TJ Shorts Steals the Night as Panathinaikos Survives Double Overtime to Force Game 5 — GBL Finals Game 4 Results

Nobody told Panathinaikos they were supposed to lose. Despite missing three key players, watching their best scorer foul out, and staring down a five-point deficit in the first overtime, the Greens summoned something truly extraordinary on the night of June 10, 2026 — defeating Olympiacos 93-86 in a double-overtime thriller at the Telekom Centre Athens that will live long in Greek basketball memory. The series is tied 2-2, and Game 5 is coming.

GBL Finals Game 4 Results 2026 — Panathinaikos 93-86 Olympiacos (2OT)

In front of a roaring Telekom Centre crowd, this was basketball at its most dramatic — five quarters of basketball, two lead changes in the dying seconds, a buzzer-beater that was millimetres away from ending the series, and a double overtime that delivered a finish nobody in attendance will ever forget.

Match Summary:

Panathinaikos Forces Game 5 — The Full Story of a Double-Overtime Classic

This match had no right to be as dramatic as it was — and it was absolutely, gloriously dramatic.

Olympiacos started better, racing out to a 5-11 lead and exposing early offensive struggles from Panathinaikos. Then Kendrick Nunn arrived. A sharp three-pointer broke the deadlock and sparked an 8-0 A run that turned the game on its head. Panathinaikos closed the first quarter at 20-16 and never really looked back in the first half — building their lead to 40-34 at the break, with Nunn an unstoppable force on 18 first-half points.

The third quarter was where Olympiacos struck back. Evan Fournier and T.J. Walkup took over, combining for a devastating 13-6 run that flipped the scoreboard to 53-57 in Olympiacos’ favour heading into the final period. Then, at the 6:28 mark of the fourth quarter, disaster — Nunn picked up his fifth foul and was ejected, leaving Panathinaikos without their leading scorer in the most critical minutes of the season.

Most teams would have crumbled. Panathinaikos refused.

Vassilis Toliopoulos stepped into Nunn’s shoes immediately, drilling a clutch three-pointer to claw it back to 64-66. Then, with 2:22 remaining, Juancho Hernangomez tied the game at 66 with a thunderous dunk. Back-to-back threes from Vezenkov and Nigel Hayes-Davis made it 69-69, and both sides traded misses in a breathless final minute — Fournier missed, Juancho hit iron, and Vezenkov’s buzzer-beating three that would have ended the series clanged off the rim. Overtime.

Vezenkov Misses Championship Shot — TJ Shorts Takes Over in Double Overtime

If Vezenkov’s missed buzzer-beater sent shockwaves through Athens, what followed in overtime only deepened the drama.

Olympiacos came out of the first overtime with fire — a 5-0 Vezenkov run gave them a 74-79 lead with 2:28 remaining. Panathinaikos clawed it back to 78-79, Mitoglou’s potential go-ahead three rattled out, and with 55 seconds left, Vezenkov missed again from deep. An offensive rebound by Mitoglou and a clutch free throw tied it at 79-79. Two more missed threes in the dying seconds — and Game 4 went to a second overtime.

This is where TJ Shorts wrote his name into GBL Finals folklore.

The diminutive guard — just 22 minutes on the floor — opened the second overtime with seven consecutive points that were nothing short of miraculous. Two baskets to make it 83-79. Then an 86-81 Panathinaikos lead. Toliopoulos followed with a crucial three-pointer to push it to 91-83 — the dagger that ended Olympiacos’ resistance. Final score: Panathinaikos 93, Olympiacos 86.

📺 Watch the full Game 4 highlights: Panathinaikos vs Olympiacos 93-86 — GBL Finals Game 4 Highlights

Panathinaikos vs Olympiacos Game 4 — Player Ratings & Key Stats

Panathinaikos Heroes:

• Kendrick Nunn: 23 PTS, 5/8 3PT, 4/4 FT — dominant until ejection
• TJ Shorts: 13 PTS, 7 consecutive 2OT points — the decisive performance
• Vassilis Toliopoulos: 11 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST — stepped up when it mattered most
• Nigel Hayes-Davis: 12 PTS, 7 REB — crucial clutch three in regulation

Olympiacos Despite Defeat:

• Evan Fournier: 29 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST — a superhuman effort in a losing cause
• T.J. Walkup: 19 PTS — relentless throughout
• Sasha Vezenkov: 14 PTS — hit clutch shots but missed the championship moment

The heroics of Fournier and Walkup deserved to win a basketball game. On any other night, they would have. But this was Panathinaikos’ night — playing without Sloukas, Osman, and Rogkavopoulos, winning on pure heart and two men stepping into the spotlight at precisely the right moment.

GBL Finals Series — Game 5 Preview: Olympiacos vs Panathinaikos, June 13

The series that has given Greek basketball everything now comes down to one game. Game 5 takes place on June 13 at 18:00 on ERT2, back at the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus — Olympiacos’ home court.

One game. One champion. The Derby of the Eternal Enemies has one final chapter to write.

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