Barcelona Rallies Past Panathinaikos 76-74 Behind Robinson's Clutch Display

Barcelona secured a dramatic 76-74 victory over Panathinaikos at OAKA, erasing a 14-point deficit in the final quarter to extend their winning streak to eight games across all competitions and improve to an 8-3 record in the EuroLeague. Justin Robinson delivered a stellar performance, scoring 24 points, including the final 13 points for his team in just 141 seconds, capped by a game-winning three-pointer with four seconds remaining.

"This is what I do," Robinson said. "It feels great, I hope I keep going like this. I am built for these moments, you hear the crowd cursing at you - and this is the time to silence them."

Head coach Aleksander Sekulić expressed his pride in the team's resilience: "I am proud of the team because it's not easy to play a game like this against a team like Panathinaikos and in such an arena. Justin scored important points, but the best thing is that we played good defense."

In Greece, the atmosphere was vastly different following the collapse. Writing for local media, journalist Giannis Palas headlined his piece, "Egotism ruined everything!", criticizing Panathinaikos players for professional negligence. Vassilis Skountis of Sport 24 published an opinion piece titled, "Crime and Punishment - Friday the 13th," noting that the Greens suffered a severe self-inflicted collapse after leading 57-43 at the end of the third quarter.

Panathinaikos head coach Željko Obradović was blunt in his post-match assessment: "It's completely clear why we lost. We played good defense for three quarters, and in the last quarter we conceded 33 points. We stopped playing defense. Barcelona kept playing their basketball, and we failed to maintain our concentration for the full 40 minutes."