Panathinaikos Superfoods Athens held on for a tough 63-69 victory over Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade on Thursday at the famed Aleksandar Nikolic Hall in the Serbian capital. The Greens racked up their seventh win in eight games to improve to 10-4 and keep at least in a share of third place in the standings through 14 rounds. Playing without star point guard Nick Calathes, Panathinaikos committed 15 turnovers, but excelled on defense and limited the Serbian champs to sub-par shooting. James Gist and Marcus Denmon scored 16 points apiece to pace the winners. Former Panathinaikos swingman James Feldeine led Zvezda with 21 points in defeat.
Score in each period: 15-20, 38-41, 49-58, 63-69
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