Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens has ended the double-round week with a second home win by beating AS Monaco 88-63 at OAKA in Round 21. PAO improved to 13-8, while Monaco dropped to 11-10.
Mathias Lessort paired his game-high 23 points with 9 rebounds for a PIR of 42. Kendrick Nunn scored 21 points, Dinos Mitoglou had 12 and Juancho Hernangomez added 10. Donatas Motiejunas paced the guests with 13 points, while Matthew Strazel and Mike James netted 11 each.
The hosts were dominant from start to finish. They produced a sublime outing on defense to keep Monaco to 63 points and forced the visitors to 16 turnovers, which is way above their average in the first 20 rounds (9.4).
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