Damaging road losses for Greens and Reds

Panathinaikos and Olympiakos suffered damaging losses on the road in the Euroleague, in a poor start to another double week.

Panathinaikos went down 78-73 at Belgrade to host Red Star on Wednesday despite having led for most of the game by up to 13 points.

The Greeks have slumped to a 13-10 record, staying on sixth, but could have edged closer to the fifth place with a win that they came so close to attaining.

However the players of coach Rick Pitino once again threw away a major lead, while the technical foul on the US coach for kicking an advertising board late in the fourth quarter did not help.

The Greens were also hurt by the absence of Ioannis Papapetrou in the second half, who probably got injured during the first half.

DeShaun Thomas and Giorgos Papagioannis scored 12 points each for Panathinaikos.

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