Thirty-nine minutes and 52 seconds leading the game were not enough for Olimpia, in Athens. Panathinaikos tied the game for the first time with eight seconds left in the game on a alley-oop pass from Paris Lee to Georgios Papagiannis. In the overtime, the game was no-contest and Panathinaikos prevailed 90-77. “It is a painful loss, because for 37-38 minutes we played well, we moved the ball, took good shots and led – Coach Ettore Messina said – In crunch time our execution was poor, we built excellent shots, inside, from three, free throws, we couldn’t hit them. Give credit to Panathinaikos. They kept believing in the win when it looked like it was our night. Obviously, it’s frustrating, we need a little luck and some poise in crunch time.”. Olimpia led by as many as fifteen points in the third quarter, led by seven points entering into the last three minutes. It just couldn’t put the game away, out of reach. Up until to that point, it was able to overcome any kind of adversities. Luwawu-Cabarrot was hit with third foul very early in the first quarter when he was called for a quick technical foul. Devon Hall, Nicolò Melli at different points had to leave the court momentarily with some injuries. They returned. Brandon Davies was in foul trouble early in the second half. still, Olimpia found the right answers every time Panathinaikos closed the gap. Until the very last possession. Olimpia didn’t find an answer to contain Dwayne Bacon, who led the scorers with 31 points. He had a great game from the beginning, but Panathinaikos trailed. Naz Mitrou-Long had 16 points, Luwawu-Cabarrot made three threes and scored 15 points, Brandon Davies added 13 and Nicolò Melli was all over the floor with six assists, four steals, countless defensive plays. It is frustrating that all those work didn’t pay off with a win.