Panathinaikos handed Real Madrid a 115-112 overtime defeat at Movistar Arena on Nov. 4, ending the Spanish club’s run of 11 victories across all competitions while fielding only 12 available players, El Español reported. The Greek side, the current EuroLeague leader, prevailed in the extra period, according to the play-by-play published by El País.
Madrid entered the game short-handed in the backcourt. Facundo Campazzo was injured in the Liga Endesa game against San Pablo Burgos, and French guard Théo Maledon was out with a sprain in his right knee, leaving Dominican guard Andrés Feliz as the team’s only pure point guard, El Español reported.
An 11-game streak ends with 12 men
The winning streak had spanned all competitions, and Madrid was trying to extend it against the EuroLeague leader on home soil. Instead, the depleted roster could not close out the game in regulation, and Panathinaikos needed one extra period to seal the win, 115-112, per El País’s live report.
The absences were not minor. Maledon was Madrid’s leading player in the EuroLeague this season, averaging 16.3 points, 5.2 assists and a 20.4 rating — tops on the team in all three categories, El Español reported. On top of that, long-term injuries to Mikael Jantunen, Gabriel Deck and Usman Garuba were expected to keep them out for several months, reducing Madrid’s depth to 12 registered players.
Feliz carries the point-guard load alone
With Campazzo and Maledon sidelined, the burden fell on Andrés Feliz, and the play-by-play shows him taking — and making — the biggest shots of the extra period. With Madrid trailing 111-115, Feliz hit a three-pointer and was fouled by Panathinaikos’s Guerschon Yabusele, converting the additional free throw to make it 112-115, El País reported. Earlier in the period he had also knocked down another triple to cut the deficit to 108-113.
Feliz also shouldered foul trouble: he committed his third personal foul on Sylvain Francisco midway through the extra period, El País’s report shows.
Overtime swings on free throws and interior play
Panathinaikos built its edge at the line and inside. Kendrick Nunn made two free throws to put the visitors up 105-103 late in the period, and Mathias Lessort scored on a play assisted by Nigel Hayes, adding a free throw after a foul by Madrid’s Chuma Okeke to make it 105-108, according to El País. Sylvain Francisco also scored for the Greek side during the run.
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Madrid had chances: Gabriele Procida stole the ball from Lessort, and Edy Tavares drew a fourth foul from Nunn. But Tavares then missed a shot, and Juancho Hernangómez’s three-pointer for Panathinaikos was rebounded by Feliz, El País reported.
What the numbers say about the absences
Maledon’s 16.3 points, 5.2 assists and 20.4 rating were the best marks on the team in the EuroLeague, El Español reported, and his absence left Feliz as the only true facilitator against the league leader. The 12-man rotation, forced by injuries to Campazzo, Maledon, Jantunen, Deck and Garuba, meant Madrid had no margin for foul trouble — and Feliz, Tavares and Alberto Abalde all picked up multiple fouls in the extra period, per El País.
Questions readers are asking about the overtime loss
What was the final score of Real Madrid vs. Panathinaikos? Panathinaikos won 115-112 in overtime at Movistar Arena, according to El País’s play-by-play.
Which Real Madrid players missed the game? Campazzo (injured against San Pablo Burgos) and Maledon (right knee sprain) were unavailable, along with the long-term absentees Jantunen, Deck and Garuba, El Español reported.
How was Madrid affected by losing Maledon? Maledon led the team in the EuroLeague in points (16.3), assists (5.2) and rating (20.4), so his absence left Andrés Feliz as the only pure point guard, per El Español.
