Tip-off at 5:00 PM for Fenerbahce-Panathinaikos, the opening semifinal of the 2025 Final Four at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n
Officiating the game are Carlos Peruga, Robert Lottermoser, and Mehdi Difallah.<\/p>\n
Probable lineups<\/strong><\/p>\n Fenerbahce: Hayes-Davis, Colson, Melli, Biberovic, Guduric, Birch, Sanli, Hall, Baldwin, Pierre, McCollum, Bango<\/p>\n Panathinaikos: Nunn, Juancho, Grant, Lessort (?), Sloukas, Osman, Gabriel, Mitoglou, Brown, Yurtseven, Papapetrou, Pleiss<\/p>\n Match preview<\/strong><\/p>\n Everything is set at the Etihad Arena for the first semifinal of the 2025 EuroLeague Final Four, featuring Fenerbah\u00e7e Beko Istanbul and Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens (5:00 PM CET, live on Sky and DAZN). It\u2019s a rematch of last season\u2019s semifinal, where Ergin Ataman\u2019s Panathinaikos decisively defeated the Turkish side on their way to winning the title.<\/p>\n Fenerbahce enters the contest as the second seed, having swept Paris in the quarterfinals (3-0). However, they face a major challenge against a team that has beaten them twice this season and in their last four official encounters. The Turkish squad will rely on standout forward Nigel Hayes-Davis (18.1 PIR) and Europe\u2019s most effective catch-and-shoot defense to overturn last year\u2019s disappointment.<\/p>\n Panathinaikos, third in the regular season and fresh from a grueling 3-2 series win over Efes, looks to reaffirm its recent dominance over Fener. The backcourt duo of Nunn and Sloukas (19.1 and 16.8 PIR respectively) will be key in attacking Fenerbahce\u2019s weak spots in pick-and-roll situations, where the Turks have been vulnerable.<\/p>\n Expect a clash of contrasting styles: defensive intensity and structure versus offensive flair and rhythm control. Rebounding will be a pivotal factor, with both teams ranking among the EuroLeague\u2019s best in this department. If Mathias Lessort returns to action, Panathinaikos could gain a vital edge in the paint.<\/p>\n With 33 European meetings behind them (18 wins for Panathinaikos, 15 for Fenerbahce), the rivalry between these continental giants adds another chapter tonight. At stake: a coveted spot in Sunday\u2019s EuroLeague final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tip-off at 5:00 PM for Fenerbahce-Panathinaikos, the opening semifinal of the 2025 Final Four at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":443307,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[199],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-443308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-euroleague"],"yoast_head":"\n