Ioannis Papapetrou

Both Panathinaikos and Olympiakos are now on a 1-1 score in their Euroleague playoff series, after the Greens defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv on Thursday and the Reds went down at Barcelona on Friday.

At the Olympic Sports Hall in Athens, Panathinaikos bounced back from its four-point loss on Tuesday to win Game 2 with a 95-79 score.

Greece, already eliminated from the FIBA World Cup quarterfinals, ended its campaign Sunday with a 73-69 loss to Montenegro.

With the loss, Greece (2-3) finished last in Group J, the Round of 16 group. Lithuania and the USA, who were to play later Sunday, have already made the quarterfinals.

ATHENS - The Serbia men's national basketball team defeated Greece 71-64 (16-13, 23-22, 18-14, 14-15) in the first round of the Acropolis tournament in Athens on Tuesday evening.

Bogdan Bogdanovic led Serbia with 15 points and seven rebounds, Nikola Milutinov had 14 points and 12 rebounds and Marko Guduric added 14 points and seven rebounds.

ATHENS - The Serbia men's national basketball team defeated Greece 71-64 (16-13, 23-22, 18-14, 14-15) in the first round of the Acropolis tournament in Athens on Tuesday evening.

Bogdan Bogdanovic led Serbia with 15 points and seven rebounds, Nikola Milutinov had 14 points and 12 rebounds and Marko Guduric added 14 points and seven rebounds.

Greece's teams in the Euroleague brought down on Friday what they had constructed earlier in the week, as Panathinaikos had Fenerbahce put 100 past it and Olympiakos was upset at home to lowly Villeurbanne.

Olympiakos put 105 past Khimki in Russia to end its three-game losing streak in the Euroleague, while Panathinaikos succumbed to host Red Star in Belgrade.

Facing bottom team Khimki meant Olympiakos had to win this road match on Tuesday, and it did so in style, with a 105-88 score, to score its eighth victory in 16 matches.

Panathinaikos scored an essential home win over Alba Berlin on Thursday, while Olympiakos endured a second home loss in 48 hours, this time to Real Madrid on Friday.

The Greens defeated Alba 92-69 in Athens illustrating they are definitely on the mend; they still have time to get something out of this regular season in the tournament.

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.

Panathinaikos's overtime loss to Alba Berlin for the Euroleague in Athens has cost coach Argyris Pedoulakis his job, while Olympiakos scored a much-needed home win against Zalgiris Kaunas.

NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo and the rest of the Greek national team were in action on Saturday as part of the 2019 Suzhou International Basketball Challenge in China. Greece thrashed Jordan 92-65 in a game that took place ahead of the FIBA World Cup that kicks off in China next Saturday. Antetokounmpo scored 13 points, behind Giorgos Printezis with 17 points.