On a night when three-time champion Dimitris Diamantidis was officially named a Euroleague Basketball Legend, Panathinaikos Athens celebrated by clinching a place in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Playoffs for a sixth consecutive season by downing Cedevita Zagreb 76-60 on a festive Friday night in the Greek capital. The victory improved its Group E record to 9-4, which means that Panathinaikos cannot finish worse than third place. It can still clinch second place and home-court advantage in the playoffs with a win next week against already-eliminated Efes, but only if Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar loses at Darussafaka Dogus Istanbul. James Gist paced Panathinaikos with 15 points plus 9 rebounds and Diamantidis had 10 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists on his special night. Sasha Pavlovic added 9 points, and Nick Calathes did a little bit of everything with 5 points, 6 rebounds, 6 steals, 3 steals and 2 blocked shots in victory. For Cedevita, Marko Arapovic collected 11 points plus 8 rebounds, while Toni Katic had 9 points in the absence of Nemanja Gordic.
Score in each period: 20-5, 42-18, 58-37, 76-60
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