Panathinaikos defeats Anadolu Efes in Euroleague

Second half of season begins in European basketball's top club competition as Greek team defeats Turkish side in Athens

By Satuk Bugra Kutlugun

ANKARA (AA) - Panathinaikos Superfoods defeated Anadolu Efes 90-79 Thursday evening in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague's regular season match.

The second half of the season started Jan. 4, with Round 16 matches, as the Greek team had no trouble beating the Turkish side with a dominant display.

Nick Calathes scored 17 points and dished out nine assists in the victory, as Panathinaikos grabbed its 11th win of the season.

Josh Adams' game-high 20 points were not enough for Anadolu Efes, as they were defeated for the 12th time in the regular season, finding themselves at the bottom place.

The other results from Thursday:

Barcelona Lassa - CSKA Moscow: 85-72

Unicaja Malaga - Valencia Basket: 83-85

Here are Friday's matches:

Fenerbahce Dogus - Baskonia Vitoria

Crvena Zvezda - Zalgiris Kaunas

Brose Bamberg - Khimki Moscow

Olympiakos - Armani Milano

Real Madrid - Maccabi Fox Tel-Aviv

Here are the standings after Thursday's matches:

Group Regular Season	W	L	PTS+	PTS-	+/-
1. CSKA Moscow	12	4	1398	1251	147
2. Olympiacos Piraeus	11	4	1101	1065	36
3. Panathinaikos Superfoods Athens	11	5	1255	1211	44
4. Zalgiris Kaunas	10	5	1204	1190	14
5. Fenerbahce Dogus Istanbul	9	6	1171	1080	91
6. Real Madrid	9	6	1257	1168	89
7. Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv	8	7	1196	1213	-17
8. Khimki Moscow Region	8	7	1160	1191	-31
9. Baskonia Vitoria Gasteiz	7	8	1219	1225	-6
10. Unicaja Malaga	7	9	1221	1278	-57
11. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade	6	9	1147	1223	-76
12. Brose Bamberg	6	9	1097	1189	-92
13. FC Barcelona Lassa	6	10	1296	1256	40
14. Valencia Basket	5	11	1203	1241	-38
15. AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan	4	11	1154	1222	-68
16. Anadolu Efes Istanbul	4	12	1223	1299	-76

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