{"id":3023,"date":"2025-01-31T23:06:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T23:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/31\/reds-struggle-but-beat-efes-greens-stumble-in-italy\/"},"modified":"2025-01-31T23:06:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T23:06:07","slug":"reds-struggle-but-beat-efes-greens-stumble-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/31\/reds-struggle-but-beat-efes-greens-stumble-in-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Reds struggle but beat Efes, Greens stumble in Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1260364\">\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\/2025\/01\/4551525-320x200.jpg?v=1738358904\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/4551525.jpg?v=1738358904\" alt=\"Reds struggle but beat Efes, Greens stumble in Italy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/4551525.jpg?v=1738358904\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[Intime]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Olympiakos remained at the top of the Euroleague table via a hard-fought home win against Anadolu Efes, while Panathinaikos produced a poor performance at Milan to suffer a bad loss.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds scored their 17th victory in 24 games, beating their Turkish visitors 92-89 in Piraeus on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The Piraeus giant appeared to stroll to victory when it advanced by 18 (81-63) with seven minutes left, but Efes made the most of the Reds\u2019 complacency and came back to get within three points (90-87) with a few seconds on the clock, before Olympiakos held on to its slender lead and won.<\/p>\n<p>The usual suspects, i.e. Sasha Vezenkov (26) and Evan Fournier (20) were Olympiakos\u2019 top scorers.<\/p>\n<p>Panathinaikos had a night to forget in Italy on Thursday, going down 87-75 to a quite depleted Armani Milan.<\/p>\n<p>The Greens matched their host for most of the first half, that ended 39-37 in Armani\u2019s favor, but collapsed in the third quarter (partial 27-13), being completely empty under the basket, while their overall defense was problematic once again.<\/p>\n<p>Kostas Sloukas was the Greens\u2019 top player on the night, with 22 points and six assists, while Kendrick Nunn made 18 (with 7 from 18 field goals).<\/p>\n<p>Panathinaikos has now dropped to fifth with a 14-10 record.<\/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\/1260364\/reds-struggle-but-beat-efes-greens-stumble-in-italy\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Intime] Olympiakos remained at the top of the Euroleague table via a hard-fought home win against Anadolu Efes, while Panathinaikos produced a poor performance at Milan to suffer a bad loss. 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