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Reds defeat the Greens by six for the Euroleague
Olympiakos beat Panathinaikos for a second time in this season's Euroleague and now both of Greece's representatives are on an 18-11 record.
The Reds won 71-65 at the Peace and Friendship Stadium of Piraeus on Thursday to match their archrivals' record.
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Bulgarian Codi Miller-McIntyre Leads EuroBasket Qualifiers
Bulgarian national Codi Miller-McIntyre scored the most points on the third day of the qualification matches for the 2025 European Men's Basketball Championship.
He contributed 23 points to Bulgaria's victory over the world champion Germany with a score of 67:62 on Sunday evening at Arena Botevgrad.
Olympiakos to honor Printezis through a friendly with Maccabi
Euroleague basketball clubs Olympiakos Piraeus and Maccabi Tel Aviv will play a friendly in honor of the Greek team's retired legend Giorgos Printezis, Maccabi said in a statement on Friday, following Olympiakos' announcement.
Cup triumph for Olympiakos over the Greens
Olympiakos won the second trophy of the year, after the Super Cup in September, lifting the Greek Cup in Crete on Sunday beating archrival Panathinaikos in the final.
The Reds defeated the Greens 69-58 in Iraklio, at the "Dyo Aorakia" court, after beating Promitheas Patras in the semifinals on Saturday, while Panathinaikos had eliminated Aris.
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Funeral held for Serbian basketball coach Dejan Milojevic
BELGRADE - Serbian basketball coach Dejan Milojevic, who died in the US last month aged 46, was buried at Belgrade's New Bezanija Cemetery on Monday.
Milojevic died in Salt Lake City on January 17 after suffering a heart attack before an NBA game between Utah Jazz and his club Golden State Warriors, where he was an assistant coach.
Last-gasp wins for persistent Reds and Greens
Olympiakos was rewarded for its persistence and defeated visiting Monaco on Thursday, as did Panathinaikos at Valencia on Friday, in a positive end of the week for Greek teams in the Euroleague.
Olympiakos outfoxed Monaco at the end of their game at the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus to win 75-73 for its 11th victory in 19 matches.
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Bogdanovic: Paris Olympics next chance for Serbia to win gold
BELGRADE - Losing to Germany in the World Cup final was very tough, but life goes on and next summer's Olympic Games in Paris will be another opportunity to win a gold medal, Bogdan Bogdanovic, captain of the Serbia men's national basketball team, has told the basketball news portal Eurohoops.
Greek away wins on either side of the Alps
Panathinaikos made it two out of two on the road this week in the Euroleague, as it followed its win at Monaco with a triumph at Armani Milano on Friday, just one hour after Olympiakos scored a road win of its own, downing Villeurbanne at Lyon.
The Reds overcame its lowly host with an 85-73 score in France to reach an 8-8 record.
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Greens and Reds followed opposite directions
Basketball is a funny old game. You may lead throughout the match like Olympiakos did at Milan and lose in the end due to a lapse of concentration in the last few minutes, while you may also trail for most of the game, like Panathinaikos did at Monaco, and still snatch victory with a last-ditch effort.
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Road win for Greens, home loss for Reds
Panathinaikos and Olympiakos are back level on the Euroleague table, after Panathinaikos won at Villeurbanne on Thursday and Olympiakos suffered a home reverse to Valencia on Friday.
The Greens defeated Euroleague bottom team Villeurbanne in France with an 89-81 score, to snap their three-game losing streak.
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