{"id":153562,"date":"2020-06-20T16:31:26","date_gmt":"2020-06-20T14:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=153562"},"modified":"2020-06-20T16:32:10","modified_gmt":"2020-06-20T14:32:10","slug":"pitino-talks-giannakopoulos-being-threatened-with-grenade-in-arena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/pitino-talks-giannakopoulos-being-threatened-with-grenade-in-arena\/","title":{"rendered":"Pitino talks Giannakopoulos being threatened with grenade in arena"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the podcast with Fran Fraschilla, Rick Pitino talked about the EuroLeague derby between Olympiacos and Panathinaikos, when PAO&#8217;s owner Giannakopoulos left the \u201cPeace and Friendship arena\u201d at halftime. Pitino said Giannakopoulos left because someone was threatening him with a hand grenade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll those rivalries you mention, including Duke \u2013 Carolina would be a church league game compared to Olympiacos-Panathinaikos,&#8221; Pitino said. &#8220;First and foremost. your bench is shielded with bulletproof glass. Like a hockey thing. And then you have a net around the court so the hooligans can\u2019t throw things. You have certain sections at Olympiacos as well as Panathinaikos. And this year, my owner had to leave the arena at halftime because he was threatened with a guy holding a hand grenade. The guy had a hand grenade if he didn\u2019t leave. 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