Panathinaikos Superfoods Athens overcame early difficulties to keep its 100% home record intact with an 80-72 victory over AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan. The visiting team was up by 13 points early, but KC Rivers hit five three-pointers in the second quarter to spark Panathinaikos. The hosts took charge in the third quarter with another barrage of triples, and there was no way back for a Milan team which welcomed back Andrew Goudelock from injury but lost fellow guard Jordan Theodore for two technical fouls. The negative of the night for Panathinaikos was the sight of Nick Calathes heading to the bench, and later to the hospital, with a shoulder injury sustained in the third quarter after contributing 9 points and 12 assists. Rivers led the scoring with 20 points, while Matt Lojeski netted 14 and James Gist added 11 points and 7 rebounds for the winners. The Greens totalled 15-of-28 three-pointers, with seven different players connecting from deep. Milan was paced by 13 points from Vladimir Micov, while Arturas Gudaitis scored 11.
Score in each period: 14-23, 39-41, 64-57, 80-72
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