Panathinakos Superfoods Athens grabbed its third consecutive home win in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season by topping Fenerbahce Istanbul 81-70 in the Greek capital on Friday. Panathinaikos Superfoods improved to 7-5, while Fenerbahce dropped to 8-4 and is three wins behind regular season leader CSKA Moscow. Panathinaikos fans gave Zeljko Obradovic a warm welcome - Obradovic coached Panathinaikos for 13 years and led the club to five of the club's six EuroLeague titles. Nick Calathes flirted with a triple-double in collecting 16 points, 8 rebounds, 11 assists and 5 steals to pace the winners. Demetris Nichols added 14 points before fouling out and K.C. Rivers and James Feldeine had 10 each for Panathinaikos. James Nunnally led Fenerbahce with 21 points. Kostas Sloukas added 13 while Ekpe Udoh got 10 and 8 rebounds for the guests. Despite being outrebounded 28-37, the Greens limited Fenerbahce to low shooting percentages - 45.7% inside the arc, 35.3% from downtown – to win the game. Panathinaikos Superfoods also committed just 3 turnovers to Fenerbahce's 12.
Score in each period: 23-14, 41-37, 61-52, 81-70
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