For the second time in a few days, Olympiakos outplayed Panathinaikos. This time at the opening of the Euroleague, after he was recently convincing in the Greek Supercup.
Tonight's defeat surely hurts the "green" fans more - in the crowded "OAKA" arena, the biggest rival won 88:78 after extra time.
There was no lack of excitement and twists in the big derby, and Jorgos Barcokas' team was elusive in the extra five minutes in which they led 12:0 with a 86:74 run - after 74:74 in the regular part - and reached the triumph.
Alex Peters stood out with 17 points and 10 rebounds for Olympiakos, Thomas Walkup had the same scoring performance, Nigel Williams-Goss scored one less with an excellent role in overtime.
At home, Kostas Slukas was the most effective with 20, while Marius Grigonis scored 17.
A lot of uncertainty was also seen in Istanbul in the match between Fenerbahçe and Olimpia from Milan.
The home team rejoiced after the extra time 85:82 and nullified the excellent game of Nikola Mirotic kArticle listoji in the jersey of the "mannequin" had a performance of 27 baskets and 11 caught balls.
Fener was led by Scotty Wilbekin with 19, Tyler Dorsey had 15...
In Vitoria, Real Madrid was better than Baskonia (79:77), the triumph was brought by Facundo Campaco with points one minute and 47 seconds before the end after a stolen ball, while Valencia defeated Monaco (70:65).
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