Panathinaikos Athens moved closer to booking a spot in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Playoffs and denied its guests the same, for now, by rallying for an 84-77 victory over Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar in Group E on Thursday. James Gist and Elliot Williams led the way with 16 points each for Panathinaikos, which improved to 7-4 in the group and finally beat Lokomotiv after three previous losses this season. Lokomotiv, which could have qualified for the playoffs with a victory, dropped to 7-4 but still owns the point-difference advantage over Panathinaikos going forward. Dimitris Diamantidis scored 15 points and had 6 assists and Nick Calathes chipped in 12 points and 9 assists for the winners. Lokomotiv was paced by Matt Janning with 16 points. Victor Claver added 13 points, Anthony Randolph collected 13 points and 10 rebounds, and Malcolm Delaney picked up 11 points and 4 assists.
Score in each period: 19-19, 36-41, 60-63, 84-79
| Time | Pts | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Rebounds | As | St | TO | Blocks | Fouls | |||||
| O | D | T | Fv | Ag | Rv | Cm | |||||||||
| Μarquez Ηaynes | 7:34 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Aleksandar Pavlovic | 12:38 | 5 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 3/3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Antonis Fotsis | 12:3 | 2 | 1/1 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Miroslav Raduljica | 21:5 | 8 | 4/7 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| James Feldeine | 20:2 | 5 | 1/1 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Dimitris Diamantidis | 24:29 | 15 | 4/5 | 2/5 | 1/1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| James Gist | 28:14 | 16 | 8/9 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Nick Calathes | 30:47 | 12 | 2/5 | 2/4 | 2/4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Ognjen Kuzmic | 9:2 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Elliot Williams | 26:35 | 16 | 3/8 | 0/2 | 10/10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Vincent Hunter | 7:35 | 5 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 200:4 | 84 | 26/41 | 5/21 | 17/23 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 22 |
| Average | 63.4% | 23.8% | 73.9% | ||||||||||||
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