Panathinaikos Superfoods Athens remained undefeated at home this season with a 90-79 victory over Anadolu Efes Istanbul on Thursday at Olympic Sports Center Athens. Nick Calathes returned after a three-game absence to produce 17 points, 9 assists and 3 steals as the Greens took a double-digit lead in the first quarter and held it for nearly all of the game. Nikos Pappas returned from injury as well to score 16 points off the bench and James Gist added 10. The hosts made 14 of 26 three-point shots (53.9%) with Marcus Denmon going 3 for 3. The win lifted Panathinaikos to 11-5, while sending Efes to 4-12. Josh Adams produced a personal-best 20 points to pace Efes, which was without leading scorer Errick McCollum. Brock Motum added 14 points, Krunoslav Simon scored 13 and Bryant Dunston posted 12 points and 8 rebounds. Efes outrebounded Panathinaikos 20-37, but was plagued by poor free throw shooting (11 of 19; 57.9%) and 14 turnovers.
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