Panathinaikos fought, but Barcelona held the Greens without a basket for the final six minutes in claiming a 56-63 road win at OAKA, for Euroleague Top16, Day 5.
Barcelona started off with a 2-10 (4') and Panathinaikos fought back to cut the margin to 4 points (11-15, 6'30'') and to take the lead (23-22, 9'43''). Spaniards pulled away behind two three pointers by Huertas and Alex Abrines capped a 0-12 (23-34, 13'25''). Diamantidis and Bramos took over (27-34,15'10"), but the Catalans stretched the lead to 13 (29-42, 18').
Defense took over for Panathinaikos, narrowing the gap to 5. Barcelona took control again, but Fotsis, Lasme and Diamantidis were there to lead to 47-52 at the end of the third quarter. The captain took over to make it 51-55 (32'45''). Barcelona had the answer (51-59, 33'15''), Jonas Maciulis scored a three pointer (54-59, 34') but his free throws (56-62, 37'50'') were the only Panathinaikos scored in the final six minutes of the game.
Referees: Cerebuch (Italy), Sahin (Italy), Boltauzer (Slovenia)
Quarters: 23-24, 32-44, 47-52, 56-63
Panathinaikos (Pedoulakis): Bramos 5, Curry 3, Batiste, Fotsis 9, Ukic 2, Lasme 13, Mavrokefalidis, Diamantidis 13, Gist, Maciulis 11
Barcelona (Pascual): Dorsey 4,Sada 4, Huertas 17, Abrines 2, Navarro 1, Papanikolaou 14, Oleson 5, Lorbek 7, Nachbar 5, Tomic 4
