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Panathinaikos is left ruing the missed chance of a break last Wednesday in Game 1 of the Euroleague play-off series with Real Madrid, as in Friday's Game 2 it lost 78-63 and is on the verge of elimination in this best-of-five series. No team has ever won a series on this level having trailed 2-0.

Turkey's Fenerbahçe Beko were dominant over Lithuania's Zalgiris Kaunas with a 76-43 score in Euroleague Playoffs to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-five series.

Peristeri added another major scalp to its collection this year, as after beating champion Panathinaikos a few weeks ago it defeated Olympiakos too on Wednesday, with the Reds appearing to sink into decay. Meanwhile Panathinaikos thrashed AEK on the road to mathematically clinch the top spot in the regular season with three games left to play.

AEK wasted a glorious chance to make a second consecutive Basketball Champions League Final Four and will have to relinquish its crown after crashing out to Bamberg in the tournament's quarterfinals on Wednesday.

The Greek team won 69-67 on the night at the Nick Galis Hall in Athens, but this was not enough to overturn its four-point deficit from the first leg in Germany.

Peristeri produced the upset of the season in the Basket League, ending the unbeaten run of Panathinaikos on Sunday, and playing behind closed doors at its home court too.

Turkey's Anadolu Efes defeated Spain's Baskonia 102-92 on March 29 in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague.       

A freak buzzer-beating triple by Rudy Fernandez had Panathinaikos succumb to Real Madrid in Athens, while a careless Olympiakos is risking missing out of the play-offs after its home loss to Zalgiris Kaunas, as both Greek teams wasted their leads to lose to their visitors, one round of games before the end of the Euroleague regular season.

Rick Pitino's Panathinaikos produced its sixth consecutive Euroleague win, and probably the most important one too, beating Armani Milano in Italy, while Olympiakos slumped to a shocking loss at Gran Canaria.

Panathinaikos stunned Europe with a famous road win at CSKA Moscow on Friday to give its chances for a play-off berth a real boost, while Olympiakos continued to slump going down at Armani Milano on Thursday. The two Greek teams are now joint eighth.

Panathinaikos is riding a comeback momentum in its Euroleague campaign, scoring only its second road win this season, at Gran Canaria on Thursday, while Olympiakos continues to lose ground going down at home to CSKA Moscow on Friday.