Bitter losses for Greens and Reds in Game 3

Both Greek teams in the Euroleague are on the brink of crashing out from the playoffs, as on Tuesday they suffered two-point defeats that put their opponents 2-1 up in the best-of-five series that lead to the Final Four.

Maccabi Tel Aviv is now within one win from eliminating Panathinaikos, after a contentious 85-83 win in Game 3.

Panathinaikos was second-best to Maccabi for the first three quarters of the game in Belgrade, but could have still snatched the win in the end.

Maccabi was on top throughout the game and stretched its lead to 18 points (57-39). However a series of triples by the Greens cut their distance to bring them level just before the end (83-83), when a controversial referee decision had the hosts get a second chance for a final shot, that they made to win the game.

Panathinaikos has actually submitted a formal objection about that...