In a Greek derby full of intensity, Panathinaikos Superfoods Athens grabbed its first road win in the 2017-18 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season by edging archrivals Olympiacos Piraeus 62-70 in the Peace and Friendship Stadium on Friday. Panathinaikos improved to 4-2 in the regular season standings while Olympiacos dropped to 4-2 after registering its first road loss. James Gist led the winners with 15 points. Lukas Lekavicius added 14 while K.C. Rivers had 12 for Panathinaikos. Janis Strelnieks led Olympiacos with 18 points. Ioannis Papapetrou added 11 while Jamel McLean had 10 for the hosts. Nick Calathes, Gist and Matt Lojeski combined for all points in a 0-11 run that gave Panathinaikos an early lead, 2-11. Olympiacos improved its defense, however, while Strelnieks and Vangelis Mantzaris stepped up to put Olympiacos in charge, 17-16, after 10 minutes. Lekavicius took over early in the second quarter to boost the guests' margin to 17-25. Papapetrou and Strelnieks tried to change things for the hosts but James Singleton and Gist kept Panathinaikos ahead, 30-35, at halftime. Back-to-back triples by a red-hot Strelnieks brought Olympiacos as close as 38-40. Gist and Lekavicius stepped up in crunch time, as Panathinaikos boosted its margin to 54-66 with over 3 minutes left and never looked back.
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