Panathinaikos Superfoods Athens stayed perfect at home this season by shutting down FC Barcelona Lassa 84-75 on Thursday in the Greek capital. Panathinaikos is now 9-0 this season at Olympic Sports Center Athens this season and 12-5 overall, good for at least third place. Barcelona fell to 6-11 as its two-game winning streak was snapped. The Panathinaikos defense held Barcelona to 6 points during almost 12 minutes bridging the second and third quarters, after which the visitors did not challenge strongly for the lead. Nick Calathes led Panathinaikos once again with 17 points, 12 assists and 5 steals on a night when the home team suffered 4-for-21 three-point shooting. James Gist matched those 17 points, while Nikos Pappas added 15 and Chris Singleton 14 for the winners. Barcelona got 18 points from Thomas Heurtel, 12 from Ante Tomic, 11 from Adrien Moermann and 10 from Pau Ribas, but suffered from 16 turnovers and the absence due to injury of leading scorer Kevin Seraphin.
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