Fenerbahçe and Olympiacos justified their role as favorites at the start of the Euroleague basketball quarterfinals.
The current European champion defeated Zalgiris 89:78 in Istanbul, with a phenomenal performance by Tarik Biberović.
The Turkish national team player scored 26 points and shot 8-6 three-pointers.
Wade Baldwin followed him up with 17, Thelen Horton-Tucker scored 15, and Nicolo Meli had 13...
Nigel Williams-Goss was the most efficient player for the Lithuanians with 24 points.
Olympiacos also opened the series in the right way.
In Piraeus, they defeated Monaco in a match they completely controlled from the middle of the second quarter, ultimately outclassing the "princes" - 91:70.
Sasha Vezenkov had 20 points, Nikola Milutinov had 13 points (with 10 rebounds), Corey Joseph and Evan Fournier each. Mike James scored 19 goals in Monaco.
The only break was seen in Valencia, where Panathinaikos took away the home court advantage from the Spaniards at the start of the series.
PAO celebrated 68:67 when Kendrik Nan hit the second of two free throws with two seconds left.
The home team had a winning attack after the timeout, but they didn't even shoot the ball.
Nan led the "greens" with 21 points, while Valencia's Jean Montero had 15.
Real Madrid and Hapoel meet on Wednesday at 8:45 p.m.
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