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Barcelona beat Panathinaikos in Athens on Justin Robinson’s last-shot three

Barcelona beat Panathinaikos in Athens on Justin Robinson’s last-shot three

Barcelona beat Panathinaikos on its home court in Athens in a close game on Thursday night.

Guard Justin Robinson decided the result with a three-pointer on the final possession.

Coach Aleksander Sekulic said the play was designed for Robinson, who had scored 13 points in the fourth quarter.

Barcelona had been slowed by Panathinaikos’ defence, but Sekulic said his team defended well and kept believing it could win.

The victory showed Barcelona’s resilience and belief, and Sekulic also praised the team’s use of player rotations to keep up its intensity.

He said he hopes the team carries that feeling into its next game at the Palau.

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Justin RobinsonBarcelona guard
Just what I am made for, right? Everything slows down for me. You hear the crowd yelling and whistling at you, then it’s just time to shut them up and make them be quiet
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Aleksander SekulicBarcelona post-game speaker
I’m proud of what we’ve achieved tonight. We played against a very good team that defends extremely well. They managed to slow us down offensively, but we also did a good job defensively. The most important thing is that we believed until the very end that we could pull off an upset here. We fought until the final moment, and this is our reward.
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