Panathinaikos flew to Poland without Stratos Perperoglou (pain in the back) and with Dimitris Verginis in the line up. The team is facing Prokom for the 5th day of Euroleague. Zeljko Obradovic quoted that the game is difficult and asked of his players to be focused: “Prokom is a team that has changed a lot of players and a team that requires our attention. It plays very aggressively with both its guards leading in scoring. Almost all the players go for the offensive rebound and Prokom likes to take risks during the game. We’ll meet an old friend of ours Patrick Burke who now plays for the polish team. He is essential for their game and especially for their inside game. We have to be careful and to react correctly after our win against Olympiakos. We have the experience to know that after tough games like these it’s always tough to come back, to be focused in the next challenge. We already faced a bad result after a derby, when after the game against Siena we lost against Panellinios. We must react in the right way!”
Nikola Pekovic stated: “Prokom is a dangerous team with a lot of good players and I two of them are among the best scorers in Euroleague. We have to be very careful for 40 minutes. I believe it’s a “key game” for the first place of the group”.
History against Prokom
Panathinaikos-Prokom 2-0
2006-07 Euroleague 75-69* 95-68
* In Poland
