Two out of three in Euroleague this week

The week seemed perfect for Greek teams in the Euroleague up to the last few seconds of Olympiakos' game at Zalgiris, when the Reds blew the game they should have won, after also winning at Villeurbanne on Tuesday. Panathinaikos did what it had to do against bottom team Khimki in Athens.

In France Olympiakos avenged its home loss to Villeurbanne beating its host in overtime with a 101-93 score.

The Reds led early on, but were lucky to have Kostas Sloukas take them to overtime (86-86 after regulation), where the Greek team was far better than the French. Sloukas and Shaquielle McKissic scored 23 points apiece.

Then on Friday Olympiakos visited Zalgiris Kaunas, and managed to throw away a seven-point lead two minutes from the end to lose 81-79.

In a tight game in Lithuania Olympiakos edged ahead 79-72, but conceded nine unanswered points in the end, with...