Panathinaikos beat Olympiacos for Euroleague Top 16

Panathinaikos hosted and beat Olympiacos for Euroleague Top 16. Olympiacos score the first points with Dunston but Panathinaikos replied. Olympiacos was scoring and Panathinaikos was equalizing till Roko Leni Ukić with a three pointer put Panathinaikos first time in lead with 10-9. Giorgos Printezis with four consecutive points made the score 10-13. Panathinaikos made a 7-0 run and the score was 17-13. Stratos Perperoglou with 5 consecutive points made the score of the first half 19-18. In the second quarter Perperoglou reached 11 points, making the score 19-20. Panathinaikos made the score 27-23 but Olympiacos with a 8-0 run took the lead by 4, 27-31. Dimitris Diamantidis with an assist and a lay up balanced the game, 31-31. One minute before the half time Stephane Lasme won an unsportsmanlike foul from Brent Petway and didn't miss the two free throws. Half time score 35-33 with the two teams swapping the leading of the score. Vasilis Spanoulis finished the first half with zero points. For Olympiacos Stratos Perperoglou had 11 points, Giorgos Printezis 6 points and Mantzaris 5 rebounds in the first half. For Panathinaikos Roko Leni Ukić had 9 points, Dimitris Diamantidis 7 points and 4 assists in the first half. Panathinaikos made only 2 turnovers in the first half but Olympiacos had the rebounds. Second half started with a three pointer and foul drawn from Printezis and the score 37-37. Spanoulis scored his first points after 27 minutes and Mardy Collins with a difficult shot finished the third quarter with equal score, 47-47. Fourth quarter started with the first three pointer of Vasilis Spanoulis that made the score 47-50. Mike Bramos with a three pointer equalized the score, 54-54. Kostas Sloukas with a three pointer made the score 55-59 and Stephane Lasme 57-59. With score 61-61 Spanoulis and Printezis missed one three pointer each. Dimitris Diamantidis missed one free throw and the score was 62-61, 41 seconds before the end. Vasilis Spanoulis missed another three pointer, James Gist took the rebound and scored one free throw, 1/4 free throws for the American. 21 seconds before the end and the score was 63-61 for Panathinaikos. Ukić made the 4th foul of Panathinaikos 17 seconds before the end and Olympiacos called a time out. Matt Lojeski missed a shot and Dimitris Diamantidis won a foul 3 seconds before the end. Diamantidis scored one free throw, the score was 64-61 and Diamantidis made a foul 2.1 seconds before the end. Stratos Perperoglou missed the first free throw and scored the second. 2.1 seconds before the end with the score 64-62 Panathinaikos had possession of the ball and called a time out. Stephane Lasme won a foul one second before the end. Lasme scored both free throws and the final score was 66-62. Stephane Lasme was the top scorer of Panathinaikos with 18 points and Stratos Perperoglou for Olympiacos with 12 points. Vasilis Spanoulis had 6 points with 1/9 three pointers and Dimitris Diamantidis 9 points and 8 assists. Olympiacos collected 35 rebounds, 8 more than Panathinaikos but Panathinaikos made only 7 turnovers in the game.
Quarters' scores: 19-18, 35-33, 47-47, 66-62.

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Panathinaikos: Bramos 6, Curry 4, Batiste, Fotsis 3, Ukić 14, Lasme 18, Mavrokefalidis 2, Diamantidis 9, Gist 7, Pappas, Giankovits, Mačiulis 3.
Olympiacos: Petway 2, Dunston 6, Spanoulis 6, Perperoglou 12, Sloukas 5, Collins 2, Simmons 2, Begić 2, Printezis 10, Mantzaris 6, Katsivelis 3, Lojeski 6.