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Dejan Radonjic talked about Panathinaikos' narrow win over Peristeri and his team's moves on the transfer market.

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Peristeri Bwin came close to staging a great upset against hosts Panathinaikos Athens at OAKA on Saturday night.

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The team coached by Vassilis Spanoulis had a chance to take the game in the dying six seconds, but Marcus Denmon's three-pointer went off the mark, allowing the Greens to get away with a narrow 72-71 win.

That was an unexpected turn of events, to say the least, since PAO were leading 65-44 at the end of the third quarter. However, Peristeri came back riding a huge 0-16 run that brought them within 2-3 possessions. Paris Lee wasted a couple of free throws, leaving plenty of room for Denmon to do some damage to his former team.

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Although no Panathinaikos ultras were present at OAKA - and less than 1,500 fans attended the game altogether- those who stayed the course booed the Greens, especially after the final buzzer. That was the third straight game (Olympiacos, Bayern Munich) that PAO get booed by their own fans, an alarming signal for coach Dejan Radonjic and his players.

After the game, the Montenegrin tactician tried to explain what had happened on the court.

"The game was about the first 30 minutes and the last 10. In the beginning, we were good on both ends," Radonjic said.

"We had a bid advantage, while in the last minutes, it was totally opposite. We made many mistakes and everything went bad. It would have been a good opportunity for me to think about who to give the minutes to, ahead of the EuroLeague double week. But everything was totally opposite compared to the first 30 minutes," he continued.

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Radonjic was annoyed by his team's nine turnovers in the last ten minutes.

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"Almost all of our turnovers ended up in easy baskets," he lamented.

"It was clear that we thought the game was over, plus many players stayed on the court for more minutes compared to our plan. For example, Nate Wolters played too much and he was tired. Our defense wasn't good enough either," he pointed out.

As the EuroLeague transfer window is closing on February 9, Panathinaikos have to act fast in order to make any moves necessary. Right now, the Greens have eight non-domestic players, also counting Andrew Andrews who has been inactive since last November.

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Since only six non-Greek players are allowed to be registered for any domestic game and a total of seven are allowed altogether, it looks like PAO will have to make room in their roster to be able to add one more player.

In any case, Radonjic gave a rather vague answer, although he was asked about the position his team is going to look for an addition.

"First of all, we're always ready to look at the market. It's time to see what's on the market. We'll discuss that in the next few days," PAO's coach stressed.

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