Panathinaikos reached Krasnodar, through Vienna. The "greens" had to face a low temperature, reaching -10ºC. Panathinaikos will be facing tomorrow (18.00) Lokomotiv Kuban for Euroleague, Day 9, without the injured Jonas Maciulis and Nikos Pappas.
Pappas was examined and he returns to Greece
Nikos Pappas, escorted by the doctor of Panathinaikos, Yannis Tsolos, was examined in Milan by Dr Alessandro Castagna and his associate Dr. Rolla. Pappas was tested for his injury at the right elbow and as it was announced it will not be necessary to undergo surgery at this point. Pappas' situation will be reevaluated in the next days. He will continue his therapy in Athens, while next week he will start practicing on his own, supervised by the doctor and the trainer of Panathinaikos.
History
Panathinaikos and Lokomotiv Kuban met just once before, during the season, on the first round game in Heraklion. Russians won 72-69 at Crete.
Numbers
Argyris Pedoulakis has used 10 different players in the starting lineup so far this season. Only James Gist and Jonas Maciulis have started every game.
Dimitris Diamantidis’s average of 7.1 assists per game is best in the league this season.
Diamantidis is 12 free throws made away from becoming the ninth player to make 500 free throws in their Euroleague career.
Diamantidis is 1 three-pointer behind Louis Bullock for 10th place on the Euroleague list for career three-pointers made. Diamantidis enters this week’s game with 274 career triples.
Nikos Pappas is second in the league in points per minute with a prorated average of 26.1 points over 40 minutes this season.
Antonis Fotsis needs 7 more three-pointers to reach the 200 milestone in his Euroleague career.
"Family" issues
Aleks Maric played in Panathinaikos winning the Euroleague in 2011. Among his teammates were Antonis Fotsis, Dimitris Diamantidis and Mike Batiste.
Marcus Williams and James Gist were teammates in Unicaja Malaga in the beginning of 2012-13 season
Richard Hedrix and Antonis Fotsis were teammates last year in Armani Milano.
Jonas Maciulis and Mantas Kalnietis know each other very well. They were teammates in Zalgiris Kaunas (2005-09) and they remain teammates in the National Team of Lithuania.
