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This was Zenit’s third consecutive victory in St. Petersburg, temporarily elevating Xavi Pascual’s pupils to third place in the Euroleague.
Athens’ Panathinaikos, seeking a head coach and targeting legendary Israeli basketball player Oded Kattash, have suffered a third successive failure.
Lithuanian Artūras Gudaitis, 27, scored 25 points (10/13 doubles, 5/6 penalties) in 26 minutes in a winning match and improved his personal record for Euroleague performance, which was marked at the limit of 20 points earned two years ago.
The midfielder added 3 rebounds and intercepted the ball, blocked the shot, made two errors, committed four fouls and scored 24 utility points.
A. Gudaitis lived mostly off the passes of Canadian Kevin Pangos, who collected a double-double – 18 points and 10 passes.
In the second half, A. Gudaitis fed Panathinaikos forward Ioannis Papapetrou with a powerful two-on-two combination.
Zenit, who dominated the rival field, gained a double-digit lead in the first half, reaching a record 25 points in the middle of the third, 66:41.
In the fourth quarter, the Greeks cut the deficit to one digit apart when the decisive round came, when the second three-point match was played by the tall Konstantina Mitoglou of Panathinaika (75:84).
However, the successful fine of A. Gudaitis and the colon of K. Pangos ended the intrigue of the party.
“Panathinaikos”: Ioannis Papapetrou 14, Konstantinos Mitoglou 13 (7 atk. Kam., 19 naud. Bal.), Georgios Papagiannis and Leonidas Kaselakis – po 9.
Zenith: Artūras Gudaitis 25 (10/13 diat.), Kevin Pangos 18 (10th rev.), Will Thomas and Austin Hollins – 10 each.
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