Dinos Mitoglou

Both Panathinaikos and Olympiakos are now on a 1-1 score in their Euroleague playoff series, after the Greens defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv on Thursday and the Reds went down at Barcelona on Friday.

At the Olympic Sports Hall in Athens, Panathinaikos bounced back from its four-point loss on Tuesday to win Game 2 with a 95-79 score.

Panathinaikos defeated Anadolu Efes in Athens on Tuesday to stay joint fourth in the Euroleague, while Olympiakos suffered a road loss at Barcelona on Wednesday.

A great showing in the first half against Anadolu Efes sufficed for the Greens to beat their Turkish visitor 83-76.

Panathinaikos secured its first road in this season's Euroleague beating Alba in Berlin, while Olympiakos suffered an unexpected home reverse to Baskonia.

The Greens dominated the game in Germany and deservedly won 99-85 to improve their record to 3-4 and enter the top eight spots that lead to the playoffs.

Panathinaikos tried to match Real Madrid in Spain on Monday but its host was a class apart and won easily 96-78 in the end, at a game played four days earlier for the Euroleague's 26th round.

Panathinaikos will go island-hopping this week, as on Monday it won at one of Europe's easternmost courts, and three days later, on Thursday night, it will face Gran Canaria on European basketball's westernmost outpost.