Lorenzo Brown

Reds and Greens recovered from their losses in the Euroleague last week and started this double week with significant victories.

Panathinaikos fended off the mighty challenge of Barcelona to emerge victorious from the game in Athens with a 90-89 score on Tuesday.

Turkish coach Ergin Ataman of Panathinaikos commented on Paris’s playing style and his players’ complaints about the French defense after the game. Paris celebrated its first-ever EuroLeague victory, while Panathinaikos fell to 2-1 in the standings. Ataman stated in the press conference:

Second game for the Greek national team in the Olympics, second loss with a similar scenario and score… After Canada (who beat us 86-79 in the opener), the blue and white team was defeated 84-77 by Spain in a match that started ideally (we led 20-12 in the 8th minute) but continued nightmarishly (35-49 at halftime)… And when we played defense and found a hero in Tolioopoulos (14 points with 4/6

Fenerbahçe Beko beat HDI Sigorta Afyon Belediye 97-87 in an away ING Basketball Süper Lig game to secure their fifth successive win on March 28.

Lorenzo Brown played with 20 points while Melih Mahmutoğlu came off the bench to add 15 points for Fenerbahçe Beko. Tarık Biberovic had 10.

Selected players of Andrea Trinchieri managed to beat the Red Star players for the third consecutive year in the Serbian National Cup final.
Red Star had it all in her hands in the finish of the match, but dropped a six-point lead in the final 40 seconds and went into overtime.