Sergio Llull

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

Sergio Llull's basket three seconds from the end broke the Reds' hearts in the Euroleague final at Kaunas, as Real Madrid beat Olympiakos 79-78 on Sunday to win its 11th European crown.

The third game of this series is scheduled for Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. in Stark Arena.

Fenerbahçe dominated Real Madrid throughout the game in a Euroleague Final Four semifinal clash on May 19 on its way to a 84-75 victory , setting up a final against Olympiacos on May 21.

Buoyed by the support of its thousands of fans, Fenerbahçe started fast, leading by eight points at the end of the first quarter, and never looked back.

Panathinaikos saw off Euroleague leader Real Madrid on Thursday, while Olympiakos was upset at home by Galatasaray on Friday and is yet to clinch home advantage for the play-offs.

The Greens produced a great performance in offense to beat Real 88-82 at the Olympic Sports Hall in Athens and reach a 15-11 record that keeps them in fifth, two wins behind the top four.

The new Euroleague tipped off on Wednesday with Olympiakos's loss at Real Madrid (83-65), in what promises to be Europe's answer to the NBA.

The round-robin system for the 16 participating clubs means a long regular season of 30 rounds of games, plus quarterfinal play-offs and a Final Four at the end.

Istanbul club Fenerbahçe has completed a three-game sweep of the defending champions Real Madrid to be in the first team to book a place in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four in Berlin.

Fenerbahçe Ülker will represent Turkey in the prestigious Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four after Istanbul?s Anadolu Efes bowed to Real Madrid late on April 23 in the fourth game of the match up at home, mainly due to a strong Spanish performance in the last period. 

By George Georgakopoulos

Olympiakos and Panathinaikos, who between them have won the last three European crowns, won again at home on Wednesday to take their Euroleague play-off series with Real Madrid and CSKA Moscow respectively to a fifth game.