Olympiakos beat Panathinaikos for a second time in this season’s Euroleague and now both of Greece’s representatives are on an 18-11 record.
Olympiakos beat Panathinaikos for a second time in this season’s Euroleague and now both of Greece’s representatives are on an 18-11 record.
Panathinaikos and Olympiakos scored home wins in the Euroleague ahead of their all-Greek clash next week.
Greece’s Euroleague representatives recorded statement victories on the road this week, showing they could both reach the Final Four of the tournament at the end of the season.
The game will take place at the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus on September 6.
Olympiakos won the second trophy of the year, after the Super Cup in September, lifting the Greek Cup in Crete on Sunday beating archrival Panathinaikos in the final.
Olympiakos avenged its home loss to Valencia earlier this season beating the Spanish team away on Thursday, before Panathinaikos saw off Fenerbahe at home on Friday.
Olympiakos scored an important road win at Bayern, while Panathinaikos fell to host Zalgiris at Kaunas.
Panathinaikos and Olympiakos had difficult road games on Thursday in the Euroleague.
Panathinaikos and Olympiakos scored emphatic home wins in the Euroleague this week ahead of their head-to-head on Monday for the Greek league.
Panathinaikos crushed Monaco in Athens on Thursday and has stayed in the top four of the Euroleague table, while Olympiakos suffered a second loss in Spain in 48 hours, this time going down at Baskonia on Friday.
Panathinaikos defeated Anadolu Efes in Athens on Tuesday to stay joint fourth in the Euroleague, while Olympiakos suffered a road loss at Barcelona on Wednesday.
Olympiakos was rewarded for its persistence and defeated visiting Monaco on Thursday, as did Panathinaikos at Valencia on Friday, in a positive end of the week for Greek teams in the Euroleague.
The first battle between Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo and San Antonio Spurs rookie sensation Victor Wembanyama exceeded the hype.
Olympiakos fought off an Armani Milano comeback on Tuesday to win at home, while Panathinaikos could not resist Baskonia’s fightback.
Panathinaikos and Olympiakos finished their year with relatively easy Euroleague wins.
Panathinaikos made it two out of two on the road this week in the Euroleague, as it followed its win at Monaco with a triumph at Armani Milano on Friday, just one hour after Olympiakos scored a road win of its own, downing Villeurbanne at Lyon.