Panathinaikos Aktor opened the 2024-25 Regular Season of the EuroLeague with a home win over FC Bayern Munich on Tuesday evening.

After 344 days, Marius Grigonis bounced back in Europe’s premier club continental competition and on the glass floor of the Telekom Center Athens, providing one assist lasting just under eight minutes. An enthusiastic reception by the fans packing the venue replaced the pain and doubts of recent months with a huge smile for the 31-year-old Lithuanian winger.

“I am a bit rusty, but I am happy to be back,” he told Eurohoops after the Round 1 contest.

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“Mental struggle”

The native of Kaunas opened up on the warm welcome and his recovery from back surgery over recent months.

“I

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