Former Kansas guard Keith Langford’s Panathinaikos OPAP Athens team will meet defending champ Real Madrid in the first game of a best-of-five EuroLeague quarterfinal playoff contest on Wednesday in Madrid, Spain.
The 6-foot-4, 35-year-old Langford averages 11.1 points and 2.4 rebounds a game for Panathinaikos, which is led by former Kentucky and Louisville coach Rick Pitino. The four quarterfinal winners will advance to the EuroLeague Final Four, set for May 17-19 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
Langford — he had a two-handed highlight-reel dunk in a Greek League victory over AEK last Wednesday — has provided instant offense off the bench since returning from a groin injury several weeks ago.