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Juancho Hernangomez and Jerian Grant recall the season's toughest moment and name the elements that led Panathinaikos to the Final Four after 12 years.

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If someone happened to enterPanathinaikos AKTOR Athens' locker room on Tuesday night, they'd come acrossJuancho Hernangomezsitting in his chair with a nonchalant look on his face.

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The Spanish forward was obviously trying to process his emotions following the Greens'win in Game 5 over Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv (81-72)that propelled the Greek side to their first EuroLeague Final Four after a 12-year drought.

Even though it must have been hard for anyone to interpret how Juancho was feeling just a few moments after he produced 11 points in 14:25 of playing time in Game 5 of the playoff series, you could tell he was ready to vent out all the stress he had been experiencing for weeks–if not months.

Other Panathinaikos players around him had started doing interviews, but Hernangomez was mostly keen on keeping to himself, as he has done since he came back to Europe.

His statements have been few and far between, while his interviews have taken place only upon request and even after some persistent pursuit.

Yet, there he was, responding to some text messages on his phone and looking reluctant to share his feelings with the media.

"What did it take for us to win tonight? We

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