Glory for Spanoulis, triumph for the Greens

Greek basketball can boast this week the top scorer in the history of the Euroleague as well as the triumph of Panathinaikos in Russia against CSKA Moscow in overtime.

Vassilis Spanoulis became on Thursday the all-time leading marksman of the Euroleague, even though his team, Olympiakos, suffered a home loss to Fenerbahce that has left it down to 13th at the table.

Spanoulis has reached 4,157 points, exceeding the record of Juan Carlos Navarro with 4,152 points in the competition. The first 903 of those points were during Spanoulis' time at Panathinaikos.

However his 14 points on the night did not suffice for the reds to prevent another home loss, this time to Fenerbahce with a 96-87 score, letting down the 10,000 fans that almost filled the Peace and Friendship Stadium.

The fans (as well as the Fenerbahce players and officials) applauded Spanoulis for...