Panathinaikos Superfoods Athens broke its three-game losing streak in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season by downing Unicaja Malaga 79-90 on the road on Friday. Panathinaikos improved to 15-11 in the standings while Unicaja dropped to 10-16. K.C. Rivers paced the winners with 24 points on 6-of-10 three-point shots. James Gist added 16, Nick Calathes had 12, 8 rebounds and 11 assists while Mike James, Chris Singleton and Lukas Lekavicius each got 10 points for the winners. Nemanja Nedovic led Unicaja with 19 points. Jeff Brooks added 14 while James Augustine had 11 for the hosts. Ray McCallum and Nedovic shined early to give Unicaja a 19-14 lead and an outstanding Brooks allowed the hosts to extend its margin to 24-18 after 10 minutes. A three-pointer by Sasu Salin made it a double-digit game, 33-22, early in the second quarter. Adam Waczynski and Alberto Diaz joined the three-point shootout to keep Unicaja way ahead, 44-32, at half-time. James led a 0-9 run that gave Panathinaikos hope, 48-42, after the break. Gist and Thanassis Antetokounmpo brought the guests as close as 60-58 after 30 minutes. Lekavicius took over early in the fourth quarter for a 60-68 Panathinaikos lead, after a 0-16 run. He got help from Rivers and Gist to seal the outcome, 79-87, in the next-to-last minute.
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