Coach Xavi Pascual and Panathinaikos Superfoods Athens registered their second consecutive win together, a comfortable 70-59 win over visiting Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade in the Greek capital on Friday night. The victory improved Panathinaikos’s record to 3-1, while Zvezda dropped to 2-2.
Other than the visitors’ opening lead, Panathinaikos Superfoods Athens controlled things for 40 minutes. The hosts used defense to open a double-digit margin in the first quarter and increased it to 23 points early in the second. Behind Nick Calathes and James Gist, Panathinaikos had a 46-25 cushion at halftime and Zvezda never threatened. Calathes finished with 16 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, while Gist netted 17 in victory. K.C. Rivers and Ioannis Bourousis contributed with 12 points apiece for Panathinaikos. Ognjen Kuzmic stared with 15 points and a career-high 15 rebounds for the visitors, and Milko Bjelica scored late to finish with 12. Nate Wolters made his EuroLeague debut, scoring 8 points with 3 assists in defeat.
Score in each period: 23-14, 46-25, 61-41, 70-59
| Time | Pts | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Rebounds | As | St | TO | Blocks | Fouls | |||||
| O | D | T | Fv | Ag | Rv | Cm | |||||||||
| Chris Singleton | 23:6 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Demetris Nichols | 17:44 | 6 | 2/5 | 0/1 | 2/3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| KC Rivers | 24:19 | 12 | 3/5 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonis Fotsis | 9:30 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikos Pappas | 13:13 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| James Feldeine | 33:20 | 7 | 3/4 | 0/4 | 1/1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| James Gist | 30:51 | 17 | 7/7 | 0/3 | 3/4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Ioannis Bourousis | 14:36 | 12 | 3/6 | 1/3 | 3/4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Nick Calathes | 33:21 | 16 | 5/9 | 2/4 | 0/2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Totals | 200:0 | 70 | 23/38 | 5/20 | 9/14 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 20 |
| Average | 60.5% | 25.0% | 64.3% | ||||||||||||
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