Overview
- Valencia, which closed the series with an 81-64 Game 5 win Wednesday, claimed the final berth for the EuroLeague Final Four in Athens.
- The Spanish club became only the second team since 2023 to overturn a 0-2 deficit in a best-of-five EuroLeague quarterfinal.
- Brancou Badio scored 20 points and hounded Kendrick Nunn on defense, while Braxton Key and Jean Montero added 12 each; Panathinaikos was led by Nigel Hayes-Davis with 15.
- Both teams were short-handed, with Panathinaikos missing captain Kostas Sloukas and Valencia without Xabi Lopez-Arostegui and Josep Puerto.
- Valencia will face Real Madrid in the semifinal on May 22 in Athens after a series marked by four road wins before the hosts sealed Game 5.