Ioannis Papapetrou

Greece, already eliminated from the FIBA World Cup quarterfinals, ended its campaign Sunday with a 73-69 loss to Montenegro.

With the loss, Greece (2-3) finished last in Group J, the Round of 16 group. Lithuania and the USA, who were to play later Sunday, have already made the quarterfinals.

ATHENS - The Serbia men's national basketball team defeated Greece 71-64 (16-13, 23-22, 18-14, 14-15) in the first round of the Acropolis tournament in Athens on Tuesday evening.

Bogdan Bogdanovic led Serbia with 15 points and seven rebounds, Nikola Milutinov had 14 points and 12 rebounds and Marko Guduric added 14 points and seven rebounds.

ATHENS - The Serbia men's national basketball team defeated Greece 71-64 (16-13, 23-22, 18-14, 14-15) in the first round of the Acropolis tournament in Athens on Tuesday evening.

Bogdan Bogdanovic led Serbia with 15 points and seven rebounds, Nikola Milutinov had 14 points and 12 rebounds and Marko Guduric added 14 points and seven rebounds.

Greece's teams in the Euroleague brought down on Friday what they had constructed earlier in the week, as Panathinaikos had Fenerbahce put 100 past it and Olympiakos was upset at home to lowly Villeurbanne.

Olympiakos put 105 past Khimki in Russia to end its three-game losing streak in the Euroleague, while Panathinaikos succumbed to host Red Star in Belgrade.

Facing bottom team Khimki meant Olympiakos had to win this road match on Tuesday, and it did so in style, with a 105-88 score, to score its eighth victory in 16 matches.

Panathinaikos and Olympiakos suffered damaging losses on the road in the Euroleague, in a poor start to another double week.

Panathinaikos went down 78-73 at Belgrade to host Red Star on Wednesday despite having led for most of the game by up to 13 points.

Panathinaikos's overtime loss to Alba Berlin for the Euroleague in Athens has cost coach Argyris Pedoulakis his job, while Olympiakos scored a much-needed home win against Zalgiris Kaunas.

NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo and the rest of the Greek national team were in action on Saturday as part of the 2019 Suzhou International Basketball Challenge in China. Greece thrashed Jordan 92-65 in a game that took place ahead of the FIBA World Cup that kicks off in China next Saturday. Antetokounmpo scored 13 points, behind Giorgos Printezis with 17 points.

Panathinaikos will go island-hopping this week, as on Monday it won at one of Europe's easternmost courts, and three days later, on Thursday night, it will face Gran Canaria on European basketball's westernmost outpost.

Santa Claus came from the US for the Greens, with coach Rick Pitino leading Panathinaikos to a home triumph over CSKA Moscow on Friday, after Olympiakos stumbled where it was least expected, going down at Darussafaka on Thursday.