Panathinaikos defeated Lokomotiv Kuban for Euroleague

Panathinaikos defeated Lokomotiv Kuban for Euroleague. Lokomotiv defeated Panathinaikos in the first game that took place in Heraklion, but the Greek champions won in Kuban and surpassed the difference of the defeat. Panathinaikos with 14/23 three pointers was unstoppable. Before the game Dimitris Diamantidis was 11th in three pointers in Euroleague. During the game the captain of Panathinaikos surpassed Louis Bullock, Drew Nicholas and Igor Rakocevic finishing 8th in three pointers. Vasilis Charalampopoulos, 16 years old, played for two minutes and collected 1 rebound. 

Quarters' scores: 23-21, 30-46, 44-66, 63-82

Lokomotiv Kuban: Grigoryev 8, Brown 8, Williams, Hendrix 9, Kanygin 2, Kalnietis 7, Likhodey 8, Jasaitis 13, Zubkov 3, Marić 2, Simon 3.

Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos, Bramos 11, Curry 13, Batiste, Fotsis 17, Ukić 17, Lasme 10, Mavrokefalidis, Diamantidis 12, Gist 2, Pappas 13, Giankovits, Apostolidis.

Panathinaikos lost by Lokomotiv-Kuban for Euroleague in Heraklion

Panathinaikos hosted Lokomotiv-Kuban for Euroleague fourth day in Heraklion, Crete. This will be the second home game away from Athens for Panathinaikos. Dimitris Diamantidis played his 200th game in Euroleague, becoming the 13th player to achieve it. Aleks Marić played against his former players Diamantidis, Batiste and Fotsis.Lokomotiv Kuban started the game better than Panathinaikos and had the lead for the whole game. Dimitris Diamantidis equalized with a three pointer in the last minute to 69-69 but Simon replied with a three pointer 0.3 seconds before the end and hist team stole the victory. For Lokomotiv Kuban Derrick Brown had 13 points and 8 rebounds while Richard Hendrix had 10 points and 9 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 12-17, 31-36, 41-53, 69-72

Panathinaikos: Bramos 3, Curry, Batiste 2, Fotsis 2, Ukić 8, Lasme 5, Mavrokefalidis 2, Diamantidis 6, Gist 18, Pappas 13, Giankovits, Mačiulis 10.

Lokomotiv Kuban: Grigoryev, Brown 13, Williams, Hendrix 10, Kalnietis 7, Bykov 11, Likhodey, Jasaitis 14, Kolyshkin, Zubkov 1, Zhukanenko 7, Simon 9.