Zeljko Obradovic 's Panathinaikos in its very first game in Athens and OAKA, this season satisfied totally its nearly 2,000 fans who admired the new Monte Negro center, Nikola Pecovic. The talented center appeared to be more ready than ever to help his new team in the paint. Panathinaikos played against Efes Pilsen in its very first friendly game in Athens and was really amazing, Michael Batiste (203-F-77, college: Arizona St.) and Stratos Perperoglou (203-G-84) were great against the Turks but above all it was Nikola Pekovic (210-C-86, agency: Beo Basket). Nicola scored 29 points dashed down 13 rebounds and gave three assists in the 32 minutes being in the court and 'forced' everybody once more to admit why Head Coach Zeljko Obradovic 'pick' the young Monte Negro guy over so many NBAers. Dimitris Diamantidis (196-G-80) was also the well known 3D while Drew Nicholas (191-G-81, college: Maryland) once more shows to the green fans that he will be adding some crucial points in Panathinaikos opponents.
The final score was 99-87 with the quarters being 27-20, 55-41, 79-64, and 99-87.
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