Green grief, Red relief

Panathinaikos blew a 13-point lead and a great chance for an away win at Villeurbanne on Thursday, but Olympiakos produced an emphatic home victory over Valencia on Friday. Both Greek teams are now on a 1-1 record in the Euroleague.

The Greens went down 79-78 at ASVEL due to a disastrous last quarter that undid all that the Greek champion had achieved in the first 30 minutes.

The tight defense of Panathinaikos had it lead 63-50 at the end of the third period and the Greeks were looking good for a second win in as many Euroleague games. However in the last period they conceded 29 points and were unable to react, including the last play of the game when they had 14 seconds to score a winning basket but could not find the target with Nick Calathes.

The Greens paid dearly for their terrible rate in free throws (14/27) and their complacency after the third period,...