Panathinaikos beat Fenerbahce Beko for 6th straight home win in EuroLeague

Greens sink Fenerbahce Beko 74 - 63 in Athens to improve to 16 - 10 in standings; visitors handed 11th loss in 26 games

By Can Erozden

Famous Greek basketball club Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens beat Türkiye's Fenerbahce Beko 74-63 in a Friday Turkish Airlines EuroLeague game to win their sixth straight at home.

US guard Kendrick Nunn led Panathinaikos with 23 points at Athens' OAKA Altion and played a key role for the Greens. Mathias Lessort had 13 points to go along with eight rebounds for Panathinaikos.

US center Johnathan Motley was Fenerbahce's top scorer with 16 points.

Fenerbahce duo of Tarik Biberovic and Nick Calathes each scored 12 points. The Turkish club's guard Scottie Wilbekin added 10.

Ergin Ataman's Panathinaikos are now third, improving to 16 - 10 in the standings while seventh-place Fenerbahce are 15 - 11 following the defeat in the Greek capital.

Panathinaikos will next visit leaders Real Madrid on Feb. 29.

Fenerbahce Beko will host Spanish opponents Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz in a Round 27 game March 1.

Real Madrid are currently leading the 2023 - 24 EuroLeague regular season standings with 22 wins in 26 appearances. Their nearest opponents, Barcelona, won 18 games.

Spain's Barcelona on Friday beat German team ALBA Berlin 93-77 at their home court Palau Blaugrana.

- Friday's results:

Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade - Zalgiris Kaunas: 91-93

Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens - Fenerbahce Beko: 74-63

Virtus Segafredo Bologna - Monaco: 78-81

Barcelona - ALBA Berlin: 93-77

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