The third "star" for Panathinaikos
2002

The third "star" for Panathinaikos

It's Easter Sunday. Bologna's "PalaMalaguti" stadium is small, and only a handful of Greeks are present. Zeljko Obradovic's Panathinaikos defeats Kinder 89-83 in the Euroleague Final. Panathinaikos becomes a Champion for the third time in the history of the Championship playing with: Albertis 11 points, Kalaitzis, Rogers 7, Mulaomerovic 6, Bodiroga 21, Middleton 10, Kutluai 22, Papadopoulos 12, Sanchez. On the eve of the final, the "greens" attended the Resurrection mass in a Christian Orthodox church.  The "greens" did not even touch the commemorative t-shirts of the Championship since they were red!!