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Panathinaikos won the Euroleague 9.05.2011

Team Panathinaikos won the strongest European Euroleague basketball tournament. In the final Greeks imposed by 78:70 over Maccabi Tel Aviv. The match was played in Hall Palau Jordan in Barcelona.

Dimitris Diamantidis was voted MVP in the Final Four after finishing with 18 points and 9 assists in the final. He won the award for the second time, becoming only the third player in history. Moreover Diamantidis improve the record for assists.

Mike Batiste added 18 points, Drew Nicholas was marked by 14 and Romain Sato 13.

Pao coach Zeljko Obradovic became the most successful coach in the history of the Euroleague, having triumphed with goals Trophy 8 times.

For Panathinaikos is a total of 6 championship in history, which the team remains in second place behind Real Madrid.

The match was equivalent to half when the score was 36:35 in favor of Maccabi. At the end of the third quarter Sato exploded with three triples and gave the Greeks the lead of 11 points - 54:43. In the last period of Pao lead reached 14 points, and the final assault helped Maccabi only to reduce the lead of his rival on 8 points.