In a battle between Turkish Airlines Euroleague powerhouses in Top 16 Group E, Panathinaikos Athens sent a message that echoed all around the competition by downing Real Madrid 85-69 in front of 17,200 fans in the Greek capital on Friday. Panathinaikos improved to 6-5 and remained fourth in Group E, while Madrid dropped to 9-2 and saw its five-game winning streak come to an end. Madrid had previously qualified for the playoffs and kept first place despite the loss. Nikos Pappas paced the winners with 22 points on perfect shooting from the field and 7 of 8 from the line. DeMarcus Nelson added 16 points, while James Gist had 13 for Panathinaikos.
Score in each period: 19-15, 41-35, 69-53, 85-69
| Time | Pts | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Rebounds | As | St | TO | Blocks | Fouls | |||||
| O | D | T | Fv | Ag | Rv | Cm | |||||||||
| A..J. Slaughter | 17:26 | 5 | 1/4 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Vladimir Jankovic | 26:46 | 4 | 2/5 | 0/4 | 0/0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Antonis Fotsis | 8:15 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DeMarcus Nelson | 27:25 | 16 | 6/9 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Nikos Pappas | 20:16 | 22 | 6/6 | 1/1 | 7/8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Loukas Mavrokefalidis | 21:53 | 8 | 4/8 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Dimitris Diamantidis | 14:46 | 2 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| James Gist | 25:10 | 13 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 3/4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Esteban Batista | 20:48 | 8 | 3/11 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Janis Blums | 13:40 | 3 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gani Lawal | 3:35 | 4 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 200:0 | 85 | 27/50 | 6/16 | 13/19 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 21 |
| Average | 54.0% | 37.5% | 68.4% | ||||||||||||
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