Error-prone Panathinaikos loses again at Real Madrid

Panathinaikos is left ruing the missed chance of a break last Wednesday in Game 1 of the Euroleague play-off series with Real Madrid, as in Friday's Game 2 it lost 78-63 and is on the verge of elimination in this best-of-five series. No team has ever won a series on this level having trailed 2-0.

The Greens were uncharacteristically error-prone in this game, committing 17 turnovers in total, while facing a Real that recovered from its terrible rate of 10/35 triples on Wednesday to a remarkable 13/27 on Friday.

With its influential captain Nick Calathes recording a Euroleague play-off career low of just one point (0/9 twos and 0/2 threes), Panathinaikos could not expect to survive the Real Madrid challenge. The front line of Panathinaikos hardly fared any better, with Giorgos Papagiannis scoring two points and Ian Vougioukas four. A team cannot make the Final Four with...