Rivers drowns Milano as Reds sink at Bamberg

Olympiakos has dropped from the Euroleague summit after its loss at Brose Bamberg, while Panathinaikos overcame the strong challenge of Armani Milano in Athens.

Four days after its bruising loss at AEK for the league, Olympiakos suffered another bad defeat, this time at Bamberg with a 67-65 score on Thursday. It is now on a 9-3 record in the competition.

The Reds thought they had done everything right by the start of the last quarter when they stretched their advantage to 10 points (60-50), but inexplicably switched off, allowing the German team to stage an impressive fight back in the last six minutes when they notched up 13 unanswered points.

Even so Olympiakos was given a last chance to avoid defeat, but managed to waste the 10 seconds it was given, as it was obvious that captain Vassilis Spanoulis's return from injury has upset the balance of the team...