Dinos Mitoglou

Panathinaikos managed a huge victory despite the absences of Papapetrou, Mitoglou, Grigonis and returned in an emphatic way to victories.

With incredible teamwork, determination, and skill, the “greens” overcame the absence of Papapetrou, Mitoglou, and Grigonis to secure a significant victory against Fenerbahce! Who stepped up when it mattered most? Kostas Sloukas!

The Greek basketball team notched its first win in the Olympics, 77-71, against Australia Friday, but missed the chance to ensure qualification in the quarterfinals.

Greece will have to wait for the results of the Canada-Spain and Serbia-South Sudan games to see if it will be among the two best of the three third-place finishers.

Panathinaikos and Olympiakos finished their year with relatively easy Euroleague wins, as the Greens defeated visiting Red Star Belgrade on Thursday and the Reds overcame lowly Alba in Berlin on Friday.

Panathinaikos played in front of a capacity crowd at the Olympic Sports Hall and won 82-65 for its 10th victory in 17 games.

Panathinaikos secured its first road in this season's Euroleague beating Alba in Berlin, while Olympiakos suffered an unexpected home reverse to Baskonia.

The Greens dominated the game in Germany and deservedly won 99-85 to improve their record to 3-4 and enter the top eight spots that lead to the playoffs.

Panathinaikos redeemed itself from a very poor showing at Villeubanne on Tuesday through a stellar second half at Armani Milano on Thursday for its second road win this season in the Euroleague. Also on Thursday, Olympiakos was not a match for CSKA in Moscow.

Panathinaikos tried to match Real Madrid in Spain on Monday but its host was a class apart and won easily 96-78 in the end, at a game played four days earlier for the Euroleague's 26th round.

Panathinaikos will go island-hopping this week, as on Monday it won at one of Europe's easternmost courts, and three days later, on Thursday night, it will face Gran Canaria on European basketball's westernmost outpost.