovic will be able to count on Isaac Bonga again, who missed the previous two games. Yabusele and Lessort are also healthy. This makes it harder for the coach to decide on the 12-man roster. This will be Panathinaikos' sixth home game in seven weeks. The game against Armani Milano follows.

Baskonia, on the other hand, have significant absences. The team's second-leading scorer Chris Duarte (10.6 points) and starting guard Kobi Simmons (20 minutes) will not play. Kenneth Faried, who played for Panathinaikos last season, returns as an opponent of his former team. Faried leads Baskonia in his areas with 5.5 rebounds and 1.3 blocks.