Panathinaikos Athens pulled out a hard-fought 82-79 win over visiting Darussafaka Dogus Istanbul on Friday night in the Greek capital. Panathinaikos improved to 2-3 in Group E, while Darussafaka is still winless in its first Top 16 appearance. It was a game in which neither team managed to build a double-digit lead during the entire 40 minutes. Miroslav Raduljica scored 17 points, had 8 rebounds and 3 steals, while Nick Calathes had 14 points and 9 assists to pace the hosts. Vladimir Jankovic bagged 12 points for the Greens. Jamon Gordon finished with a career-high 26 points along with 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals for Darussafaka and Luke Harangody had 18 points, while Semih Erden scored 11 in defeat.
Score in each period: 16-21, 42-38, 63-58, 82-79
| Time | Pts | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Rebounds | As | St | TO | Blocks | Fouls | |||||
| O | D | T | Fv | Ag | Rv | Cm | |||||||||
| Aleksandar Pavlovic | 18:20 | 7 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Vladimir Jankovic | 20:6 | 12 | 3/3 | 1/2 | 3/4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Antonis Fotsis | 20:48 | 8 | 1/2 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Miroslav Raduljica | 23:30 | 17 | 7/14 | 0/0 | 3/3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Nikos Pappas | 13:38 | 4 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 2/4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| James Feldeine | 34:33 | 9 | 0/3 | 2/5 | 3/4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| James Gist | 26:21 | 9 | 4/8 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Nick Calathes | 39:9 | 14 | 2/7 | 2/4 | 4/6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Ognjen Kuzmic | 9:15 | 2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 205:40 | 82 | 22/44 | 7/18 | 17/24 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 23 |
| Average | 50.0% | 38.9% | 70.8% | ||||||||||||
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