Panathinaikos seemed to control the game against Hapoel Tel Aviv, but their collapse in the final period left them exposed.
The 23-8 run by the Israelis led to a 92-88 defeat in "green" Sofia, complicating their path to the top six.
Juancho Hernangomez was one of the standout players for Ergin Ataman's team, finishing with 17 points, 7 rebounds, one assist, and one steal. In his statements, he spoke about what went wrong for the "Greens" in the game.
In detail
"We didn't deserve to win. We didn't play defense at the end, they kept scoring from the pick and roll, they hit big shots, including that one from half-court. We didn't make our shots. That's basketball, we didn't deserve it.
There are no excuses about fatigue, we were playing with our fans by our side and we should have won. We apologize to the fans, we tried. We thank them, we felt their support but we didn't reciprocate."
Regarding the continuation and Nunn: "Three more games. Three more finals. I have no idea where we'll be, we're taking it game by game. It has nothing to do with Kendrick. What can I say about him? If we don't let him take shots, or dunk freely then what? He can do miracles. He always looks for them at the end of games. He is the best player in the league and we live with that."