Panathinaikos Superfoods Athens led from start to finish en route to a 91-71 victory over visiting Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade that clinched a spot in the playoffs for the Greens on Tuesday night. Panathinaikos improved to 16-11 in the standings, while Crvena Zvezda dropped to 11-16 and was mathematically eliminated from playoff contention. Panathinaikos opened the game with a 17-2 run to take control and then used a big start to the third quarter to pull away to a 20-point margin that broke the game open. Nick Calathes starred in victory with 17 points, 10 assists, a career-high 6 steals and 5 rebounds in less than 25 minutes and without stepping foot on the floor in the fourth quarter. Chris Singleton scored 21 points on 4-for-5 three-point shooting and K.C. Rivers added 11 points for Panathinaikos which had each player play at least 9 minutes and score at least 2 points. Dejan Davidovac netted 17 points and Alen Omic collected 15 points and 7 rebounds for the visitors.
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