Darussafaka Dogus-Panathinaikos Superfoods 77-72

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

TimePts2FG3FGFTReboundsAsStTOBlocksFouls
ODTFvAgRvCm
Chris Singleton35:49234/64/53/41561013024
KC Rivers29:57122/42/62/20111000132
Mike James20:790/33/60/00007120204
Nikos Pappas19:3573/40/11/30441100003
James Feldeine19:4760/12/50/00221000010
Kenny Gabriel16:200/10/00/01340001020
Alessandro Gentile10:4100/10/00/20110010011
Ioannis Bourousis26:54100/22/44/42682171035
Nick Calathes21:852/50/31/22243101012
Totals200:07211/2713/3011/176243016411631321
Average40.7%43.3%64.7%

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