Panathinaikos 87-86 Real Madrid Baloncesto (March 31, 2022) - The Stitch

Papagiannis choked us, the game was short for us and a new defeat came to leave us with our spirits in an ocean trench

https://twitter.com/EuroLeague/status/1509651134042058752

"Today marks the 65th anniversary of our first league game" said the social media reminder of RM Basket, but that only increased the desire for the game to come. It was a first final, and we have failed. The background was good (we had won the last 5 Euroleague games there) but Laso warned that they would play without qualifying pressure "and wanting to leave a good memory for the fans". Look, just what we're not doing. When we wanted to realize it, we were 22-9 against and an uphill game. We no longer know how to win away from home. Tavares began to hit but we would never finish closing the gap

https://twitter.com/DAZN_ES/status/1509598685893586944

And the worst thing is that we came to believe, with a finale of tremendous triples... but in the end we missed another minute

https://twitter.com/DAZN_ES/status/1509618406282067968

"Madrid depends on Barça to be second" headlines Marca at midnight, and I can't think of a worse ending to this hurted stitch.