{"id":14691,"date":"2026-04-17T20:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T20:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/reds-finish-first-greens-must-beat-monaco-to-enter-the-playoffs\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T20:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T20:37:09","slug":"reds-finish-first-greens-must-beat-monaco-to-enter-the-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/reds-finish-first-greens-must-beat-monaco-to-enter-the-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Reds finish first, Greens must beat Monaco to enter the playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1301248\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5141377-320x200.jpg?v=1776457473\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5141377.jpg?v=1776457473\" alt=\"Reds finish first, Greens must beat Monaco to enter the playoffs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5141377.jpg?v=1776457473\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[InTime Sports]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Olympiakos and Panathinaikos finished the regular season in the Euroleague with home wins that confirmed the Reds on the top spot and the Greens on the seventh.<\/p>\n<p>Olympiakos defeated Armani Milano 85-76 in Piraeus on Thursday and sealed the top position on the table with 26 wins in 38 games. It will face the last team to win a ticket to the playoffs from the play-in process.<\/p>\n<p>Milano actually put more pressure than expected on the Reds, trailing by just two points at half-time (47-45), but a very good third quarter (21-10) for the Greek champion sufficed to offer it victory.<\/p>\n<p>Sasha Vezenkov made 20 points and Tyler Dorsey 18 for the hosts.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday Panathinaikos thrashed bottom team Anadolu Efes 97-62 for its 22nd win in 38 games. Its seventh place means it will need to negotiate a knockout play-in game at home against Monaco on Tuesday. If the Greens win, they will advance to the playoffs and face a best-of-five tie with Valencia, that will have home advantage as it has finished second only to Olympiakos.<\/p>\n<p>Panathinaikos had a memorable 29 assists for just six turnovers against Efes, often scoring at will in the second half. For about eight minutes in the third quarter the hosts held the Turkish team to just one point, with the partial score of Q3 finishing 26-5.<\/p>\n<p>Nikos Rogavopoulos stood out with his 24 points, followed by Kendrick Nunn with 18.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/sports\/1301248\/reds-finish-first-greens-must-beat-monaco-to-enter-the-playoffs\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[InTime Sports] Olympiakos and Panathinaikos finished the regular season in the Euroleague with home wins that confirmed the Reds on the top spot and the Greens on the seventh. Olympiakos defeated Armani Milano 85-76 in Piraeus on Thursday and sealed the top position on the table with 26 wins in 38 games. 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