Panathinaikos will fight for the Cup of Greece, after edging PAOK 71-68 tonight at Thessaloniki, for the semifinal of the competition. Greens advanced and they will face Apollon Patron at the final. Vlado Jankovic scored 13 points and the game-winning buzzer-beater.
James Gist also scored 13 points and AJ Slaghter added 12 for the “Greens”.
Score in each period: 12-17, 27-33, 44-50, 68-71
| Time | Pts | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Rebounds | As | St | TO | Blocks | Fouls | |||||
| O | D | T | Fv | Ag | Rv | Cm | |||||||||
| A..J. Slaughter | 31:59 | 12 | 3/7 | 1/6 | 3/5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Vladimir Jankovic | 25:44 | 13 | 2/6 | 2/2 | 3/3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Antonis Fotsis | 22:52 | 3 | 0/1 | 1/6 | 0/0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| DeMarcus Nelson | 8:11 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Nikos Pappas | 19:4 | 8 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 6/8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Loukas Mavrokefalidis | 6:4 | 2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dimitris Diamantidis | 31:44 | 8 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 3/3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| James Gist | 26:7 | 13 | 5/5 | 1/6 | 0/0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Esteban Batista | 24:58 | 11 | 4/5 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Janis Blums | 3:17 | 1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 200:0 | 71 | 17/33 | 6/24 | 19/25 | 9 | 31 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 27 |
| Average | 51.5% | 25.0% | 76.0% | ||||||||||||
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