Galis Basks In Fonder Farewell, 19 Years Later
- Ken Maguire The New York Times
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- May 14, 2013
THESSALONIKI, Greece — No one noticed when Nick Galis, a former Seton Hall guard, left the Boston Celtics after attending their training camp in 1979 as a fourth-round N.B.A. pick with another newcome...
Olympiakos Repeats As Euro Hoop Champion
Olympiakos, the defending Euroleague basketball title holders, came back from a 27-10 first period deficit to overwhelm Real Madrid with a smothering second-half performance and retain its crown with ...
Olympiakos vs. Real Madrid For Europe Hoop Title
Greek basketball power Olympiakos, from Pireaus, will meet the Spanish team Real Madrid in the final of the Euroleague basketball championship the night of May 12 in London after both upset favored op...
Olympiakos Beats Anadolu Efes, Makes Final Four
PIRAEUS – Defending Euroleague basketball champions Olympiakos gave Greece a presence in the final four with a decisive 82-72 win over Turkish club Anadolul Efes to take the series 3-2.
The Greeks w...
Barcelona Bounces Panathinaikos From Euro Playoffs
Panathinaikos, a six-time European basketball league champion, was eliminated from the playoffs and a spot in the final four, losing to Barcelona, the 2010 champion, 64-53 in the fifth and deciding ga...
Greek Basketball's Adopted Son Ponders Goodbye
- Ken Maguire The New York Times
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- April 23, 2013
ATHENS — Vlado Jankovic feels more at home on the Panionios basketball court than other players. On walls of the tiny arena are images of his father, Slobodan Jankovic, who was known as Boban and who ...
Anadolu Efes Beats Olympiakos, Forces Game 5
CONSTANTINOPLE - Jamon Lucas soared to tip-in a missed Josh Shipp three-pointer with two seconds left to lift Anadolu Efes Istanbul to a 74-73 victory over defending Turkish Airlines Euroleague champi...
Barcelona Beats Panathinaikos, 70-60, Forces Game 5
ATHENS - Veteran guard Juan Carlos Navarro scored 17 points, including two decisive late 3-pointers, to lead Barcelona to a 70-60 victory over host Panathinaikos in the Euroleague playoffs on April 18...
Greek Hoop God Galis Will Finally Get His Day
ATHENS - He came out of New Jersey and Seton Hall University, the son of Greek immigrants and wound up in Greece because of an injury at the Boston Celtics pre-season training camp in 1979 – the same ...
Olympiacos downs Efes to move closer to London
ATHENS. Reigning Turkish Airlines Euroleague champion Olympiacos Piraeus moved within one victory from returning to the Final Four after routing Anadolu Efes Istanbul 71-53 at Peace and Friendship Sta...
Diamantidis lifts Panathinaikos, evens series
BARCELONA. Dimitris Diamantidis and Stephane Lasme came through with the game on the line to lift Panathinaikos to a series-tying 65-66 victory over Barcelona Regal on Thursday night at Palau Blaugran...
Champs hold off Efes to start playoffs with vcitory
ATHENS. Reigning Turkish Airlines Euroleague champion Olympiacos Piraeus pulled out a dramatic 67-62 win over Anadolu Efes Istanbul on Wednesday in the opening game of their best-of-five playoff serie...
Barcelona hangs for Game 1 victory in OT
BARCELONA. In a tense thriller that either team could have won twice, FC Barcelona Regal survived a tough challenge on its own court to defeat Panathinaikos Athens 72-70 in overtime Tuesday in the ope...
Olympiacos rocks Khimki to clinch playoff ticket
ATHENS. Reigning Turkish Airlines Euroleague champion Olympiacos Piraeus stormed into the playoffs and took out BC Khimki Moscow Region with a 79-70 victory at the Peace and Friendship Stadium on Thur...
CSKA downs Panathinaikos to win Group E
ATHENS. CSKA Moscow secured first place in Group E of the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Top 16 with a hard-fought 63-69 victory at Panathinaikos Athens, setting up a playoffs date with Caja Laboral Vito...
Barcelona outlasts champs, clinches playoffs berth
ATHENS. FC Barcelona Regal became the first team to clinch a spot in the 2012-13 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Playoffs by topping reigning champions Olympiacos Piraeus 77-90 at the Peace and Friendship...
Olympiacos rolls to fifth straight win
CONSTANTINOPLE. Reigning Turkish Airlines Euroleague champs Olympiacos Piraeus picked up its fifth consecutive win after downing Besiktas JK Istanbul 60-79 at Abdi Ipekci Arena on Thursday. The Reds i...
Panathinaikos wins cup final marred by violence
ATHENS (AP). Fan violence marred the Greek Cup final on Sunday, forcing the game to be suspended for an hour before Panathinaikos finished off an 81-78 win over archrival Olympiakos in front of nearly...
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