Marius Grigonis

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.

Basketball is a funny old game. You may lead throughout the match like Olympiakos did at Milan and lose in the end due to a lapse of concentration in the last few minutes, while you may also trail for most of the game, like Panathinaikos did at Monaco, and still snatch victory with a last-ditch effort.

Panathinaikos and Olympiakos are back level on the Euroleague table, after Panathinaikos won at Villeurbanne on Thursday and Olympiakos suffered a home reverse to Valencia on Friday.

The Greens defeated Euroleague bottom team Villeurbanne in France with an 89-81 score, to snap their three-game losing streak.

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.

BELGRADE - Partizan Belgrade lost 96-80 (21-19, 33-21, 19-18, 23-22) at home to Alba Berlin in a Eurocup Basketball Group C, Round 6 game on Tuesday.

In front of 4,300 spectators at the Aleksandar Nikolic Hall, Spencer Butterfield and Marius Grigonis led Alba to victory with 20 points each.

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