Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.

Panathinaikos (PAO) has officially protested after a nail-biting Game 3 of a best-of-five series with Maccabi Tel Aviv in Serbia for the Euroleague basketball playoffs, citing two errors by the refs.

Both Greek teams in the Euroleague are on the brink of crashing out from the playoffs, as on Tuesday they suffered two-point defeats that put their opponents 2-1 up in the best-of-five series that lead to the Final Four.

Maccabi Tel Aviv is now within one win from eliminating Panathinaikos, after a contentious 85-83 win in Game 3.

Olympiakos has taken the lead in its Euroleague playoff battle with Barcelona scoring a road win on Wednesday in Game 1, while Panathinaikos has conceded home advantage to Maccabi Tel Aviv losing in Athens on Tuesday.

The Reds beat Barcelona 77-75 and have taken the upper hand in the best-of-five playoffs that lead to Berlin's Final Four next month.

Tension erupted among soccer fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv earlier on Thursday in Syntagma Square in downtown Athens with the Israeli team's fans allegedly assaulting a man of Arab descent who was exiting the metro station. 

The Israeli club's supporters had gathered at Syntagma a few hours before their match against the Greek team Olympiakos in the Europa Conference League.

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.

BELGRADE - Maccabi Tel Aviv will play their home games in the basketball EuroLeague in Belgrade in the coming period, the EuroLeague has announced.

Israeli clubs have been unable to host international games since the outbreak of the war in Israel and the Gaza Strip.

Maccabi will hold practice sessions at the Mega hall and play their games at the Aleksandar Nikolic Hall.

Turkish football club Demir Grup Sivasspor were stranded at an airport in Israel on their way back to Turkey, the team said early on Dec. 11. 

Turkey's Anadolu Efes beat Israeli basketball club Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv 99-79 in Turkish Airlines EuroLeague on Dec. 26.

Home team Anadolu Efes led the whole game against Maccabi FOX.
The Istanbul club already secured the victory by the end of the third quarter when the team were in front by 80-58.

Both Panathinaikos and Olympiakos surrendered handsome first-half leads to lose on the road in their Euroleague games, as their hosts, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Red Star Belgrade respectively, proved more resilient and resolute.

Maccabi beat Panathinaikos 88-79 on Thursday despite the Greens leading by up to 18 points early in the second period in Israel (31-13).

Turkish basketball team Fenerbahçe Beko lost to Israel's Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv 67-55 on Oct. 30 in a Turkish Airlines EuroLeague game.