Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv-Panathinaikos Superfoods 75-76

Panathinaikos Superfoods Athens delivered a crushing blow to Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv's playoff hopes and boosted its own chances for a top four finish with a 75-76 win at Menora Mivtachim Arena on Thursday night. Mike James tied a career high with 27 points, including the game-winner with 5.8 seconds left to lead Panathinaikos, which improved to 17-11 and tied for the fourth-best record in the league. Maccabi fell to 13-15 and will face elimination next week when it visits Baskonia Vitoria Gasteiz. Ian Vougioukas added 16 points on perfect shooting in 15 minutes off the bench, Nick Calathes tallied 10 points and 4 assists in setting a new single-season assist record with 204 and Chris Singleton posted 9 points and 10 rebounds for the winners. DeAndre Kane led Maccabi with a career-high 19 points plus 9 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals, Norris Cole added 14 points and Alex Tyus scored 10 in defeat. Against the league's top-rebounding team, Panathinaikos collected 13 offensive boards and outrebounded Maccabi 32-42 in one of the keys to the game.