In a game that went down to the final minute, Darussafaka Dogus Istanbul came up with big plays when they counted most to down Panathinaikos Superfoods Athens 77-72 on Friday night at the Volkswagen Arena. The victory boosted Darussafaka's record to 12-12, good for ninth place, one victory out of the playoff places. Panathinaikos dropped to 14-10, fifth best record in the competition, and the same as Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade. Panathinaikos was able to at least hold a tie-breaker against Darussafaka, due to its six-point win earlier in the season.
The teams traded blows and each came up with runs of its own during the game, but the score was tied at 72-72 going into the last 2 minutes. That is when Brad Wanamaker hit a three-pointer, Will Clyburn beat the shot-clock with an impossible jumper, before James Anderson blocked a pair of shots in the final 45 seconds, securing Darussafaka's win. Wanamaker finished with 24 points and 6 rebounds. Anderson collected 16 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks. Clyburn and Dairis Bertans netted 12 apiece in victory. Chris Singleton scored 23 points shooting 4-for-5 from three-point land for Panathinaikos. K.C. Rivers added 12, and Ioannis Bourousis had 10 points plus 8 rebounds in defeat.
Score in each period: 17-17, 35-33, 53-53, 77-72
Time | Pts | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Rebounds | As | St | TO | Blocks | Fouls | |||||
O | D | T | Fv | Ag | Rv | Cm | |||||||||
Chris Singleton | 35:49 | 23 | 4/6 | 4/5 | 3/4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
KC Rivers | 29:57 | 12 | 2/4 | 2/6 | 2/2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Mike James | 20:7 | 9 | 0/3 | 3/6 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Nikos Pappas | 19:35 | 7 | 3/4 | 0/1 | 1/3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
James Feldeine | 19:47 | 6 | 0/1 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Kenny Gabriel | 16:2 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Alessandro Gentile | 10:41 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Ioannis Bourousis | 26:54 | 10 | 0/2 | 2/4 | 4/4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Nick Calathes | 21:8 | 5 | 2/5 | 0/3 | 1/2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Totals | 200:0 | 72 | 11/27 | 13/30 | 11/17 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 21 |
Average | 40.7% | 43.3% | 64.7% |