Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens romped to a 95-79 victory over Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv in Game 2 of their best-of-five Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoff series, leveling things at 1-1 as Kostas Sloukas poured in a career-high 29 points for the home side.
Ioannis Papapetrou added 15 points for the Greens and Dinos Mitoglou amassed 14 points to go with 6 rebounds. Mathias Lessort racked up 11 points and 8 boards while Kendrick Nunn chipped in with 10 points to underline a flowing team effort by Panathinaikos, which rallied from a 20-28 first quarter deficit.
At the other end, Lorenzo Brown paced Maccabi with 18 points, while Jake Cohen and Antonius Cleveland netted 12 each. Tamir Blatt added 11 points for the visitors, who faded after a bright start. Maccabi sorely missed guard Wade Baldwin, who was sidelined with a hamstring injury which he sustained in a blistering Game 1 performance.
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