Vassilis Spanoulis

By George Georgakopoulos

Olympiakos was the winner in the red-and-white party at the Peace and Friendship Stadium on Friday as it came from behind to beat Red Star Belgrade 64-59.

By George Georgakopoulos

Olympiakos strolled to its seventh win in eight Euroleague games defeating Lithuanian champion Neptunas Klaipeda with an 89-79 score in Piraeus on Friday.

The two teams played a free-flowing basketball that allowed for a relatively high score, with the first half ending 47-36 and the host retaining its lead without any problems in the second half.

By George Georgakopoulos

Olympiakos suffered its first Euroleague loss of the season going down 89-70 at Laboral Kutxa on Thursday, although the Greek team remains the favorite to clinch the top spot in its pool.

By George Georgakopoulos

Panathinaikos scored a crucial as well as emphatic away win at Turow on Thursday that should see it qualify from its tough group to the top 16 of the Euroleague, while Olympiakos saw off visiting Valencia by the skin of its teeth at home to remain unbeaten.

By George Georgakopoulos

Captain Vassilis Spanoulis helped Olympiakos narrowly avoid an upset on Friday as it defeated Euroleague debutant Neptunas Klaipeda 85-81 in overtime in Lithuania to preserve its perfect start to the competition.

By George Georgakopoulos

Panathinaikos defied forecasts and managed to end Olympiakos’s unbeaten run at home in the domestic competitions with a 67-65 win at the Peace and Friendship Stadium of Faliro on Sunday, to level the series 2-2 and bring it back home on Wednesday in the final of finals.

By George Georgakopoulos

Panathinaikos and Olympiakos will resume hostilities in the finals of the Greek league as they have both swept their opponents in the semifinal series after their away wins on Monday.

By George Georgakopoulos

Greek basketball has been knocked off its throne in the Euroleague, as after three consecutive years of domination there will be no teams from this country in the competition’s Final Four next month.

By George Georgakopoulos

Olympiakos tried harder in Game 2 of the Euroleague play-offs in Spain, and Real Madrid was not as good on Thursday as in Game 1, but the Spaniards still emerged victorious on the night with an 82-77 score to get a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series.

By George Georgakopoulos

Olympiakos has joined Panathinaikos in mathematically qualifying to the quarterfinals of the Euroleague thanks to Fenerbahce’s loss at Laboral Kutxa on Thursday, so its 83-78 win at Anadolu Efes on Friday had no significance for the spot the Reds will eventually get in their group.