Panathinaikos edges Real Madrid 115-112 in overtime despite Madrid's injury list

A game decided in overtime

Real Madrid lost 115-112 to Panathinaikos AKTOR in overtime on Wednesday, 4 November, in round 10 of the 2026-27 Euroleague regular season at Movistar Arena. Madrid played without Campazzo, Maledon, Jantunen, Deck and Garuba, who were injured or absent. Panathinaikos started quickly, opening a 4-13 run that prompted Madrid's coach, Pedro Martínez, to call a timeout. Sergio Llull's three in the final second of the first quarter cut the deficit to 18-24, and Panathinaikos led 48-51 at halftime. The score was tied at 87 with about five minutes left in regulation before the game went to overtime.

Nunn and Lessort lead the visitors

Kendrick Nunn finished with 33 points for Panathinaikos, while reports differ on how many came in the fourth quarter and overtime, with figures from 22 to 25. Mathias Lessort added 20 points and nine rebounds, and his two-plus-one in overtime closed the game. Guerschon Yabusele, a former Real Madrid player, gave the Greeks energy inside and out off the bench. Panathinaikos also moved Dinos Mitoglou to the perimeter to stretch the Madrid defence, a plan it repeated after halftime.

Kendrick Nunn (Panathinaikos)33

Andrés Feliz (Real Madrid)27

Alberto Abalde (Real Madrid)23

Mathias Lessort (Panathinaikos)20

Kendrick Nunn (Panathinaikos)

33 points

Andrés Feliz (Real Madrid)

27 points

Alberto Abalde (Real Madrid)

23 points

Mathias Lessort (Panathinaikos)

20 points

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Madrid's depleted rotation fights back

Andrés Feliz scored 27 points for Real Madrid and Alberto Abalde added 23, 15 of them in the final quarter. Gabriele Procida scored five straight points early in the second half, which gave Madrid its first lead of the night. Llull made his Euroleague debut this season, and Nick Smith Jr returned to the lineup. Late in regulation Nunn hit a triple that seemed to settle the game, but Procida and Feliz drew level again and forced overtime. The defeat ended a run of 11 straight wins and was Madrid's first Euroleague home defeat since November of last year.

Coach reactions

Pedro Martínez said the team had tried to stay true to its identity and had competed well with the players available. He rejected the idea that the absent players would have delivered a win, saying the team should not look for excuses. He also praised Kendrick Nunn and asked his players to recover and focus on the next game.

“We have fought well, as a team, for many moments.”

Martínez said that returning players would be welcome, but that the team should not use their absence as an excuse. He added that coaches should encourage players who are less confident and avoid dramatising defeats.

“I think we should not look for excuses.”

Timeline of the game

The main score points are set out in the timeline below, from the first quarter to the final result.