Playing in their last Euroleague game of the season, Boban Marjanovic made game-winning free throws with 2.2 seconds to go and Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade rallied late to a thrilling 69-68 win over playoff-bound Panathinaikos in Hala Pionir on Thursday night. Panathinaikos learned before the start of the fourth quarter it had qualified for the playoffs with Maccabi’s win in Berlin. The Greek champs finished fourth in Group E with a 7-7 record and will face CSKA Moscow in the best-of-five playoffs next week, while Zvezda finished its Top 16 campaign with a 4-10 record and seventh place in the group. Esteban Batista scored 15 for Panathinaikos, Diamantidis had 12, and Pappas 11 in defeat.
Score In each period: 16-7, 30-26, 44-45, 69-68
| Time | Pts | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Rebounds | As | St | TO | Blocks | Fouls | |||||
| O | D | T | Fv | Ag | Rv | Cm | |||||||||
| A..J. Slaughter | 12:33 | 0 | 0/4 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Vladimir Jankovic | 30:41 | 9 | 0/2 | 3/5 | 0/0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Antonis Fotsis | 26:11 | 6 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeMarcus Nelson | 18:25 | 8 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Nikos Pappas | 25:7 | 11 | 4/8 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Loukas Mavrokefalidis | 13:32 | 7 | 2/4 | 0/2 | 3/4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dimitris Diamantidis | 31:4 | 12 | 1/3 | 2/5 | 4/4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| James Gist | 15:7 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Esteban Batista | 24:17 | 15 | 6/9 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Gani Lawal | 2:45 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 199:42 | 68 | 16/36 | 8/24 | 12/14 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 22 |
| Average | 44.4% | 33.3% | 85.7% | ||||||||||||
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