“He is the differential player of Barça Basket”

The Palau Blaugrana will be the scene of the last match of day 21 of the Euroleague between Barça Basket and Panathinaikos, two of the greats contenders to fight for the Final Four in May. Duel between opposite and antagonistic realitieswith a local team that struggles to find its best version, and a Panathinaikos that grows in play and results, in parallel with multiple injuries that Ataman has to solve.

Ergin Ataman is clear about it and does not hesitate to place Barça as one of the great candidates to participate in the Euroleague Final Four, but he also makes it clear that there is one player who stands out and is liked above the rest: Kevin Punter. It was a dream from the Turkish coach’s past, in fact, he sought his signing when he landed in Panathinaikos, seeking to attract him to Athens and train alongside Nunn and Vildoza. Now he is the great leader of FC Barcelona and will seek to counteract all his offensive flow from a powerful defensive network of the Greek team.

But Panathinaikos won a new Euroleague title in Berlin and Kendrick Nunn has become an absolutely differential element over time. At the Palau they will meet, therefore, two of the top scorers in the top European competitionwith Nunn leading thanks to his 21.2 points average and Kevin Punter as eighth and 16.4 points per game.

Panathinaikos lands in Barcelona with five consecutive victories and Olympiacos’ balance is closely followedleaders of the competition. But Ataman has been dealing with injury problems for weeks both in Europe and in Greece and in the duel against Barça Basket he will not know if he will finally be able to count on Lorenzo Brown and Omer Yurtseven.

“They both attended training and I hope they will be at the Palau today,” explained the Turkish coach. The positive news came from Kostas Sloukaswhich will be part of the game, in a match that will focus on the duel between the Hernangómez brothers, despite Willy’s lack of prominence in recent weeks.

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