Overview
- The 107–105 overtime win in Valencia Thursday ended on Nigel Hayes-Davis hitting a jumper at the buzzer.
- Hayes-Davis led Panathinaikos with 27 points, five rebounds and three assists, while Kendrick Nunn scored 19 and Cedi Osman added 16 with eight boards.
- Valencia stayed close behind Jean Montero’s 21 points and six assists, with Sergio De Larrea scoring 18, Brancou Badio posting 15-6-5 and Kameron Taylor adding 12 with seven rebounds.
- The game swung on big runs, including an 18–2 Panathinaikos surge early in the fourth, a late Valencia push to tie it, and Cedi Osman’s tough three that sent it to overtime.
- Game 3 is set for May 6 in Athens under the best-of-five, 2-2-1 setup, and analysis notes Panathinaikos’ two wins came by a combined three points.