In the schedule of the two Greek teams tonight, in the fifth round of the Euroleague, difficult games are planned with a high degree of difficulty. An unstoppable Olympiacos will host Monaco at the SEF at 19:45 in a rematch of last year’s play-off match, while Panathinaikos will try to get through from Tel Aviv via… Maccabi. If instead he remembers… Berlin, he will return to Athens with a disappointing 1-4 result!

Olympiacos will again take to the court today with the momentum that has secured them an unbeaten streak of four consecutive victories. To remain a clear favorite against the unstable Monegasques, it is enough to remember how much they fought last year in their Euroleague playoff matches and not underestimate them. “We did not immediately become the best team in Europe, this is wrong. We are going to face a team with amazing offensive talent, deeper than last year, much more competitive,” said Giorgos Bartzokas, who also expects Papanicolaou to gradually join the team after a significant period of absence.

A little later (21.05) Panathinaikos will play with Maccabi with Walters, but without Bacon. The American will make his league debut on Sunday against Colossos, while his compatriot will play in the Euroleague for the first time this year after recovering from injury. “It’s a demanding game. Maccabi have won three in a row at home and to counter them we have to play well defensively and release energy,” said Dejan Radonich, who is not facing absence problems for the first time.

Other games of the evening: 21.30 Valencia – Alba Berlin, Partizan – Zalgiris, 21.45 Real – Virtus.