One of basketball's great rivalries lived up to its billing Friday as FC Barcelona needed a killer third quarter by Marcelinho Huertas to escape with an 80-76 home win over visiting Panathinaikos. Both teams are now 1-1 in Group E of the Top 16. Huertas led the winners with 22 points based on his 6-for-8 shooting from the arc and dished 5 assists. Doellman added 12 points while Mario Hezonja and Alex Abrines had 11 each. Nelson scored 16 on 8-for-9 two-point shooting for Panathinaikos, while James Gist added 11 and Esteban Batista pulled 12 rebounds.
Score in each period: 14-20, 37-37, 63-56, 80-76| Time | Pts | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Rebounds | As | St | TO | Blocks | Fouls | |||||
| O | D | T | Fv | Ag | Rv | Cm | |||||||||
| A..J. Slaughter | 25:46 | 7 | 1/3 | 1/5 | 2/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Vladimir Jankovic | 26:56 | 7 | 3/7 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Antonis Fotsis | 24:24 | 8 | 0/0 | 2/5 | 2/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeMarcus Nelson | 24:32 | 16 | 8/9 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Loukas Mavrokefalidis | 12:53 | 7 | 2/3 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dimitris Diamantidis | 30:11 | 8 | 1/1 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| James Gist | 17:51 | 11 | 1/4 | 3/5 | 0/0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Esteban Batista | 26:45 | 9 | 4/6 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Janis Blums | 10:42 | 3 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 200:0 | 76 | 20/34 | 10/25 | 6/7 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 14 |
| Average | 58.8% | 40.0% | 85.7% | ||||||||||||
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