Greek teams take beating by Istanbul clubs

Istanbul clubs got the better of their opponents from Greece in the Euroleague this week, as Olympiakos lost at home to Fenerbahce on Thursday and Panathinaikos went down at Anadolu Efes on Friday.

The Reds suffered their third defeat in a row losing 73-72 in Piraeus to Fener that had Greek international Costas Sloukas score 20 points to decide the game in the visitors' favor.

Olympiakos led by up to eight points in the game but its blank spells allowed the experienced Turkish team back into contention.

Janis Strelnieks has not yet returned to its proper form from injury, Vassilis Spanoulis had a mediocre showing - with coach David Blatt grilled by the Press over the fact he left his captain out of the game for the crucial final minutes - and Olympiakos was left expecting everything from Costas Papanikolaou, scorer of 18 points and all of them in the second half.<...