The worst case scenario materialized very early in the game. Panathinaikos was an upset team looking for revenge after a couple of tough losses and Kendruck Nunn’s suspensione. So, it entered the game with a chip on the shoulder and all the talent and physicality that it can express. <olimpia didn’t absorb the first punch because it was a hard one and never rose from the ashes. In the end it was a 103-74 beating but the game itself didn’t have a story. Panathinaikos started it 14-0. Coach Messina used two time-outs in the first period trying to weather the storm but Panathinaikos led 38-15 in the first quarter. And that was the game. Olimpia won both the second and the third period but didn’t reduce the gap under the 18 points. In the fourth, Panathinaikos enlarged the margin once more while Nunn finished with 39 points and eight threes. “We faced the defending champions at the worst possible time. They were upset and Nunn was an angry player after the suspension. We paid for his suspensione. On top of it, we struggled playing the third game in five days,” Coach Messina said.