Mathias Lessort

Greece's Euroleague representatives recorded statement victories on the road this week, showing they could both reach the Final Four of the tournament at the end of the season.

Panathinaikos beat Real Madrid in Spain on Thursday for the first time in 11 years, with an emphatic 97-86 score and a performance that should be the compass for the rest of the remaining away games.

Panathinaikos crushed Monaco in Athens on Thursday and has stayed in the top four of the Euroleague table, while Olympiakos suffered a second loss in Spain in 48 hours, this time going down at Baskonia on Friday.

After one of its most emphatic performances this season, Panathinaikos dismissed Monaco 88-63 for its 13th victory in 21 games.

Tuesday brought a second loss in a row for Panathinaikos and Olympiakos in the Euroleague, but while the Greens lost on the road to Efes, the Reds went down at home to Real Madrid.

In Turkey, Panathinaikos pushed Efes all the way but eventually succumbed with a 71-68 score.

Both Panathinaikos and Olympiakos suffered defeats on the road on Thursday for the Euroleague, probably not doing themselves any justice for their efforts in Belgrade and Monaco respectively.

The Greens went down 92-87 at Partizan in overtime, after wasting a 10-point led in the last few minutes of regulation.

The third game of this series is scheduled for Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. in Stark Arena.

MADRID - Partizan Belgrade defeated Real Madrid 95-80 away from home in the second game of the two teams' EuroLeague Basketball quarter-final series on Thursday evening.

MADRID - Partizan Belgrade defeated Real Madrid 89-87 (22-22, 26-22, 15-20, 26-23) away from home in the first game of the two teams' EuroLeague Basketball quarter-final series on Tuesday evening.

Kevin Punter scored a three-pointer in the final second to hand Partizan a 1-0 lead in the series.

Partizan basketball players beat Red Star in the "eternal" derby for the leading position in the ABA league in "Stark Arena" in front of more than 17,000 fans.
Mathias Lessort played a fantastic match and scored 27 points with 8 rebounds and an index of 38, but this brilliant game was overshadowed by the incident when he hit Filip Petrusev at the end of the game.