Euroleague

BELGRADE - Red Star Belgrade lost 85-59 (22-10, 22-17, 21-7, 20-25) at home to CSKA Moscow in the Euroleague Basketball Round 7 on Wednesday.

It was one of the toughest defeats for the Red-And-Whites in years - they even had a 33-point deficit at one point in the game.

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The second “Hell-week” for Olympiacos in Euroleague came to an end with a game against Crvena Zvezda in Piraeus.

Olympiacos needed this win in order to be definitely second (with 6-2).

Crvena Zvezda wanted to win to balance the home defeat by Bamberg.

After Olympiakos “conquered” Istanbul on Wednesday night by defeating Euroleague champions Fenerbache, Greek champions Panathinaikos will travel to the city and attempt to achieve a 3rd victory in a row. Coming off their convincing win against Russian side Khmiki on Tuesday, the Greens will face Turkish side Anadolu Efes Istanbul. A win would take Pana’s record to 5 wins.

Greek champions Panathinaikos dominated Russian Khimki Moscow 93-65 at the OAKA stadium in Athens on Tuesday night going to 4-3 in the Euroleague regular season. The Greens will face Turkish side Anadolu Efes Istanbul in Turkey in 2 days. Pana had an incredible night behind the 3-point arc, shooting an amazing 17/27!

"Exochiko", Greek for holiday/countryside home, is the nickname Panathinaikos fans have attached to the Olympiakos home court of Peace and Friendship Stadium, due to the numerous times the Greens have scored precious victories at their biggest rivals' pad.

BELGRADE - Red Star Belgrade lost to Brose Bamberg 75-69 (30-18, 30-16, 16-19, 16-16) at home in the Euroleague Basketball Round 5 on Thursday.

In front of just 5,892 spectators at the Belgrade Arena, the German team was in control from the very beginning and registered its third consecutive win in European basketball's top-tier competition.

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AEK upset Panathinaikos and will face Olympiakos in the Greek Cup final in February, after the semifinals that took place on Sunday.

AEK was the host at the knock-out semi played at the Olympic Sports Hall and won 73-69 to book its place in its first final since 2001.

In a bad week for Greek teams in Europe, Olympiakos suffered its first loss in the Euroleague, going down at Barcelona on Friday, after Panathinaikos let victory at Baskonia slip through its fingers on Thursday.

BELGRADE - Red Star Belgrade beat Maccabi Tel Aviv 87-84 (19-24, 20-25, 23-12, 24-23) at the Belgrade Arena in Euroleague Basketball Round 4 on Thursday.

Over 8,000 supporters celebrated Red Star's second Euroleague win this season after Taylor Rochestie scored with just 15 seconds to go and Maccabi's Deshaun Thomas missed a three-point shot.

Olympiakos stayed on top of the Euroleague table with victory at Maccabi on Tuesday, while Panathinaikos succumbed to CSKA Moscow on Wednesday.

The Reds extended their perfect record so far with their first win on the road as they beat Maccabi 69-68 in Tel Aviv in a thrilling game decided by the last shot.