Panathinaikos edged Panionios 69-64 at Nea Smyrni for Basket League OPAP, Day 19.
Panathinaikos came back after an early 5-0 (1'30'') by Panionios. Greens responded with 9-0 to make it to 5-9 (4'50''). Pappas, Ukic, Bramos and Lasme scored, but Panionios got the lead again 10-9 (7'). During the first minutes of the second period the lead changed hand between the two teams. Panathinaikos got up to +6 with Jonas Maciulis (14-20, 15'). Panionios cut the lead to 1 (19-20, 17'), but Diamantidis and Wright were there for 21-26 (19'). Pappas and Gist were the ones to make it to a double digit margin (31-42 (27'25''), beside the fact that Panathinaikos was shooting 7/17 from the charity line. Zack Wright and Jonas Maciulis led to +12 (40-52, 32'34''), but Panionios kept fighting, only to cut the deficit to four points (59-63, 39'10''), before the final 64-69.
Referees: Anastopoulos, Poursanidis G., Magklogiannis
Quarters: 10-10, 23-26, 38-43, 64-69
Panionios (Sfairopoulos): McCollum 27, Duvnjak, Carter 10, Milbourne 5, Athanasoulas, Batis 8, Skordilis 2, Langford 6, Michel, Simtsak 2, Kiritsis 4, Saloustros
Panathinaikos (Pedoulakis): Bramos 5, Fotsis 7, Ukic 2, Lasme 14, Mavrokefalidis, Diamantidis 6 (3a), Gist 6 (9r), Pappas 8, Jankovic, Maciulis 12 (3a), Wright 9 (2st)
